Ohoy friends and fiends,
 
Just a few words to let you all know that so far we have all survived our time apart!
We are now back in our practice space, a little bit fatter, a little bit braver, and very eager to each bring the results of his or her own musical fast to the all we can eat buffet table. In all honesty, when we all gathered in there for the first time in months of being everywhere but there, talking about anything but it, and doing many things but that, we found ourselves a little rusty and quite unable to express ourselves without ending up in rather upsetting discussions concerning matters such as how to distinguish Carole King from Chicago, beer from supper, and boogie woogie from John Cale. A fairly simple task in essence, a strangely excruciating one in reality.
Other than that, here is what we have accomplished since you last heard from us:
Ted has managed to successfully sell several batches of his own home made marzipan coated pastries of a kind known as "Vacuum Cleaners" to a patisserie in Stockholm. None of us saw it coming but merely learned about his endavours when the press outed him. Thank you press, now let us eat cake, Ted.   
Adam has learned how to cut loose from the ney-sayers in our midst and currently personifies one giant, trembling, rockin' and rollin' YES to trying absolutely anything but cheese, mushrooms and not tearing his e-string to shreds every sixth minute. 
Eric has perfected his ability to count the contents of our treasure chest, and recently was very excited to learn that he is not only allowed but encouraged to re-invent the use of his drum kit. A world of possibilities has opened up dearest Eric, best of luck to you.
Carl has forsaken his old habit of running people over with his bicycle in favour of riding it far but properly, resulting in a reassuring lack of exposed bone and muscle tissue on his arms and legs. 
Aside from taking custody of a quintet of orphaned wild boarlets and thus coping with all the responsibilities of parenting a bunch of pigs, Bebban has learned that she is capable both of singing reasonably loud and executing the brilliantly abnormal exercise program she recently invented, both in her own in her own home, neither while she feels like she is being watched, and not yet simultaneously. 
What about the music, you may ask?
For now, friends and fiends, our lips are sealed like mean little clams on a poor cod's tail.
But rest assured, we shall return with aces up our sleeves.
Love,
SOL  

Dear Friends and Fiends,
We are currently in hibernation, each of us in his own one of the five corners of the world. Do not fret. It is merely an experiment, and it will be done with before the rooster crows. But you see, the records on how well we cope when we are together are vast in detail. Not one figure, not one lark or sigh has gone unnoticed, and we have come to the indisputable conclusion that we do, in fact, belong together. Wonderful news rather,  but you do understand that in the name of science we are now obliged to thouroughly investigate the other side of the token in order to find out how well we can cope when we are far apart. That is what we are doing at the moment.
So please do not fret friends and fiends, we will be knocking on your radio's door before you know it. Until then, be good.
And do not find yourself a new favourite band, or we might be very cross.
Love,
Shout Out Louds

Hello Scandinavia

We have been away for a while, and we are sorry..

So here it is. A little present for you Scandinavia!:

Nov 21 Folken, Stavanger + Likke Li
Nov 22 Hulen, Bergen + Likke Li
Nov 23 Samfundet, Trondheim + Likke Li
Nov 24 John Dee, Oslo + Likke Li
Nov 29 Lille Vega, Copenhagen + Likke Li
Nov 30 KB, Malmö + Likke Li
Dec 1 Chalmers Kårhus, Göteborg + Likke Li + Days

We are bringing our lovely lady Lykke Li for support and also our west coast darlings Days for support in Gothenburg.

Love / Shout Out Louds

Hello UK

The first single "Tonight I Have To Leave It" from our second album "OUR ILL WILLS" will be out Oct 22.
Limited 7" red vinyl + Downlaod of Tonight I Have To Leave It / Time Left For Love

Pre order it here.

London show: 26th November at Borderline.
Get tickets here.


Cheers!
/Shout Out Louds

Dear North America

Our second album "OUR ILL WILLS" is availble for pre order.
It will be out September 11 on Merge Records. It contains 12 songs written, arranged and performed by Shout Out Louds. Produced by Björn Yttling.

Order here friends:

Merge Records


Insound


use this coupon code at Insound - shoutout15- when you are about to complete your purchase and you´ll get a 15% discount

FOR A LIMITED TIME: preorders for OUR ILL WILLS will receive a free bonus CD with two acoustic songs recorded at Indie 103.1 in Los Angeles and a seven minute short documentary entitled "OUR ILL WILLS"

Compact Disc 4-ever and Vinyl Love (the vinyl comes with an exclusice track)
/Shout Out Louds

Hey everyone in the US and Canada.

October is a good month to tour in North America. So we will.
We are bringing Johnossi from Sweden with us and Nico Vega.

Come and see us here:

OCTOBER
06 Los Angeles, CA - Detour Festival
09 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
10 Eugene, OR - Wow Hall
11 Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan
12 Vancouver, BC - Richards On Richards
13 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
15 Salt Lake City, UT- Urban Lounge
16 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre
17 Lawrence, KS - Jackpot
18 Minneapolis, MN - Fine Line Music Cafe
19 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium
20 Columbus, OH - The Basement
22 Toronto, ON - The Mod Club
23 Montreal, QC - Caberet
24 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
25 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
26 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
27 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
28 Washington, DC - 9.30 Club
29 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
30 Carrboro, NC - Cat´s Cradle
31 Atlanta, GA - The Loft

NOVEMBER
02 Austin, TX - The Parish
03 Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre

See you there.

Love
Shout Out Louds

Hej,

Before we are releasing our second album "Our Ill Wills" in North America in September, we are releasing an EP we like to call: Toninight I Have To Leave It.
It´s a 5 track cd with remixes, a Pouges cover and a non album track.

The EP is available here:

Itunes US


Itunes Canada


Insound


and of course at Merge Records


Talk to you soon
Shout Out Louds

Dear friends.
Read the great news. Country by country:

DENMARK

The album is out now!

We are playing these shows in Denmark next week:

30 May   Lille Vega, Copenhagen (w/ The Concretes)

1 June   Spot festival, Århus


GERMANY

Album is out now! Buy it HERE

We are playing alot of German festivals this summer; Haldern, Melt, Immergut, Taubertahl and a few club dates in June as well. Take a look at our website for festival dates!

June clubdates are:

2 June      Knust, Hamburg
3 June      Glocksee, Hannover
4 June      Nachtleben, Frankfurt

Tickets on sale for clubshows here:
www.kartenhaus.de

The album is also out now in Austria and Switzerland and we are coming
to you this summer to play. Hold on.


AUSTRALIA / NEW ZEALAND

The album will be released 7th July by Dew Process. Rumours tells us that you can alreday here "Tonight I Have To Leave It" on Triple J. Amazing.

We have Australian tour dates confirmed for late August. Will be announced next week.



USA / CANADA

"Tonight I Have To Leave It" EP is out 5th June on Merge Records.
Full album to be released  in September.


US tour dates – tickets are on sale!

16th July      Spiegeltent, New York City

http://www.spiegelworld.com
http://www.ticketcentral.com


17th July       Luna Lounge, Brooklyn

www.lunaliounge.com
http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/event/EventListings?orgId=16773


18th July      Popscene @ Rickshaw Stop, San Fransisco

For advance tickets:
http://virtuous.com/events/v/449226232/2007-07-18.html
http://www.popscene-sf.com


19th July     El Rey, Los Angeles
www.theelrey.com



SVERIGE

Tack alla ni som kommit till våra klubbgig  under våren!

Vi ses på sommarfestivalerna som följer:  Hultsfred, Arvika, Emmaboda, Way Out West,
Peace & Love m fl.

Glöm inte fortsätta rösta på "Tonight I Have To Leave It" på Tracks.

"The only way is up" som Yazz sjöng en gång i tiden.

Love,
Shout Out Louds

Fantastic news. Our second album "OUR ILL WILLS" will be released in North America September 11th on Merge Records. But we will ease your longing with an EP we call "TONIGHT I HAVE TO LEAVE IT".

The EP will be released September 5th.

"TONIGHT I HAVE TO LEAVE IT EP" tracklisting:

1. Tonight I Have to Leave It
2. Don't Get Yourself Involved
3. Streams Of Whiskey (w/ The Essex Green)
4. Tonight I Have to Leave It (The Russian Futurists Remix)
5. Tonight I Have to Leave It (Kleerup Remix)

We will also come and play a few shows for you this summer.

US Tour dates:

16th July – New York, NY @ Spiegeltent
17th July – Brooklyn, NY @ Luna Lounge
18th July – San Francisco, CA, Popscene @ Rickshaw Stop
19th July – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey

Love,
SHOUT OUT LOUDS