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The "cover" (if you can call those things that show up in iTunes "covers") of the brand new Twilight Singers EP, A Stitch in Time (available today only on iTunes) is an image of a really grimy sink. Listening to the five-track collection feels just as dirty.

Pairing main man Greg Dulli with recently-added full-on band member Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees/Queens of the Stone Age/Isobel Campbell), it's a typically creepy affair, with everything sounding like it was recorded in a smoky bar with a dead body in the bathroom. Except for the song "Sublime", co-written by Dulli and Joseph Arthur, and featuring Arthur on vocals. That dude couldn't sound mysterious if he was dressed in a fedora and trenchcoat.

The EP leads off with a deliciously depraved cover of Massive Attack's "Live With Me", and also includes a cover of Fat Freddy's Drop's "Flashback". Dulli's Afghan Whigs bandmate Rick McCollum co-wrote the song "They Ride". And "Sublime" totally jacks "Sexual Healing". In a good way.

The Twilight Singers, with Lanegan in tow, launch a U.S. tour in two weeks. They head to Europe in November and December.

A Stich in Time tracklist:

01 Live With Me (featuring Mark Lanegan)
02 Sublime (featuring Joseph Arthur)
03 Flashback (featuring Mark Lanegan)
04 They Ride
05 The Lure Would Prove Too Much

Twilight Singers dates:

10-24 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *#
10-25 Los Angeles, CA - House of Blues Sunset Strip *#
10-27 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress *#
10-28 Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad *#
10-30 Omaha, NE - Sokol Underground *#
10-31 St Louis, MO - Mississippi Nights *#
11-01 Chicago, IL - Double Door *#
11-02 Chicago, IL - Double Door *#
11-03 Newport, KY - Southgate House *#
11-04 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge *#
11-06 Orlando, FL - The Social *#
11-07 St. Petersburg, FL - The State Theatre *#
11-08 Atlanta, GA - The Loft *#
11-09 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club *#
11-11 Norfolk, VA - The NorVa *#
11-13 Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of Living Arts *#
11-14 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club *#
11-15 Washington, DC - Black Cat *#
11-16 Brooklyn, NY - Warsaw *$
11-18 Dublin, Ireland - The Village #
11-19 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Limelight #
11-21 Glasgow, Scotland - Òran Mór
11-22 Manchester, England - Manchester Academy
11-23 London, England - Koko #
11-24 Athens, Greece - Gagarin 205
11-26 Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne Belgique
11-27 Nijmegen, Netherlands - Doornroosje #
11-28 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg #
11-29 Groningen, Netherlands - Vera #
12-01 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Club Auditori
12-02 Warsaw, Poland - Proxima
12-04 Graz, Austria - Orpheum
12-05 Vienna, Austria - Szene Wien
12-06 Zagreb, Croatia - Pauk
12-07 Pordenone, Italy - Deposito Giordani
12-08 Florence, Italy - Auditorium Flog
12-09 Rome, Italy - Circolo Degli Artisti
12-11 Milan, Italy - Transilvania Live
12-12 Turin, Italy - Hiroshima Mon Amour

* with Stars of Track and Field
# with Jeff Klein
$ with the Mighty Fine