David Byrne & St Vincent Release Free EP, Download "Brass Tactics" Before Tour

Last year David Byrne of Talking Heads fame teamed up with singer-songwriter St. Vincent of Liberal Arts college dorm fame and released Love This Giant, a critical darling that they parlayed into a North American/Australian tour. Now, the duo have that traveling feeling in their bones again and to hype up their audience for their latest venue-to-venue trek across North America and Europe, they've released the Brass Tactics EP as a free download. Get it below in exchange for an email address:

The EP was described by Byrne thusly:

""one song that didn't make it on the record (a waltz featuring some lovely glass harmonica), a couple of energized remixes of some of the album tunes, and two live tracks of the sort of more familiar material we do in the set."

The new song is called "Cissus." The remixes are of "I Should Watch TV" and "Lightning."

There are also two live tracks, neither of which stem from the collaboration. The duo play Talking Heads' "Road To Nowhere" and St. Vincent's "Marrow."

Tour Dates Below [via]:

Love This Giant - 2013 Tour Dates
6/12 - Montclair, NJ @ Wellmont Theatre
6/13 - Baltimore, MD @ Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
6/15 - Asheville, NC @ Thomas Wolfe Auditorium
6/16 - Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music Festival
6/18 - Charlotte, NC @ Blumenthal Performing Arts Center - Belk Theater
6/20 - New Haven, CT @ Shubert Theatre
6/21 - Portland, ME @ State Theatre
6/22 - Shelburne, VT @ The Green at Shelburne Museum
6/23 - Ottawa, ON @ Confederation Park, Ottawa Jazz Festival
6/25 - Rochester, NY @ Kodak Hall at Eastman Theater
6/27 - New Bedford, MA @ The Zeiterion Performing Arts Center
6/28 - Red Bank, NJ @ Count Basie Theatre
6/29 - Port Chester, NY @ The Capitol Theatre
6/30 - Greensburg, PA @ Palace Theater
7/2 - Louisville, KY @ The Kentucky Center - Whitney Hall
7/5 - Des Moines, IA @ 80/35 Music Festival
7/6 - Highland Park, IL @ Ravinia Festival
7/7 - Grand Rapids, MI @ Meijer Gardens Amphitheater
7/8 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Michigan Theater
7/10 - Cincinnati, OH @ Taft Theatre
7/12 - Kansas City, MO @ Crossroads KC
7/13 - Littleton, CO @ Denver Botanic Gardens - Chatfield
7/14 - Telluride, CO @ Telluride Town Park
7/15 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Red Butte Garden Amphitheatre
7/17 - Eugene, OR @ Cuthbert Amphitheater
7/18 - Woodinville, WA @ Chateau Ste. Michelle Winery
7/20 - Saratoga, CA @ The Mountain Winery
7/21 - Oakland, CA @ The Fox Theater
8/18 - Reykjavik, Iceland @ Haskolabio
8/20 - Oslo, Norway @ Folketeatret
8/21 - Stockholm, Sweden @ Filadelfiakyrkan
8/22 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Falconer Salen
8/24 - Brussels, Belgium @ Bozar
8/25 - Utrecht, Netherlands @ Vredenburg Leidsche Rijn
8/27 - London, UK @ Roundhouse
8/28 - Birmingham, UK @ Symphony Hall
8/29 - Glasgow, UK @ Royal Concert Hall
8/30 - Salisbury, UK @ End of the Road Fest
9/3 - Lisbon, Portugal @ Coliseu Lisboa
9/4 - Portugal, Portugal @ Coliseu Do Porto
9/6 - Madrid, Spain @ Teatrp Circo Price
9/7 - Barcelona, Spain @ The National Auditorium of Catalonia
9/9 - Brescia, Italy @ Vittoriale Theatre
9/11 - Rome, Italy @ Auditorium Parco Della Musica
9/12 - Florence, Italy @ Teatro Verdi