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Monitor Records chief Jason Foster has launched a new Monitor subsidiary, We*Are*Free, which serves as both a record label and management group. The label debuted with the already available debut single and forthcoming debut album from Brooklyn quartet Yeasayer.

The single-- "2080" / "Sunrise"-- has no official commercial release and is available for free download at the link below. Yeasayer's full-length, All Hour Cymbals, will arrive on October 30.

The Baltimore-based label's next releases include full-lengths from Ponytail and Indian Jewelry, and all three bands on its roster have tour dates in the upcoming weeks, including a Yeasayer tour with Shapes and Sizes in September.

In other, very minimal Monitor news, there is rumor of a possible new release from Oxes on some undetermined future date.

All Hour Cymbals:

01 Sunrise
02 Wait for the Summer
03 2080
04 Germs
05 Ah, Weir
06 No Need to Worry
07 Father and Son
08 Winter Time
09 Waves
10 Worms

Yeasayer:

08-17 London, England - Pure Groove Records
08-18 London, England - Notting Hill Arts Club
08-20 London, England - The Social
08-21 London, England - The Dublin Castle
09-08 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg *
09-13 Rochester, NY - Bug Jar !
09-14 Alfred, NY - Alfred University !
09-15 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom Tavern !
09-16 Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks !
09-17 Athens, OH - Ohio University !
09-19 Grand Rapids, MI - The Ladies Literary Club !
09-20 Chicago, IL - Schubas !
09-24 Durham, NC - Duke Coffeehouse !
09-25 Washington, DC - Black Cat Backstage !

* with Vampire Weekend
! with Shapes and Sizes

Ponytail:

09-08 Baltimore, MD - Concert for Human Rights
09-12 Baltimore, MD - Sonar
11-30 Poughkeepsie, NY - Vassar College *

* with Dirty Projectors

Indian Jewelry:

08-19 Houston, TX - The Proletariat
08-26 Los Angeles, CA - Fuck Yeah Fest
10-05 Houston, TX - Rudyard's