The Walkmen To Tour With The New Pornographers

Critically acclaimed rock band The Walkmen are set to play in select U.S. markets this spring in support of their Fat Possum Records debut "Lisbon," including a run of co-headlining dates with The New Pornographers. Along with a successful North American run and appearances on the "Late Show with David Letterman," "Late Night with Jimmy Fallon," "Last Call with Carson Daly" and PBS' "Sun Studios Sessions," the Walkmen capped 2010 with performances in New York City at Terminal 5 and Washington, DC at the 9:30 Club.

"Lisbon" continues to garner critical acclaim, topping many year-end best-of lists. Named the #2 album of 2010 by The Onion, Lisbon is amongst the top records of 2010 according to outlets including NPR's "All Songs Considered," Pitchfork, SPIN, Filter, Under the Radar, Aquarium Drunkard and Gorilla vs. Bear. Scanning over 13,000 units in its first week of release, "Lisbon" entered the chart at #27 making it the band's highest debut on the Billboard Top 200.

The Walkmen's fifth album, "Lisbon" was recorded over a two-year period in Philadelphia and Brooklyn. A few songs that helped establish the record's tone were written during several inspiring and successful trips to "Lisbon," Portugal. You & Me engineer Chris Zane (Passion Pit, Les Savy Fav, Tokyo Police Club) worked with the band from August to February, and then in March of 2010 the band traveled to south Dallas to finish the album with John Congleton (St. Vincent, Explosions in the Sky). See below for what the press has said about the record.

Having grown up playing together in various bands since the fifth grade including New York's Jonathan Fire*Eater and Boston's The Recoys, the Walkmen broke through in 2002 with their debut album "Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me is Gone." 2004's "Bows & Arrows" featured indie rock anthem "The Rat" which Pitchfork recently named the #20 song of the decade. In 2006 the band recorded a song-by-song cover of Harry Nilsson and John Lennon's 1974 classic Pussy Cats as a farewell to their Harlem studio space Marcata.

THE WALKMEN TOUR

• March 2 One Eyed Jack's New Orleans, LA
• March 3 Fitzgerald's Houston, TX
• March 4 Stubb's Bar-B-Que Austin, TX
• March 5 Granada Theater Dallas, TX
• April 22 The Vogue Indianapolis, IN*
• April 23 House of Blues Cleveland, OH*
• April 25 Town Ballroom Buffalo, NY*
• April 26 Bogarts Cincinnati, OH*
• April 27 University of Iowa Iowa City, IA*
• April 28 Canopy Club Champagne, IL*
• April 29 Blue Note Columbia, MO*

* with The New Pornographers

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