Beach Slang announces new stripped-down EP as Quiet Slang

Beach Slang has announced a new EP as “Quiet Slang.” The band’s latest finds Alex James performing stripped-down versions of Beach Slang songs and two covers along with a pianist and a cellist. The We Were Babies & We Were Dirtbags EP will be released on October 20 via Polyvinyl, and features covers of songs by The Replacements and Big Star. Listen to a new version of “Bad Art and Weirdo Ideas” below and check out the tracklist. Beach Slang is also back on tour this fall. Take a look at those tour dates below.

Beach Slang’s We Were Babies & We Were Dirtbags EP follows last year’s A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings and their covers EP, Here I Made This For You (Vol. 2).

Beach Slang/Quiet Slang We Were Babies & We Were Dirtbags tracklisting:

1. Future Mixtape For The Art Kids
2. Bad Art & Weirdo Ideas
3. Androgynous (The Replacements)
4. Thirteen (Big Star)

Beach Slang tour dates:

9/2 – 9/3 – Philadelphia, PA – Made In America Festival
9/5 – Morgantown, WV – 123 Pleasant St.
9/6 – Asheville, NC – The Mothlight
9/8 – Memphis, TN – Growlers
9/9 – Kansas City, MO – Buzz Beach Ball Festival
9/11 – Columbus, OH – Rumba Café
9/12 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Pyramid Scheme
9/13 – Detroit, MI – Shelter
9/14 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
9/15 – Buffalo, NY – Waiting Room
9/17 – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest
10/22 – Durham, NC – Motorco Music Hall
10/23 – West Columbia, SC – New Brookland Tavern
10/24 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade – Hell
10/26 – Tampa, FL – Pre-Fest
10/28 – Gainesville, FL – The Fest
10/30 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn
10/31 – Nashville, TN – The Basement East
11/1 – Louisville, KY – Zanzabar
11/2 – Newport, KY – The Southgate House Revival
11/4 – St. Paul, MN – Turf Club
11/7 – Denver, CO – Marquis Theatre
11/8 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
11/10 – Boise, ID – Neurolux
11/11 – Seattle, WA – Chop Suey
11/12 – Portland, OR – Hawthorne Theatre
11/14 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
11/16 – 11/18 – Las Vegas, NV – Emerge Music and Impact Conference
11/16 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex
11/18 – Phoenix, AZ – The Rebel Lounge
11/20 – Austin, TX – Barracuda
11/21 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall
11/22 – Dallas, TX – Curtain Club
11/24 – St. Louis, MO – The Ready Room
11/27 – Pittsburgh, PA – Cattivo
11/28 – Washington, DC – Black Cat
11/29 – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
11/30 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
12/01 – Bethlehem, PA – ArtsQuest – Blast Furnace Room
12/2 – Philadelphia, PA – Theatre of The Living Arts