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What the world needs now is more bands who employ someone to play seashells with his/her toes! Brit-folk resuscitators Tunng do, and the efforts are sprinkled elegantly throughout their new album, Comments of the Inner Chorus, out today on Full Time Hobby in the UK. The album is the springboard for a busy summer of shows for the band, including sets at the appropriately named "A Fistful of Twisted Folk" night in London and the Green Man Festival in Wales.

And if all this weren't enough, it seems the band have been officially deemed kosher by "The OC", which used the Tunng version of Bloc Party's "Pioneers" during its May 4 show (along with the BP original). There is absolutely no truth to the rumor that Seth Cohen will spearhead a RISD production of "The Wicker Man" next season.

A limited edition version of Comments of the Inner Chorus will feature two bonus tracks ("Band Stand" and "Bodies"), but this is what will be listed on most back covers (let's hope track seven isn't an Alice in Chains cover):

01 Hanged
02 Woodcat
03 The Wind Up Bird
04 Red and Green
05 Stories
06 Jenny Again
07 Man in the Box
08 Jay Down
09 It's Because...We've Got Hair
10 Sweet William
11 Engine Room

We've got live Tunng if you want it, but only overseas for the time being. Expect to catch the core of Sam Genders and Mike Lindsay-- plus their posse of traveling gremlins playing various appliances and thingamabobs-- in the U.S. eventually. There are no plans for a Stateside release of the new album yet, but hopefully some smart soul will pick it up, like Ace Fu did earlier this year with Tunng's debut LP, Mother's Daughter and Other Songs.

Dates:

05-25 Stockholm, Sweden - Popaganda Festival
06-03 Cheltenham, England - Cheltenham Racecourse (Wychwood Festival)
06-11 Wolverhampton, England - Wulfrun Hall *
06-12 London, England - Shepherds Bush Empire *
06-15 Barcelona, Spain - Static Caravan Showcase at Sonar Festival
07-22 London, England - Arts Depot (A Fistful of Twisted Folk)
08-04 Herefordshire, England - Eastnor Castle (Big Chill Festival)
08-12 Leicester, England - De Montfort Hall (Summer Sundae Festival)
08-17 Hasselt-Kiewet, Belgium - Pukkelpop Festival
08-19 Crickhowell, Wales - Glanusk Estate (Green Man Festival)
09-08 Downend, Isle of Wight - Robin Hill (Bestival)

* with Gomez