Tour dates: Hope Sandoval

Also coming to the UK: Hope Sandoval. Oh, and Ireland and Spain:

May 6th: Black Box - Belfast
May 7th: Whelan's in - Dublin, Ireland
May 9th: All Tomorrows Parties
May 23rd: Manchester Club Academy, Manchester
May 24th: Bush Hall - London UK
May 25th: Bush Hall - London UK
May 28th: Primavera Sound - Barcelona, Spain

Hope springs again

Some good news buried in Rolling Stone's website, tucked away behind the Jackson coverage:

Sandoval is back. With her band Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions (which features My Bloody Valentine drummer Colm Ó Cíosóig), Sandoval is gearing up to release her second record since the act’s 2001 debut Bavarian Fruit Bread. The new disc Through the Devil Softly — out September 15th — is a lovely, 11-track collection of narcotic, folk tunes centered by Sandoval’s breathy, irresistible seductive croon. So what took so long? “I don’t really notice the time,” says Sandoval coyly. “We don’t keep track of the days and months. And the years.”

This is what they were like last time round: