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It's looking like the dudes of Oxford Collapse might have been funnin' a bit when they referred to their forthcoming LP, Bits, as an expansive double-disc affair. The set will in fact clock in at a lean, mean baker's dozen tunes when it arrives August 5 from Sub Pop. Still, it's a welcome return to long form for the Brooklyn rockers, who recently graced us with new jams in the form of a single and an EP.

Currently out on the road in search of the wily Frightened Rabbit, Oxford Collapse will lie fairly low through much of July before picking up again on a bunch of just-announced dates with We Are Scientists.

Bits:

01 Electric Arc
02 The Birthday Wars
03 Vernon-Jackson
04 Young Love Delivers
05 Back of the Yards
06 A Wedding
07 Featherbeds
08 For the Winter Coats
09 Men and Their Ideas
10 Children's Crusade
11 John Blood
12 B-Roll
13 I Hate Nobody

Oxford Collapse:

06-10 Pittsburgh, PA - Gooski's
06-11 Bloomington, IN - Bear's Place
06-12 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
06-13 Madison, WI - Terrace *
06-14 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room *
06-15 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive *
06-18 Seattle, WA - Nectar *
06-19 Portland, OR - Holocene *
06-21 San Francisco, CA - The Independent *
06-22 Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy *
06-23 San Diego, CA - Casbah *
06-26 Austin, TX - Mohawk *
06-27 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks *
06-28 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn *
06-30 Washington, DC - Black Cat *
07-01 Cambridge, MA - T.T. the Bear's Place *
07-02 Brooklyn, NY - Southpaw *
07-29 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's $
07-31 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg $
08-01 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom $
08-03 Columbus, OH - Basement $
08-04 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick $
08-05 Indianapolis, IN - Music Mill $
08-06 Madison, WI - High Noon Saloon $
08-07 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater $
08-08 Chicago, IL - The Abbey $
08-09 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop $
08-10 Newport, KY - Southgate House $

* with Frightened Rabbit
$ with We Are Scientists