Casiotone for the Painfully Alone to play Turf Club on Summer 2009 tour

Touring in support of his two new albums, Vs. Children and Advance Base Battery Life (a compilation of singles and compilation tracks released between 2004 and 2007), Chicago’s Owen Ashworth (aka Casiotone for the Painfully Alone) will be playing St. Paul’s Turf Club on July 11.

Opening the show will be low-fi Oakland trio Cryptacize. Expanding on the group’s “Blue Tears” earlier this year, CB’s Jon Behm wrote that the song is a mix of “a little surf rock over laid-back harpsichord, all building around lead vocalist Nedelle Torrisi’s echoing wail.” In an interview with Tiny Mix Tapes last month, guitarist Chris Cohen explained a bit of the band’s history and how it is reflected in its sound,

Nedelle is super-into Broadway stuff and I just dabble in it a little bit. I really like West Side Story; that’s what we bonded over. Nedelle did a lot of musical theatre when she was growing up, and how she sings [isn't] like the contemporary style. Her training as a singer was in jazz and musical theater; she actually annunciates words and is much more melodic than maybe has been the trend in recent music. I just think her style is a bit old-fashioned, which I really love and I think that’s maybe the Broadway thing that people are commenting on. My dad was a big show-tunes buff. When he was in college, he was a composition major, and as a student he wrote this musical with his friends, it was called Dig That Treasure, which is where we got the title.

05.28 Chicago, IL: The Hideout (w. Lineland & Animal Hospital)
06.25 Bloomington, IN: Russian Recording
06.26 Columbus, OH: Cafe Bourbon Street
06.27 Louisville, KY: Skull Alley
06.28 Nashville, TN: The End
06.29 Knoxville, TN: Pilot Light
06.30 Atlanta, GA: 529 (w. Cryptacize)
07.01 Chapel Hill, NC: Local 506 (w. Cryptacize)
07.02 Philadelphia, PA: First Unitarian Chapel (w. Cryptacize)
07.03 Brooklyn, NY: Market Hotel (w. Cryptacize & Katie Eastburn)
07.05 Keane, NH: EF Lane Hotel (w. Cryptacize)
07.06 Cambridge, MA: TT The Bear’s (w. Cryptacize)
07.07 Montreal, QC: Il Motore (w. Cryptacize)
07.08 Toronto, ON: The Boat (w. Cryptacize & Mantler)
07.09 Grand Rapids, MI: DAAC (w. Cryptacize)
07.10 Chicago, IL: The Hideout (w. Cryptacize)
7.11 St. Paul, MN: Turf Club (w. Cryptacize)
07.12 Fargo, ND: The Aquarium (w. Cryptacize)
07.14 Seattle, WA: Healthy Times Fun Club (w. Cryptacize & Ribbons)
07.15 Portland, OR: The Artistery (w. Cryptacize)
07.16 Vancouver, BC: The Biltmore Cabaret (w. Cryptacize & No Kids)
07.17-19 Anacortes, WA: What The Heck Fest 2009
07.21 San Francisco, CA: Bottom of the Hill (w. Concern)
07.22 San Luis Obispo, CA: Steynberg Gallery (w. Concern)
07.23 Los Angeles, CA: The Echo (w. Concern)
07.24 San Diego, CA: The Casbah (w. Concern)
07.25 Phoenix, AZ Trunk Space (w. Concern)
07.26 Tucson, AZ Solar Culture (w. Concern)
07.28 Denver, CO: Hi-Dive (w. Concern)
07.30 Omaha, NE: Slowdown
07.31 Iowa City: Public Space One

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone “Optimist vs. The Silent Alarm (When The Saints…)” [MP3]
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone “Old Panda Days” [MP3]

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Cryptacize “Blue Tears” [MP3]
Cryptacize “One Block Wonders” [MP3]
Cryptacize “Tail & Mane” [MP3]
Cryptacize “Cosmic Sing Along” [MP3]
Cryptacize “No Coins” [MP3]

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