Pitchfork

Like the older brother who pretends to be tough but secretly packs an extra sandwich in his lunch just in case you forget yours, Shout Out Louds are undermining the title of their new album, Our Ill Wills, with an extra sandwich of their own.

That comes in the form of a three-track bonus disc companion to the album-- which, by the way, is out on Merge today, September 11. The first two tracks are live acoustic renditions of Our Ill Wills' "Tonight I Have to Leave It" and "Impossible". The last track is Our Ill Wills: The Short Film, a seven-minute documentary shot by bassist Ted Malmos and starring the whole band.

There is, however, one catch: The bonus disc only comes with copies purchased at indie record stores and through Merge's website and mailorder. And really, supporting independent businesses isn't too bad a catch at all.

Shout Out Louds will shower their generosity on the world in the form of live shows, continuing tomorrow, September 12, in Gävle, Sweden.

Bonus Disc:

01 Tonight I Have to Leave It (live acoustic)
02 Impossible (live acoustic)
03 Our Ill Wills: the Short Film

Dates:

09-12 Gävle, Sweden - Spegeln
09-13 Helsingborg, Sweden - Tivoli $
09-14 Lund, Sweden - Mejeriet $
09-15 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser Medis $
09-18 Cologne, Germany - Bürgerhaus Stollwerck %
09-19 Munich, Germany - Backstage %
09-20 Bern, Switzerland - ISC %
09-21 Lausanne, Switzerland - Les Docks %
09-22 Erlangen, Germany - E-Werk %
09-24 Heidelberg, Germany - Karlstorbahnhof %
09-25 Innsbruck, Austria - Weekender %
09-26 Salzburg, Austria - Rockhouse %
09-27 Dresden, Germany - Alter Schlachthof
09-28 Leipzig, Germany - Arena
09-29 Hamburg, Germany - Reeperbahnfestival at Knust
09-30 Regensburg, Germany - Donau Arena
10-01 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
10-06 Los Angeles, CA - LA Weekly Detour Festival *#
10-09 San Francisco, CA - Independent *#
10-10 Eugene, OR - WOW Hall *#
10-11 Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan *#
10-12 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards *#
10-13 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey *#
10-15 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *#
10-16 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre *#
10-17 Lawrence, KS - Jackpot Lounge *#
10-18 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Café *#
10-19 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium *#
10-20 Columbus, OH - The Basement *#
10-22 Toronto, Ontario - Mod Club *#
10-23 Montreal, Quebec - Cabaret *#
10-24 Boston, MA - Paradise *#
10-25 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *#
10-26 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg *
10-27 Hoboken, NY - Maxwell's *#
10-28 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *#
10-29 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church *#
10-30 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle *#
10-31 Atlanta, GA - The Loft *#
11-02 Austin, TX - The Parish *#
11-03 Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre *#
11-21 Stavanger, Norway - Folken
11-22 Bergen, Norway - Hulen
11-23 Trondheim, Norway - Samfundet
11-24 Oslo, Norway - John Dee
11-26 London, England - Borderline
11-29 Copenhagen, Denmark - Lille Vega

$ with Days
% with the Concretes
* with Johnossi
# with Nico Vega