And So I Watch You From Afar announce North American dates with Russian Circles, Zechs Marquise

Belfast, Northern Ireland's celebrated instrumental band And So I Watch You From Afar announce extensive North American tour dates this summer paired up with several other Sargent House family bands. ASIWYFA kicks off the tour in Canada with Russian Circles and Indian Handcrafts(including Sled Island festival), then later joined by Deafheaven on the west coast, ending in Los Angeles at the El Rey at the big Sargent House/1656 Music show with Chelsea Wolfe also playing. In July, ASIWYFA pair up with Zechs Marquise for co-headlining dates throughout North America. Please see complete dates below. Known for their unrelenting tours that has seen them play over 300 shows since the start of 2009, And So I Watch You From Afar don't know how to take a break. From appearances at SXSW, Eurosonic, Electric Picnic, Novarock, Canadian Music Fest, Popkomm, Pukkelpop, Sonisphere, to tour dates in Europe, North America, Russia and a support slot for rock supergroup Them Crooked Vultures, the band has been on the road playing music non-stop since the release of their fan-stirring debut self-titled album. In between, the band was nominated for Ireland's coveted Choice Music Prize for Album Of The Year and XFM's New Music Album Of The Year, released The Letters EP in February 2010 and a stop-gap tour single "Straight Through The Sun" in November 2010. It's a small wonder then, that the band actually managed to record their highly-charged second albumGangs at all with that punishing schedule. It was recorded on weekdays between festival appearances over the summer of 2010 during July and August at Start Together Studios in Belfast with producer Rocky O'Reilly and the help of a young technician by the name of Lee McMahon. The heart of Gangs is a section entitled Homes: "Ghost Parlor KA-6 to Samara to Belfast" which spans tracks six and seven. It's a near 10-minute epic which taps into the emotions of returning to familiar places and visiting new ones for the very first time. "It's a cheesy thought but we wanted to capture our journey through touring: seeing so many different things, unexpected happenings, sudden changes and then a homecoming," Rory explains. "The end of that tune sums up the relief and elation of coming back into Belfast and getting to see our friends and family again." It's a sentiment echoed by the title of the record - Gangs. "In the same vein, everything we've done, places we've played all, people we've met, all circulate around these pockets of people, pockets of scenes and pockets of culture. These gangs of people who emanate from everywhere. It's that DIY /The Clash / Black Flag sort of thing that our band is like a gang sometimes." AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR & RUSSIAN CIRCLES - 2012 Jun 18 - Winnipeg, MB @ The Park Theatre  w/ Indian Handcrafts Jun 19 - Saskatoon, SK @ Amigos Cantina w/ Indian Handcrafts Jun 20 - Calgary, AB @ Dicken's Pub - Sled Island Fest w/ Indian Handcrafts Jun 22 - Vancouver, BC  @ Biltmore Cabaret Jun 24 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos Jun 25 - Portland, OR  @ Doug Fir Lounge Jun 27 - Sacramento, CA @ Harlow's w/ Deafheaven Jun 28 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall w/ Deafheaven Jun 29 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre w/ Chelsea Wolfe & Deafheaven AND SO I WATCH YOU FROM AFAR & ZECHS MARQUISE - 2012 Jun 30 - Anaheim, CA  @ Chain Reaction Jul 01 - San Diego, CA  @ The Casbah Jul 02 - Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room Jul 04 - San Antonio, TX  @ The White Rabbit Jul 05 - Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald's Jul 06 - Austin, TX @ Red 7 Jul 07 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada Jul 08 - Norman, OK @ The Opolis Jul 10 - St Louis, MO @ The Firebird Jul 11 - Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen Jul 12 - Lansing, MI @ Mac's Bar Jul 13 - Toledo, OH  @ Mickey Finns Jul 14 - Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern Jul 16 - Pittsburgh, PA @ Smiling Moose Jul 17 - Louisville, KY @ Headliner's Music Hall Jul 18 - Nashville, TN @ 12th & Porter Jul 19 - Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade Jul 21 - St Petersburg, FL @ local 662 Jul 22 - Mobile, AL @ Alabama Music Box Jul 24 - Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 Jul 25 - Baltimore, MD @ Sonar Jul 26 - Cambridge, MA @ T.T. the Bears Jul 27 - New York City, NY @ The Studio at Webster Hall Jul 28 - Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie

Artist: And So I Watch You From Afar  Album: Gangs Label: Sargent House  Release date: November 8th, 2011 Track list: 01. BEAUTIFULUNIVERSEMASTERCHAMPION  02. Gang (starting never stopping) 03. Search:Party:Animal  04. 7 Billion People all Alive at Once 05. Think:Breathe:Destroy Homes 06. Ghost Parlor KA -6 to... 07. ...Samara to Belfast 08. Lifeproof ( 'Homes' couples together tracks 6 and 7) On the Web: www.asiwyfa.tumblr.com www.facebook.com/andsoiwatchyoufromafar twitter.com/#!/asiwyfa_band