Wake Owl and Mimicking Birds have new LPs, touring together after separate Rough Trade shows (dates, streams)

by Bill Pearis

Wake Owl

Vancouver’s Wake Owl (the moniker of singer/songwriter Colyn Cameron) released their debut album, The Private World of Paradise, in March via Vagrant. With crisp production from Shins member Richard Swift, the record is full of smart, tuneful pop that’s much more interesting than the band’s name might lead you to believe. (Mumford-style folk it is not.) You can stream the whole album below.

Wake Owl are also touring this year and will play NYC at Rough Trade on April 24 with Lyla Foy and Stone Cold Fox. Tickets for that show are on sale now. All of their dates are listed below.

Mimicking Birds

Many of the dates on Wake Owl’s tour are with another band with an avian name, Portland’s Mimicking Birds. They aren’t on Wake Owl’s NYC show, but they do play their own show at Rough Trade on April 27 with Such Hounds and Bird Courage. Tickets to that show are on sale now. Mimicking Birds‘ new album, Eons, will be out May 13 via Glacial Pace Recordings. You can check out the somber single “Bloodlines” below.

Both bands’ dates are listed, with those song streams, below…

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Wake Owl – 2014 Tour Dates
Apr 17 7th Street Entry Minneapolis, MN
Apr 18 Turner Music Hall Milwaukee, WI
Apr 19 Schubas Chicago, IL
Apr 21 The Ark Ann Arbor, MI
Apr 22 The Basement Columbus, OH
Apr 24 Rough Trade Brooklyn, NY
Apr 25 Cafe 939 Boston, MA
Apr 26 MilkBoy Philadelphia, PA
Apr 29 Jammin Java Vienna, VA
Apr 30 Capitol Ale House Richmond, VA #
May 01 Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, NC #
May 02 The Mill Room Asheville, NC #
May 03 The Square Room Knoxville, TN #
May 04 3rd & Lindsley Nashville, TN #
May 06 Charleston Pour House Charleston, SC #
May 08 Bottletree Birmingham, AL #
May 10 Shaky Knees Festival Atlanta, GA #
May 12 Thirsty Hippo Hattiesburg, MS #
May 13 Spanish Moon Baton Rouge, LA #
May 15 Fitzgerald’s (downstairs) Houston, TX #
May 16 House Of Blues Dallas Dallas, TX #
May 17 Stubb’s Jr. Austin, TX #
May 21 Echo Los Angeles, CA #
May 22 The Chapel San Francisco, CA #
May 23 Doug Fir Portland, OR #
May 24 Barboza Seattle, WA
Jun 14 Deer Lake Park Burnaby, Canada

# w/ Mimicking Birds

Mimicking Birds – 2014 Tour Dates
04.25.14 – Chicago, IL @ The Beat Kitchen
04.27.14 – Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade
04.28.14 – Philadelphia, PA @ Milkboy
04.29.14 – Vienna, VA @ Jammin Java*
04.30.14 – Richmond, VA @ Capitol Ale House*
05.01.14 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle*
05.02.14 – Asheville, NC @ The Mill Room*
05.03.14 – Knoxville, TN @ The Square Room*
05.04.14 – Nashville, TN @ 3rd & Lindsley*
05.06.14 – Charleston, SC @ Charleston Pour House*
05.08.14 – Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree*
05.12.14 – Hattiesburg, MS @ Thirsty Hippo*
05.13.14 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon*
05.15.14 – Houston, TX @ Fitz*
05.16.14 – Dallas, TX @ House of Blues Cambridge*
05.17.14 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Jr*
05.21.14 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo*
05.22.14 – San Francisco, CA @ Chapel*
05.23.14 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir*
* with Wake Owl