Mark Talks To Billboard

There is a brief interview with Mark on the Billboard website. He says that the new album is more "live" than the previous one. He goes on to say that "I did a tour with Spoon a few years ago, and played a bunch of old American Music Club songs, and they were dark. I just don't think I'm in that mood anymore," Eitzel says. "I like that 'The Golden Age' is loose and upbeat.".

American Music Club - Website

It seems the band have finally got round to updating their website. You can see it here.

It has a little jukebox on the front now with some of their tracks in it. It looks like the (now unavailable) AMC best of and the Demos for Lovesongs. Could be a couple of unreleased tunes on there as well by the looks of it.

American Music Club - New Tour Details *Update*

From Chris at Undertow records ...

Please see the following dates in support of the upcoming new AMC album "The Golden Age" - a few of the venues will not have tickets on sale until the end of the week. We are also confirming a few more dates not listed below including Paris in the next few weeks.

Wed – Jan 30 – Cork, Ireland – Cyprus Ave
Thurs Jan 31 - Limerick, Ireland – Dolans

Fri – Feb 1 – Galway, Ireland – Roisin Dubh
Sat – Feb 2 – Dublin, Ireland – Whelans
Sun – Feb 3 – Bristol, UK - tbc
Tues – Feb 5 – Leeds, UK- Irish Centre
Wed – Feb 6 – Manchester, UK - Academy 3
Thur Feb 7 - Newcastle, UK – The Cluny
Fri Feb 8 - Glasgow, UK – Oran Mor
Sat Feb 9 - Nottingham, UK- Rescue Rooms
Sun Feb 10 - Birmingham, UK – tbc
Tues Feb 12 Brighton, UK – Concorde 2
Wed Feb 13 -London, UK – Dingwalls
Thurs Feb 14 – Amsterdam, Holland - Paradiso
Fri Feb 15 – Brussels, Belgium - AB Club
Sat Feb 16 – Den Bosch, Holland - W2
Sun Feb 17 – Groningen, Holland - Vera
Mon Feb 18 Köln, Germany - Gebäude 9
20.02 Gijón, Spain - Acapulco (Casino)
21.02 Madrid, Spain - Caracol
22.02 Bilbao, Spain - Kafe Antzokia
23.02 Barcelona, Spain - ApoloSun Feb
24 Bielefeld, Germany - Forum
Tues Feb 26 Hamburg, Germany - Fabrik
Wed Feb 27 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
Thur Feb 28 – Malmo, Sweden - KB
Fri Feb 29 – Oslo, Norway - John Dee

Sat Mar 1 – Gotenburg, Sweden - Sticky Fingers
Sun Mar 2 – Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall **
Tue Mar 4 - Berlin, Germany - ColumbiaClub
Wed Mar 5 - Leipzig, Germany - Nato
Thur Mar 6 Frankfurt, Germany - Brotfabrik
Fri Mar 7 Weinheim, Germany - Cafe Central
Sat Mar 8 St Gallen, Switzerland - Palace
Sun Mar 9 Zürich, Switzerland - El Lokal
Tues Mar 11 Turin, Italy - Spazio 211
Wed Mar 12 München, Germany - Registratur
Thurs Mar 13. Wien, Austria, WUK
Fri Mar 14 Ebensee, Austria - Kino
Sat Mar 15 Geislingen, Germany - Rätschenmühle
16.03. Diksmuide, Belgium - 4 AD
18.03. Paris, France - Divan Du Monde
20.03 Norwich, UK - Arts Centre

The new album is due Feb 4th UK (unless you go to Bristol and buy it the night before) and
the week before in Ireland. US dates will be in April

American Music Club - New Album Details

According to Peter on the FireFly mailing list, the new American Music Club album is done.

American Music Club's new album "THE GOLDEN AGE" is done! The album will be released in early 2008 by Merge Records in North America and by Cooking Vinyl in Europe. The track listing is as follows...

1. All My Love
2. The Victory Choir
3. The Decibels and the Little Pills
4. The Sleeping Beauty
5. The Stars
6. All the Lost Souls Welcome You to San Francisco
7. Who You Are
8. The Windows of the World
9. One Step Ahead
10. The Dance
11. I know that's not really you
12. On My Way
13. The Grand Duchess of San Francisco

What with tour dates appearing now in February, we could be looking at a release around that time. Mark has been playing at least three of these tunes (lost sould, windows and one step) live for a year or so now. Anyone have any details of the others?

A couple more dates

According to the bands website, the American Music Club will be playing a couple of dates in LA and San Francisco next month.

Fri 11/9/07
Rickshaw Stop
San Francisco CA

Tue 11/13/07
The Echo
Los Angeles CA
w/ Emma Pollack