Pitchfork

In the school of indie rock, Mary Timony's got advanced degrees, having served time in Helium, Autoclave, and solo, and having put dissertations before the boards at Matador, Dischord, Lookout!, and soon, Kill Rock Stars.

Mary Timony's lastest-- as the Mary Timony Band, which includes Medications members Devin Ocampo on drums and Chad Molter on bass-- arrives May 8 via Timony's new home KRS. It's called The Shapes We Make, and features some studio wizardry courtesy of Ocampo (who produced), Jawbox's J. Robbins, and Mary herself. Watch Mary and Band defend this latest long-player on a series of U.S. dates beginning next month, with Joe Wong taking over for Ocampo on drums.

The Mary Timony Band's spring sojourn kicks off May 25 in Austin. Along the way, she'll be joined by the likes of some snotty freshmen like FatCat's Welcome, L.A. aviators Great Northern, angular-addicts the Joggers, and post-Q and Not U pop-savvy quartet Georgie James.

The Shapes We Make:

01 Sharpshooter
02 Killed by the Telephone
03 Pause/Off
04 Summer's Fawn
05 Each Day
06 Curious Minds
07 Pink Clouds
08 Window
09 Rockman
10 New Song

Pull Shapes:

05-25 Austin, TX - Club DeVille *
05-28 Phoenix, AZ - Modified
05-29 San Diego, CA - The Casbah
05-30 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo #
05-31 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill #^
06-02 Portland, OR - Someday Lounge %$
06-03 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe %
06-06 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theatre %+
06-08 Chicago, IL - Schubas %+
06-10 Columbus, OH - Little Brothers %
06-11 Cleveland, OH - Grog Shop %
06-12 Buffalo, NY - Mohawk Place %
06-13 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs %+
06-14 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge %
06-15 Brooklyn, NY - Don Pedro's
06-16 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's %~
06-17 Washington, DC - Black Cat Backstage %

* with La La Land
# with the New Trust
^ with Pela
% with Welcome
$ with the Joggers
+ with Great Northern
~ with Georgie James