Pitchfork

Former Baltimorean and current Chicagoan Cass McCombs will return from a two-and-a-half-year recording absence with the release of his third album and Domino debut, Dropping the Writ, on October 9.

The follow-up to 2005's PREfection, Dropping the Writ features McCombs playing most of the instruments on the album himself with a little help from Luke Top on bass and Garrett Ray on drums.

Lead single "That's That" will precede the full-length's release on September 11, and it will come backed with exclusive B-sides "Everything Has to Be Just-So" and "Healing" (a solo piano tune).

McCombs is planning a fuller tour with a new band for the fall, but he has two shows with Peter Bjorn and John planned for the immediate future, the first of which is tonight (July 31) in Los Angeles.

Dropping the Writ:

01 Lionkiller
02 Pregnant Pause
03 That's That
04 Petrified Forest
05 Morning Shadows
06 Deseret
07 Crick in My Neck
08 Full Moon or Infinity
09 Windfall
10 Wheel of Fortune

Dates:

07-31 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater *
08-01 San Diego, CA - House of Blues *
11-24 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle

* with Peter Bjorn and John