Pitchfork

If you're hearing the rumble and thunder of Drums and Guns in the distance, consider it fair warning: Low return to the road this spring to celebrate the release of their latest longplayer, and if those violent song titles are any indication, they're out...for blood!!

Okay, not really, but it sure is funny to think so. Anyhow, Drums and Guns-- the previously reported 13-track follow-up to 2005's The Great Destroyer-- arrives March 20 via Sub Pop and features production from Dave Fridmann.

Come April Low kick off the first prong of a two-pronged tour assault, which has them drumming up love in the Eastern and Midwestern U.S. Phase two launches in June and covers the West Coast-- where, mysteriously, Low play every venue exactly twice.

Fellow Sub Popper and Swede sensation Loney, Dear opens a handful of dates on the first leg of the tour. His Sub Pop debut, Loney, Noir, hits the streets February 6.

Low's Alan Sparhawk, meanwhile, hasn't simply been grumbling about all the violence in the world these days-- he's been out there making a difference. Sparhawk visited Namuncha, Kenya recently, where Low are helping fund the building of a school. Read all about the project here. "I saw beautiful things and met beautiful, inspiring people," wrote Sparhawk on Low's website. "I still shake my head in amazement."

Get Low:

02-15 London, England - The Spitz
02-16 Bruges, Belgium - Concertgebouw
04-06 New York, NY - Webster Hall
04-07 Somerville, MA - Somerville Theater
04-09 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church Sanctuary *
04-10 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
04-11 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop *
04-12 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *
04-13 Chicago, IL - Metro
04-14 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
04-27 Somerset, England - Butlins Holiday Resort Minehead (All Tomorrow's Parties)
04-28 Somerset, England - Butlins Holiday Resort Minehead (All Tomorrow's Parties)
04-29 Somerset, England - Butlins Holiday Resort Minehead (All Tomorrow's Parties)
06-13 Seattle, WA - Triple Door
06-14 Seattle, WA - Triple Door
06-15 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
06-16 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
06-19 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
06-20 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
06-22 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour
06-23 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour

* with Loney, Dear