One of the best bands on the planet, Los Angeles’ Dawes, has announced their ninth studio album, Oh Brother, is due out Oct. 11. The band is now stripped down to just a duo – Taylor Goldsmith (guitar/vocals) and Griffin Goldsmith (drums/vocals) with a touring band and studio band to support.

The band’s debut single “House Parties” was a jaunty slice of lithe indie-pop that was utterly delightful and sweetly affecting. Their latest single “Still Stranger Sometimes” is per frontman Taylor Goldsmith: “A song abut the spiritual investigation of long term relationships. How a part of ourselves will be unknowable forever, despite our deep connections and intimate understandings of each other.” As with most things Dawes does it’s utterly sublime. The band continues to do little, if anything, wrong.

Most importantly the band is slated to hit the road this fall with the uber-talented indie-pop outfit Winnetka Bowling League. The band’s tourdates can be seen below:

Nov. 7 – Knoxville, TN – Mill + Mine
Nov. 8 – Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre
Nov. 9 – Durham, NC – Carolina Theatre
Nov. 10 – Nashville, TN – The Ryman
Nov. 13 – Cincinnati, OH – Taft Theatre
Nov. 14 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
Nov. 15 – Indianapolis, IN – Vogue
Nov. 16 – Chicago, IL – Salt Shed
Nov. 19 – Pittsburgh, PA – Carnegie of Heomstead
Nov. 20 – Harrisburg, PA – XL Live
Nov. 21 – washington ,DC – Warner Theatre
Nov. 22 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner
Nov. 23 – Portland, ME – State Theatre
$$Dec. 6 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
$$Dec. 8 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up
(no opener, An Evening With Dawes)
$$Dec. 9 – Solana Beach, CA – Belly Up
Dec. 13 – San Antonio, TX – Stable Hall
Dec. 14 – Houston, TX – The Heights
Dec. 15 – Austin, TX – ACL Live at the Moody
April 9 – Woodstock, NY – Bearsville Theatre
April 10 – Ridgefield, CT – Ridgefield Playhouse
April 11 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore
April 12 – New York, NY – The Beacon
$$April 13 – Princeton, NJ – Matthews Theatre
April 17 – Madison, WI – The Majestic
April 19 – Columbia, MO – Blue Note
April 23 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
April 25 – Kalispell, MT – Wachholz College Center
April 26 – Seattle, WA – Neptune Theatre
April 27 – Portland, OR – Revolution Hall

$$ – no Winnetka Bowling League, An Evening With Dawes