Scottish twee originals the Vaselines have really maintained their cult over the last two decades. As we reported last week, Sub Pop is gearing up to release pretty much anything the band ever did near a tape recorder as a deluxe two-CD/three-LP set called Enter the Vaselines on May 5.

And now the band is gearing up to tour North America. Even though they played a few American shows last summer, this is still a fairly huge deal, especially given that they'll play relatively small venues. After that quick American trip ends, they'll play the Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona.

Dates:

05-10 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey Theater
05-11 San Francisco, CA - Bimbo's
05-12 Seattle, WA - Neumos
05-13 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
05-15 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
05-16 Chicago, IL - Metro
05-18 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
05-28 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival

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Well, it was no Goodburger.

um fucking awesome? BROOKLYN!!!!!

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The fresh heartbreak was, in a sense, like being in a foreign country; everything seemed alien, brilliant and glinting. It was as if I’d been flayed, so that even the air hurt. When you’re that unhappy, any glimmer of beauty or consolation feels like running into an old friend abroad, or seeing mountaintops through smog. Maybe we mistakenly think we want “happiness,” which we tend to picture in very vague, soft-focus terms, when what we really crave is the harder-edged intensity of experience.

oh and i already got a friend to go with me. tickets on sale tomorrow. eeeeeehhhhh!!!!!

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The fresh heartbreak was, in a sense, like being in a foreign country; everything seemed alien, brilliant and glinting. It was as if I’d been flayed, so that even the air hurt. When you’re that unhappy, any glimmer of beauty or consolation feels like running into an old friend abroad, or seeing mountaintops through smog. Maybe we mistakenly think we want “happiness,” which we tend to picture in very vague, soft-focus terms, when what we really crave is the harder-edged intensity of experience.

i'm going to the toronto show!!!

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Cool

I just bought a couple of tickets for the Brooklyn show. So I'm officially going now.

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The fresh heartbreak was, in a sense, like being in a foreign country; everything seemed alien, brilliant and glinting. It was as if I’d been flayed, so that even the air hurt. When you’re that unhappy, any glimmer of beauty or consolation feels like running into an old friend abroad, or seeing mountaintops through smog. Maybe we mistakenly think we want “happiness,” which we tend to picture in very vague, soft-focus terms, when what we really crave is the harder-edged intensity of experience.