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“A cross between Joanna Newsom and Modest Mouse — full of that warm, intimate twang perfect for this time of year.” —WASHINGTON POST

“Though Pree shares a number of Le Loup’s animating elements, Tabol’s current project seems more intimate, rustic, folk-tinged. —NPR SECOND STAGE 

Huh?

After touring for two years with Le Loup, guitarist May Tabol returned home to launch a new project with a close group of friends converging in the DC arts scene.  Now playing as a four-piece, Pree combines a wide variety of folk instrumentation with electric and digital elements to create a unique sound brimming with layered melodies and contagious energy.

Folly was written and recorded over the course of several heat waves and snow storms by May and her cohorts in a rotating cast of bedrooms, basements, and attics across the District, bearing witness to two foreclosures, a bit of squatting, a larger bit of eviction, and a subsequent life shuffle that would rival that of a wind-addled gypsy moth.  This patchwork, guerilla style recording, which grew out of necessity, ultimately served to instill a sense of tension throughout the record leaving one hanging on despite the imminence of something so delicate falling apart.

Pree’s new album, Folly, will be released on October 18 via Paper Garden Records.

Where can I see them?

North American Tour Dates

March 6th — Go Bar — Athens, Georgia
March 7th — The Drunken Unicorn — Atlanta, Georgia
March 8th — New Orleans, Louisiana — TBA
March 9th — Artmosphere — Lafayette, Louisiana
March 14th — DC Does TX @ Lovejoy’s — Austin, Texas (SXSW 2012)
March 14th — Sweet Tea Pumpkin Pie @ Casa Chapala — Austin, Texas (SXSW 2012)

March 15th — Paper Garden Records & My Old Kentucky Blog Party @ Uncorked — Austin, Texas (SXSW 2012)

March 19th — The Rogue Bar — Scottsdale, Arizona
March 21st — Tin Can Alehouse — San Diego, California
March 22nd — San Francisco, California — TBA
March 24th — Sophia’s — Davis, California
March 25th — Sam Bond’s Garage — Eugene, Oregon
March 27th — Ella Street Social Club — Portland, Oregon
March 28th — The High Dive — Seattle, Washington
March 31st — The Lion’s Lair — Denver, Colorado
April 2nd — Reggie’s Music Joint — Chicago, Illinois
April 3rd — Mike N’ Molly’s — Champaign, Illinois
April 4th — Indianapolis, Indiana — TBA