Troubadour Chris Bathgate has announced the follow-up to 2007's A Cork Tale Wake, releasing an mp3 from the forthcoming Wait, Skeleton. EP, out April 8th on Quite Scientific.
The EP, which will be released in digital format, is also available in a limited edition hand-made hardcover edition, limited to 250 copies and available directly from Quite Scientific and at a handful of independent record shops. Wait, Skeleton. is comprised of three new songs and three re-worked/re-recorded versions of songs from previous albums.
Wait, Skeleton. Tracklisting:
1. Casual Way
2. Yes, I'm Cold
3. Salt Year
4. Been Out All Night
5. Cold Press Rail
6. Wait, Skeleton.
Bathgate will be taking his show on the road to Europe to support the release of A Cork Tale Wake on that side of the Atlantic, then adding four stateside dates before taking a break to rest and record. Full tour dates are here:
Upcoming UK & US dates:
April 5th – London, UK @ Wilmington Arms
April 6th – Leeds, UK @ Trash
April 7th – Oxford, UK @ Jericho Tavern
April 8th – Paris, France @ Fleche D'Or
April 10th – Rome, Italy @ Circolo Degli Artisti
April 11th – London, UK @ Slaughtered Lamb
Apirl 12th – London, UK @ The Fly
April 13th – Brighton, UK @ The Hope
April 14th – Ypstilanti, MI @ The Elbow Room
April 15th – Pittsburgh, PA @ Union Project
April 16th – Philadelphia, PA @ World Café Live
April 21st – New York, NY @ The Knitting Factory
Download "Yes, I'm Cold" from the Wait, Skeleton EP – [mp3]
Listen to "Every Wall You Own" from A Cork Tale Wake – [the leak]
For more information visit quitescientific.com/chris1.htm or myspace.com/chrisbathgate
