Alabama Shakes Release Debut Album Boys & Girs April 10th

Boys & Girls, the full-length debut album from Alabama Shakes, will be released in North America on April 10 by ATO Records. Rough Trade will release it internationally on April 9. Beginning today, fans can stream the album’s first single, "Hold On," at their official website, or listen below via the band’s widget.

 

Alabama Shakes will make its television debut on February 7 on "Conan." The band will appear on KCRW’s "Morning Becomes Eclectic" on Tuesday, January 24, and its "World Cafe" session will air on NPR on January 26. Alabama Shakes’ current North American outing will include sold-out shows in Austin (1/21), Los Angeles (1/25 at the Troubadour), San Francisco (1/26 at The Independent), Portland (1/28 at Doug Fir Lounge) and Vancouver (1/29). "Their raucous live shows are already the stuff of legend," observed NME in a recent feature.

ALABAMA SHAKES 2012 TOUR DATES
1/19 New Orleans, LA One Eyed Jacks w/Hurray for the Riff Raff, Tumbleweeds
1/20 Houston, TX Continental Club w/Nick Gaitan & The Umbrella Man
1/21 Austin, TX Continental Club w/Mudflap SOLD OUT
1/24 Solana Beach, CA Belly Up w/Terraplane Sun
1/25 West Hollywood, CA The Troubadour w/Dry The River SOLD OUT
1/26 San Francisco, CA The Independent w/Dry The River SOLD OUT
1/28 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge w/Quiet Life SOLD OUT
1/29 Vancouver, BC The Media Club w/Quiet Life SOLD OUT
1/31 Seattle, WA Crocodile Club w/Quiet Life
2/2 Salt Lake City, UT The State Room
2/4 Boulder, CO Fox Theater w/A. Tom Collins
2/22 London, UK Boston Arms SOLD OUT
2/23 London, UK Boston Arms SOLD OUT
2/24 London, UK Boston Arms
3/10 Milwaukee, WI Pabst Theater
3/23 Tuscaloosa, AL Bama Theater w/Dexateens & Lee Bains III & The Glory Fires
3/29 Oxford, MS Proud Larry’s
3/31 Birmingham, AL Work Play Theatre