Australian euphoric pop quartet, Crayon Fields, are kicking off their first ever US tour tonight at Soda Bar in San Diego (the tour ends in LA at one of my favorite venues, Hotel Cafe, Oct 29th). They’ll be playing songs from their two full-length albums, All the Pleasures of the World and Animal Bells, as well as new material, up and down both coasts (plus a stop in NY for CMJ 2010). Along for the ride will be Air Waves, Karl Blau, Magic Bullets, and Reports. Check out the tour dates below.

If that’s not enough, the band has also made a free tour EP, Make Peace With Love, available on Bandcamp, with previously vinyl-only B-side How Loved You Are, a live version of Pleasures track Graceless, a remix of All the Pleasures of the World by Dan Block, and a surprise – a sultry cover of the Roxette classic, It Must Have Been Love. Grab the EP here.

mp3: crayon fields – it must have been love (roxette cover)

mp3: crayon fields – graceless (live)

MORE

Crayon Fields are featured on the Hype Machine radio show (October). Check that out here.

Crayon Fields played SXSW 2010 and KEXP has some videos from the performance here.

www.myspace.com/thecrayonfields

www.chaptermusic.au

CRAYON FIELDS US TOUR DATES

Monday October 11

San Diego – Soda Bar, 3615 El Cajon Blvd

with Heavy Hawaii, Scruffles and DJ Rchrd Oh

Wednesday October 13

Santa Barbara – Muddy Waters Cafe, 508 East Haley State

with the Spires and Watercolor Paintings

Thursday October 14

San Francisco – Rickshaw Stop, 155 Fell Street

with Magic Bullets and Old Fashioned Way

Saturday October 16

Olympia – Northern, 321 4th Ave

with Karl Blau and Generifus

Sunday October 17

Portland – Mississippi Studios, 3939 N Mississippi

with Karl Blau and Archeology

Monday October 18

Seattle – Tractor Tavern, 5213 Ballard Ave NW

< span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:georgia;">with Karl Blau and Exohxo

Thursday October 21

New York – Glasslands Gallery, 289 Kent Ave Brooklyn

Chapter Music/Underwater Peoples CMJ showcase

with Fabulous Diamonds, Guy Blackman, Andrew Cedermark, Air Waves and La Big Vic

Friday October 22

New York – Rockwood Music Hall, 196 Allen St

Windish Agency CMJ showcase

with Lower Dens, First Aid Kit, Sun Airway and Apache Beat

Sunday October 24

Washington DC – Black Cat Backstage, 1811 14th St

with Family Portrait

Tuesday October 26

Philadelphia – The Fire, 412 Girrard Avenue

with Air Waves

Wednesday October 27

Boston – TT The Bears, 10 Brookline St

with Air Waves and Reports

Friday October 29 8pm

Los Angeles – Hotel Cafe, 1623 N. Cahuenga Blvd