Guitarist Marisa Anderson and drummer Jim White recently announced their follow-up duo album to 2020’s The Quickening. Swallowtail is due for release on May 10th via Thrill Jockey, and their first single, “Bitterroot Valley Suite I: Water”, provided an alluring and organic-sounding first offering.
Today they are sharing their new single “Peregrine”, a gorgeous ten-and-a-half-minute slow-burner that could suggestively fire the imagination with visions of flight or a long perambulation. The build-up of to the crescendo is exquisite, highlighting not just the duo’s almost effortless synchronicity but their intuitive use of space and tension. Anderson shared:
“The word peregrine has two meanings, one being a type of falcon, and the other meaning referring to having a tendency to wander. This song starts off kind of lazily, begins to circle and builds up height and speed, as if riding a thermal skyward, hits a solid stride and dissipates upwards, dancing in the heights before disappearing into the distance.”
Jim White and Marisa Anderson will tour North America this Spring around the release of Swallowtail, including a string of co-headline dates with Myriam Gendron. Gendron’s new album, Mayday, features performances by White and Anderson (listen to Terres brûlées).
Anderson will also be playing select solo tour dates, including sets alongside Charlie Parr. Full list of dates below.
Jim White and Marisa Anderson duo tour dates
May 3 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue #
May 4 – Fargo, ND – The Hall at Fargo Brewing #
May 9 – Philadelphia, PA – Solar Myth
May 11 – Yellow Springs, OH – The Foundry Theater
May 12 – Detroit, MI – Trinosophes
May 13 – Chicago, IL – Constellation
May 16 – New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge ^
May 17 – Keene, NH – Thing in the Spring ^
May 18 – Montreal, QC – Lion D’or ^
May 20 – Portland, OR – Holocene ^
May 22 – Seattle, WA – Rabbit Box ^
May 23 – Vancouver, BC – Coastal Jazz @ St James Hall ^
May 24 – San Diego, CA – The Loft ^
May 25 – Los Angeles, CA – Zebulon ^
May 26 – Mill Valley, CA – Sweetwater Music Hall ^
Jun. 4 – Kingston NY – Tubby’s *
Jun. 5 – Washington, DC – Rhizome*
Jun. 6 – Richmond, VA – Richmond Music Hall *
Jun. 9 – Durham, NC – The Pinhook *
Jun. 11 – Athens, GA – Flicker Theater *
Jun. 15 – Nashville, TN – The Blue Room *
Jun. 23 -Paonia CO – Bross Hotel *
- Marisa Anderson solo
# Marisa Anderson solo w/ Charlie Parr
^ co-headline w/ Myriam Gendron