i'm in amsterdam where..
..people in scarves have huge diy bins attached to their bikes full of kids and dogs and flowers and toilet paper and and and and and
it’s raining and we’re playing here tomorrow night, the first night of the big, full band, squirrel flower, europe and united kingdom summer tour.
we’ve all been up for over 30 hours and are completely delirious, i have the giggles, my drummer’s been sleeping since 4pm, a woman on my flight wouldn’t stop yelling about how the man next to her was drenched in sweat, we all lost our minds over a dutch poster for ‘despicable me 4’, which in dutch is ‘Verschrikkelijke Ikke 4’, we saw parrots in a tree (???) etc etc etc.
it would mean the world to me if you came to these shows or told a europe residing friend about them. after a full year of touring to support my record ‘tomorrow’s fire,’ a break is imminent… so these summer shows may be your last time to see sf in the flesh for a little while. but also…..who knows.
here are all the dates (including a nutso show opening for courtney barnett + bob mould in chicago later in july):
July 4 • Amsterdam • Paradiso
July 5 • Paris • Le Mécanique Ondulatoire
July 6 • Bordeaux • Jalles House Rock Festival
July 7 • Barcelona • Razzmataz
July 8 • Madrid • Siroco
July 9 • Valencia • EI Loco
July 11 • Vannes • Echonova Hors Les Murs
July 12 • Montmartin • Chauffer Dans La Noirceur Festival
July 13 • Kutna Hora • Creepy Teepee Festival
July 14 • Nijmegen • Valkhof Festival
July 16 • Margate • Elsewhere
July 17 • London • The Lexington (low tickets)
July 18 • Manchester • YES (selling fast)
July 19 • Glasgow • The Glad Cafe (low tickets)
July 20 • Leeds • Hyde Park Book Club (low tickets)
July 21 • Brighton • The Prince Albert
July 26th • Skokie, IL • Out Of Space (w/ Courtney Barnett + Bob Mould)
August 24 • Champaign, IL • Street Festival
September 1st • Seattle, WA • Bumbershoot Festival
love ya _ see ya around the bend _ voor nu tot ziens
Have fun in Europe! Skokie is going to rock!
Stuck here in the land of dying democracy but wishing you all well on your tour. Thanks for standing up and saying no to imperialism/militarism re:SXSW. 🙏✌️