(Photo: Danny Cohen)

In what seems like it could be half of an indie rock Avengers lineup, Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile announced earlier this year that they were joining forces to fight back an alien invasion in New York and also record an album together. Now, they’ve actually announced that the joint LP will be called Lotta Sea Lice, and that it’ll be available on October 13. A press release refers to the album as a “conversation between friends” that is “documented in raw, unvarnished song,” and Vile says that he and Barnett originally just intended to jam together on a few tracks that they never intended to release. However, “the vibe was so strong” that they ended up with a full album, and thus Lotta Sea Lice was born. The video for their first single, “Over Everything,” is below.


You can pre-order Lotta Sea Lice here, and some tour dates for Barnett and Vile are below as well.



Lotta Sea Lice Tour 2017

10/11—San Diego, CA—House of Blues

10/14—Los Angeles, CA—The Cathedral Sanctuary at Immanuel Presbyterian Church

10/15—Los Angeles, CA—Orpheum Theatre

10/18—Oakland, CA—Fox Theatre

10/20—Portland, OR—Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall

10/21—Seattle, WA—Moore Theatre

10/22—Seattle, WA—The Showbox

10/25—St. Paul, MN—Palace Theatre

10/26—Chicago, IL—Rockefeller Chapel

10/27—Chicago, IL—Thalia Hall

10/28—Chicago, IL—Empty Bottl

10/30—Royal Oak, MI—Royal Oak Music Theatre

10/31—Toronto, Ontario—Massey Hall

11/1—New York, NY—Beacon Theatre

11/3—Upper Darby, PA—Tower Theatre

11/4—Boston, MA—Orpheum Theatre

11/6—Loew’s Jersey Theatre—Jersey City, NJ

11/7—The Anthem—Washington, DC

11/9—Nashville, TN—Ryman Auditorium

11/10—Dallas, TX—McFarlin Memorial Auditorium

11/11—Austin, TX—ACL Live at the Moody Theater