Erin McKeown Is Feeling “Foxy” On New Album

Talented singer-songwriter Erin McKeown has finished work on her latest album, Hundreds of Lions. Her first studio recording since 2005’s We Will Become Like Birds, McKeown’s new LP is due October 13. It will be her first album for Ani DiFranco’s Righteous Babe label.

The album has been described as a combination of “upbeat guitar driven tracks and slower, layered orchestral songs.” It was produced by Sam Kassirer and mixed by Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine, Fruit Bats).

McKeown will tour with girl-kisser Jill Sobule this Fall.

Listen to the first single, “The Foxes,” here.

1. to a hammer
2. santa cruz
3. you, sailor
4. the foxes
5. (put the fun back in the) funeral
6. the lions
7. all that time you missed
8. the boats
9. the rascal
10. 28
11. seamless

Tour dates:

+ = with Jill Sobule
09/12: Urbana, IL @ Krannert Center for the Performing Arts at U. of Illinois
10/13: Cambridge, MA @ Club Passim +
10/14: Brooklyn, NY @ Union Hall +
10/17: Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse Music Hall
10/19: Vienna, VA @ Jammin’ Java +
10/20: Easton, MD @ Coffee East +
10/21: Charlottesville, VA @ The Southern +
10/22: Charlotte, NC @ The Evening Muse +
10/23: Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle +
10/25: Nashville, TN @ The Basement+
10/26: Memphis, TN @ Hi-Tone Cafe +
10/27: Birmingham, AL @ WorkPlay Theatre +
10/28: Decatur, GA @ Eddie’s Attic +
10/29: Athens, GA @ The Melting Point
11/04: Ann Arbor, MI @ The Ark +
11/05: Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Tavern +
11/07: Pittsburgh, PA @ Diesel Club Lounge
11/08: Chicago, IL @ Old Town School of Folk Music +
11/10: Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Centre +
11/12: Seattle, WA @ Tractor Tavern +
11/17: Santa Cruz, CA @ The Crepe Place
11/18: San Francisco, CA @ Cafe du Nord
11/22: San Diego, CA @ Casbah +
11/27: Denver, CO @ Walnut Room +
11/29: Kansas City, MO @ Record Bar +
12/04: New York, NY @ Highline Ballroom +
12/05: Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live +
12/06: Goshen, MA @ The IMA Big Barn +
12/10: Portland, ME @ One Longfellow Square
12/11: South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Lounge