Originally written by Tom Edwards · 1 August 2003
The legend formerly known as Black Francis returns to the UK in September, with a new album and tour to boot. The album, 'Show Me Your Tears', is released on 8th September, with a single, 'Everything Is New', preceeding its release on 4th August.
The album's track listing is as follows;
1. Manitoba 2. This Old Heartache 3. Massif Centrale 4. Goodbye Lorraine 5. My Favorite Kiss 6. Horrible Day 7. New House Of The Pope 8. The Snake/Nadine/Coastline 9. When Will Happiness Find Me Again? 10. Everything Is New 11. Jaina Blues
Black will then take to the road with his band, embarking on a fairly comprehensive tour of the UK's mid-sized venues. A second single, 'Nadine', will coincide with this on 29th September.
SEPTEMBER Fri 26 - Edinburgh Liquid Rooms Sat 27 - Aberdeen Lemon Tree Sun 28 - Glasgow Garage Tue 30 - Leeds Cockpit
OCTOBER Wed 1 - Manchester MDH Thu 2 - Liverpool Stanley Theatre Sun 5 - Sheffield Leadmill Mon 6 - Birmingham Academy 2 Tue 7 - Norwich Waterfront Thu 9 - Bristol Fire Station Fri 10 - Oxford Zodiac Sat 11 - Portsmouth Wedgeroom Rooms Mon 13 - Cambridge Junction Tue 14 - Brighton Concorde Wed 15 - London Astoria
If that wasn't enough already, Cooking Vinyl are also re-issuing Black's 1998 album, 'Frank Black And The Catholics', on October 6th.
DiScuss: Does Frank's solo stuff tickle your tastebuds? Or does Kim Deal have the monopoly on the post-Pixies creative juices? And what the bloody hell is their guitarist upto, anyway?