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Could it be that Thalia Zedek is collecting bands? Hey, better her than Travis Barker or somebody!

The onetime member of Come, Live Skull, White Women, Uzi, and Dangerous Birds has forged yet another musical unit for her Liars and Prayers LP, due April 22 on Thrill Jockey.

Consisting of Zedek's recent touring unit of Daniel Coughlin and David Michael Curry, and further bolstered by Winston Braman and Mel Lederman, the new configuration is said to give Zedek's tunes plenty of opportunity to run the emotional gamut. And, seeing as this is a Thalia Zedek record, that's some heavy shit, man.

The newly expanded crew has a date late next month in Cambridge, Massachusetts, but Thalia and company won't get going proper-like until June.

Liars and Prayers:

01 Next Exit
02 Lower Allston
03 Do You Remember
04 We Don't Go
05 Body Memory
06 Wind
07 Circa the End
08 Come Undone
09 Green and Blue
10 Stars
11 Begin to Exhume

Thalia Zedek:

05-23 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs *
06-13 Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool ^
06-14 Philadelphia, PA - The Khyber ^
06-15 Washington, DC - The Velvet Lounge ^
06-16 Baltimore, MD - Talking Head ^
06-18 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge ^
06-19 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs #
06-20 Montreal, Quebec - Casa Del Popolo #
06-21 Toronto, Ontario - The Rivoli #
06-22 Chicago, IL - The Abbey

* with Joe Lally, Glorytellers
^ with Major Stars
# with Retribution Gospel Choir