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Sons & Daughters photo by Joe Dilworth

"When we arrive, sons and daughters/ We'll make our homes on the water." It's like Colin Meloy was seeing the future when he sang those lyrics on The Crane Wife's closing track, or maybe Glasgow's Sons & Daughters and L.A.'s Bodies of Water heard the song and were just so inspired that they had to tour together. Or, fine, maybe coincidence.

However it went, the bands will team up for a joint tour of North America in the spring, a couple months after their respective newest albums are released later this month. (UPDATE: It's not a joint tour; Bodies of Water will be opening for Sons & Daughters.)

Secretly Canadian will give international distribution to Bodies of Water's Ears Will Pop & Eyes Will Blink on January 22, and Sons & Daughters will release their Bernard Butler-produced This Gift one week later via Domino.

In other Bodies/Daughters news, both have dates outside of the joint tour, including S&D's UK shows with Black Kids. And Bodies of Water are currently preparing their second full-length for a summer release.

Bodies of Daughters:

03-17 Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
03-18 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
03-21 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
03-22 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
03-23 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
03-24 Cambridge, MA - Middle East (Downstairs)
03-25 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa
03-26 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
03-28 Chicago, IL - Double Door
03-29 Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater
03-31 Denver, CO - Hi-Dive
04-01 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
04-03 Seattle, WA - Neumos
04-04 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards
04-05 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
04-07 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall

* with Citay

Sons & Daughters:

01-14 Glasgow, Scotland - FOPP
01-15 London, England - FOPP
01-16 Manchester, England - FOPP
01-21 London, England - Durrr @ The End
01-25 Berlin, Germany - White Trash
02-07 Sheffield, England - Leadmill
02-08 Leeds, England - Cockpit *
02-09 Manchester, England - Club Academy *
02-11 Portsmouth, England - Wedgewood Rooms *
02-12 London, England - ULU *
02-13 Bristol, England - Thekla *
02-15 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC *
02-16 Edinburgh, Scotland - Queens Hall *
02-17 Dublin, Ireland - Whelan's *
02-19 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
02-20 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
02-21 Hamburg, Germany - Molotow
02-23 Munich, Germany - Muffathalle
02-24 Cologne, Germany - Gebäude 9
02-25 Paris, France - La Boule Noire
02-26 London, England - KOKO
03-12 Austin, TX - Antone's (Domino Records SXSW showcase)
03-19 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel

* with Black Kids

Bodies of Water:

02-01 Los Angeles, CA - The Echo *
03-08 Norman, OK - The Opolis #
03-10 Denton, TX - The Cavern #
03-12-16 Austin, TX - SXSW

* with Castanets
# with Phosphorescent, Bowerbirds