So it appears that this summer’s run of rare Beck shows is but the first step in a flurry of new activity, including not one but two records–his first indie releases since breaking away from Universal Records. While an acoustic effort reaching back to Beck’s early get-crazy-with-the-Cheez-Wiz days was already expected, Rolling Stone has also gotten word of the proper follow-up to 2008’s Modern Guilt album. No one knows whether the newly leaked “Defriended” will be a part of that LP, but its vapor-trailed vocals, skittish drums and abruptly slammed doors are streaming down below…
Beck tour dates:
5/19 Santa Cruz, CA – Rio Theatre
7/2 Paris, France – Days Off Festival
7/27 Wantagh, NY – Americanarama Festival *
7/28 Newport, RI – Newport Folk Festival
7/30 Portland, ME – State Theatre
8/2 Boston, MA – Bank of America Pavilion ^
8/4 Brooklyn, NY – Prospect Park Bandshell (Celebrate Brooklyn) ^
* with Bob Dylan, Wilco, Ryan Bingham
^ with full band
