Coming To Your Local Bandstand: Asobi Seksu

New York dream-pop stars Asobi Seksu are mounting their largest tour to date beginning in mid-September to support the recent release of their superlative sophomore long-player Citrus. The band will play a smattering of new songs in addition the tunes from their eponymous debut and Citrus. Asobi Seksu expects to soon make available for viewing a video for Citrus' excellent track "Thursday," so watch their MySpace here. All 23 dates of the tour, which kicks off in Boston (yay), are below. If you haven't already, read our review of Citrus here. Finally, get a sense of the band doing its thing live by downloading a recent live rendition of "Red Sea" recorded live at Seattle's KEXP, linked below. And here are two chunks of YouTube from June 22 that capture the band laying down "Thursday" live.

Asobi Seksu -- "Red Sea (Live On KEXP Seattle)"
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09/14 -- Boston, MA -- Tufts University
09/15 -- Ithaca, NY -- Cornell University
09/16 -- Buffalo, NY -- Soundlab
09/17 -- Ottawa, ONT -- Babylon
09/19 -- Montreal, QC -- Green Room
09/20 -- Toronto, ONT -- Horseshoe
09/21 -- Detroit, MI -- Lager House
09/22 -- Chicago, IL -- Schubas
09/23 -- Milwaukee, WI -- Cactus Club
09/24 -- Minneapolis, MN -- 400 Bar
09/26 -- Calgary, AB -- HiFi Club
09/27 -- Canmore, AB -- Canmore Hotel
09/28 -- Vancouver, BC -- Media Club
09/29 -- Anacortes, WA -- Department of Safety
09/30 -- Seattle, WA -- Chop Suey
10/01 -- Portland, OR -- Holocene
10/04 -- Santa Cruz, CA -- The Attic
10/05 -- Costa Mesa, CA -- Detroit Bar
10/06 -- Los Angeles, CA -- The Echo
10/07 -- San Diego, CA -- Beauty Bar
10/10 -- Tucson, AZ -- Plush
10/12 -- Denver, CO -- Hi Dive
11/11 -- San Francisco, CA -- Bill Graham Civic Auditorium