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Fat to release Night Birds 7-inch

Posted by Loren on February 15, 2013

Fat to release Night Birds 7-inch
Fat to release Night Birds 7-inch

New Jersey's Night Birds have announced a new 7" on Fat Wreck Chords on May 7. The four song EP is titled Maimed for the Masses and will preclude their new full-length this summer, Born to Die in Suburbia, which will be released on Grave Mistake Records and contains the titular track off the EP.

SPB talked with Night Birds before Fest 11 here, and the band is hitting the road this spring with Tenement as well.

TOUR DATES:

02/22/13 Westminster, MD at Wallride House *

02/23/13 Lancaster, PA at ABAG *

03/27/13 Cleveland, OH at Now That's Class w/ Give, Tenement *

03/28/13 Detroit, MI at Lager House w/ Give, Tenement *

03/29/13 Chicago, IL at TBA w/ Give, Tenement *

03/30/13 Milwaukee, WI at Bog Ward w/ Give, Tenement *

03/31/13 Minneapolis, MN at Medusa w/ Give, Tenement *

04/01/13 Kansas City, MO at Badhaus w/ Give, Tenement *

04/02/13 St Louis, MO at Blank Space w/ Give, Tenement *

04/03/13 Memphis, TN at 1372 Overton Park w/ Give, Tenement *

04/04/13 Indianapolis, IN at Adam's Pizza w/ Give, Tenement *

04/05/13 Cincinnati, OH at Rakes End w/ Give, Tenement *

04/06/13 Columbus , OH at Ace of Cups w/ Give, Tenement *

04/11/13 Brooklyn, NY at Grand Victory w/ Tenement *

04/13/13 Washington, DC at Damaged City Fest *

04/19/13 Philadelphia, PA at The Church w/ Iceage, White Lung *

06/01/13 Austin, TX at Chaos In Tejas *

06/02/13 Austin, TX at Choas In Tejas

Fat to release Night Birds 7-inch
Fat to release Night Birds 7-inch

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