Just a quick note to glory in the beautiful reworking Deerhoof has done on the Parenthetical Girls' song "GUT Symmetries" from PG's new album Entanglements (freshly reviewed), built around PG leader Zac Pennington's gorgeous voice:

You can hear for yourself right here.

And to let everyone know that Pennington and his orchestra will be extending his tour dates into Seattle! Just a few days after my birthday! At one of my very favorite venues, The Vera Project! Life is so good right now it hurts.

Updated show information:

PARENTHETICAL GIRLS
Sept. 16 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg *
Sept. 18 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church *
Sept. 19 Washington, DC Black Cat *
Sept. 20 Columbus, OH Skully's Music Diner *
Sept. 21 Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen 
Sept. 25 Rochester, NY Bug Jar #
Sept. 27 Toronto, ONT Sneaky Dee's #
Sept. 29 Ottawa, ONT Zaphod Beeblebrox #
Oct. 01 Cambridge, MA Middle East #
Oct. 02 New York, NY Cake Shop #
Oct. 04 Washington, DC Rock and Roll Hotel #%
Oct. 08 Mt. Pleasant, SC Village Tavern #
Oct. 09 Atlanta, GA Drunken Unicorn #
Oct. 14 Denver, CO Hi Dive #
Oct. 16 Boise, ID Neurolux 
Oct. 17 Seattle, WA The Vera Project #$
Oct. 18 Anacortes, WA Dept. of Safety #
Oct. 23 San Francisco, CA Hemlock Tavern #
Oct. 24 San Luis Obispo, CA SLO Art Center #

* = w/ Sunset Rubdown
# = w/ Evangelicals
% = w/ These United States
$ = w/ Catfish Haven