Saturday Looks Good To Me have completed their new album Fill Up the Room and are set to tour, well…now. The new record is out September 11, 2007 on K Records. This is the fourth full-lenghth from SLGTM and is preceded by 2004's Every Night on Polyvinyl and their singles and rarities collection Sound on Sound, released on Redder Records last year.
Fill Up The Room (a.k.a. Love and Death) while still pure pop at the core, represents an effort to move away from the “60's girl group” and explore expansion in sound and lyrical experimentation. The songs integrate lingering jams with samples and drum cricle breaks, juxtaposed with epic and strident choruses that spontaneously erupt. The subject matter has also seen a maturation; stepping away from broken-hearted woes to investigate themes of science and spirituality.
The band is heading to SxSw and playing shows to and fro. Their European tour is currently being scheduled for April and May with specific dates TBA. This coincides with the band's release of a tour-only one-sided LP of exclusive new material called Green Mansions.
Fill up the Room Tracklisting:
1. Apples
2. (even if you die on the) Ocean
3. When I Lose My Eyes
4. Make a Plan
5. Peg
6. Money In The Afterlife
7. The Americans
8. Edison Girls
9. Hands in the Snow
10. Come With Your Arms
11. Whitey Hands
Tour Dates:
FEBRUARY
26 – Kansas City, MO – Grand Emporium w/ Chris Bathgate
27 – Denver, CO – The High Dive w/ Chris Bathgate
28 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge w/ Chris Bathgate
MARCH
2 – Olympia, WA – Capitol Theatre Backstage w/ Chris Bathgate & Calvin Johnson
3 – Vancouver, BC – Plaza Club w/ Ladyhawk
4 – Seattle, WA – Chop Suey w/ Ladyhawk
5 – Portland, OR – Holocene w/ Chris Bathgate & Ladyhawk
7 – San Francisco, CA – The Hotel Utah w/ Chris Bathgate & Ladyhawk
8 – Los Angeles, CA – Spaceland w/ Chris Bathgate & Ladyhawk
9 – Phoenix, AZ – Modified Arts w/ Chris Bathgate & Ladyhawk
10 – Albuquerque, NM – The Launch Pad w/ Ladyhawk
12 – Dallas, TX – Ellum Onstage Festival w/ Ladyhawk, Canada, Mates Of
State
13 – Houston, TX – Proletariat w/ Ladyhawk
14 – Austin, TX SXSW TBA
15 – Austin, TX SXSW TBA
16 – Austin TX – Polyvinyl SXSW showcase at Emo's Lounge
17- Austin TX SXSW TBA
18 – Birmingham, AL – Bottle Tree w/ Chris Bathgate
19 – Atlanta, GA – MJQ Drunken Unicorn w/ Chris Bathgate
20 – North Carolina – TBA
21 – Lexington, KY – Mecca Dance Studio w/ Chris Bathgate
22 – Newport, KY – Southgate House w/ Chris Bathgate
23 – Bowling Green, OH – Howard's
24 – Detroit, MI – Magic Stick w/ The Paybacks
