At the recent Woodsist/Captured Tracks festival in Bushwick, San Francisco's The Fresh And Onlys stood out both onstage and off, looking like a nomadic weed tribe with dark secrets and sounding like wild evangelicals with deep musical gifts. Of course, then lead singer/brokenhanded keyboard player Tim Cohen cracked a bunch of funny jokes and the illusion of black magic was shattered. What a jerk. The music was awesome though, most memorably this song, "Invisible," from upcoming LP Grey-Eyed Girls, out September 15th on Woodsist. Check the album's tracklist after the jump along with a bunch of tour dates with Malkmus, The Oh Sees and more.
Download: The Fresh And Onlys, "Invisible Forces"
THE FRESH & ONLYS
Thu 7/23/09 Harlow's Sacramento CA *
Sat 7/25/09 Echoplex Los Angeles CA *
Sun 7/26/09 Belly Up Tavern Solano Beach CA *
Tue 7/28/09 Rio Theater Santa Cruz CA *
Mon 9/21/09 House Show Provo UT #
Tue 9/22/09 Larimer Lounge Denver CO #
Wed 9/23/09 Jack Pot Saloon Lawrence KS #
Thu 9/24/09 Goner Fest Memphis TN #
Sat 9/26/09 Uncle Fester's Bloomington IL #
Sun 9/27/09 Schubas Tavern Chicago IL #
Tue 9/29/09 Brass Rail Ft Wayne IN #
Wed 9/30/09 Magic Stick Detroit MI #
Thu 10/1/09 Wrong Bar Toronto ON #
Fri 10/2/09 Babylon Ottawa ON #
Sat 10/3/09 Pop Montreal Montreal QC #%
Mon 10/5/09 The Dark Lady Providence RI #
Tue 10/6/09 Great Scotts Allston MA #
Wed 10/7/09 Wesleyan Middletown CT #
Thu 10/8/09 Mercury Lounge New York NY #
Fri 10/9/09 The Bell House Brooklyn NY #%
Sat 10/10/09 31st St. Pub Pittsburgh PA $
Sun 10/11/09 Hideout Chicago IL $
Mon 10/12/09 Brothers Omaha NE $
Tue 10/13/09 Bender's Denver CO $
Sat 10/17/09 Scion/Vice Event Portland OR
Sun 10/18/09 Funhouse Seattle WA &
Tue 10/20/09 Stork Club Oakland CA &
Wed 10/21/09 Bar Pink Elephant San Diego CA
Thu 10/22/09 Echo Los Angeles CA
Sat 10/24/09 The Partisan Merced CA &
Sun 10/25/09 Budget Rock @ Bottom of the Hill San Francisco CA
* = w/ Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks
# = w/ The Oh Sees
% = w/ Golden Triangle
$ = w/ Box Elders
& = w/ Dan Melchoir
The Fresh & Onlys
Grey-Eyed Girls
(Woodsist)
Street Date: Sept. 15, 2009
1) Black Coffin
2) Grey-Eyed Girl
3) No Second Guessing
4) What's His Shadow Still Doing Here
5) Invisible Forces
6) Dude's Got a Tender Heart
7) D.Y.
8) Happy To Be Living
9) What Goes In Circles
10) I'm Gonna Be Your Elevator
11) Clowns (Took My Baby Away)
12) The Delusion Of Man