Ida to release new EP in August

Ida fans won't be kept waiting long for a follow-up to Lovers Prayers.

On the heels of their 2008 full-length release, Ida has prepared the seven-song "My Fair, My Dark" EP to be released by Polyvinyl on Aug. 5.

The press release describes the EP as "songs that the band was playing when they thought the tape machines were turned off, loose around the edges but sealed with a kiss."

The EP compiles two unreleased originals, alongside covers of songs by Anne Briggs, John & Beverley Martyn, Dolly Parton, and David Schickele. On "Late Blues," recorded during one of Ida's performances at The Midnight Ramble, they were joined by the mighty Levon Helm himself. Produced by Warn Defever of His Name Is Alive, art by Tara Jane O'neil.

Ida will be playing some shows leading up to the release with pals Michael Hurley and Alan Sparhawk's Retribution Gospel Choir.

IDA

05/24 Sat Woodstock, NY @ Varga Gallery*
05/26 Mon Arlington, VA @ IOTA Club & Cafe *
05/27 Tue Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live *
06/01 Sun Somerville, MA @ The Nave Gallery *
06/17 Tue Brooklyn, NY @ Union Hall #

* = w/ Michael Hurley
# = w/ Retribution Gospel Choir

posted [5.21.08]

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