EXCLUSIVE NEW DOWNLOAD: Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - When We Swam + Know Better Learn Faster

(Photo: Tarina Westlund)
While we're told their new album, Know Better Learn Faster, is a break-up record, San Franciscan indie trio Thao With The Get Down Stay Down don't do mopey. "When We Swam" paints the severance in beach metaphors and twisted doo-wop rhythms, while the title track is shuffling and agrarian, fiddle and slide guitar laced throughout. Both are below, the former exclusively, while the band roll through New York tonight to play the Bowery Ballroom. More tour dates after the break.
Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - When We Swam
Thao With The Get Down Stay Down - Know Better Learn Faster
Thao With The Get Down Stay Down's RCRD LBL Page
Tour Dates For Thao With The Get Down Stay Down:
11/04 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
11/05 - Philadelphia, PA - The First Unitarian Church
11/06 - Washington, DC - Black Cat
11/07 - Richmond, VA - The Canal Club Downstairs Lounge
11/09 - Atlanta, GA - The Earl
11/11 - Houston, TX - The Studio @ Warehouse Live
11/12 - Austin, TX - Mohawk
11/13 - Ft. Worth, TX - Lola's
11/14 - Lubbock, TX - Jake's
11/16 - Santa Fe, NM - Santa Fe Brewery
11/17 - Phoenix, AZ - Rhythm Room
11/18 - Tuscon, AZ - Plush
11/19 - San Diego, CA - The Casbah
11/20 - Pamona, CA - The Glass House
11/21 - San Francisco, CA - The Independent