Frightened Rabbit’s first release for Fat Cat, a 7-inch for “Be Less Rude b/w The Greys” is due out on November 5th. They’ve also got a bunch of US show dates coming up, including a bunch of dates as openers for Pinback (way to go, FR!).

Frightened Rabbit Fall ‘07 US Dates:

10/12 - Death By Audio - Brooklyn, NY
10/15 - Empty Bottle - Chicago, IL
10/16 - Pabst Theatre* - Milwaukee, WI
10/17 - Fineline Music Cafe* - Minneapolis, MN
10/18 - Slowdown* - Omaha, NE
10/19 - Gothic Theatre* - Englewood, CO
10/20 - The Depot* - SLC, UT
10/22 - Showbox* - Seattle, WA
10/23 - Viking Union* - Bellingham, WA
10/24 - Roseland Theatre* - Portland, OR
10/25 - Bimbos* - SF, CA
10/26 - Bimbos* - SF, CA
10/28 - The Wiltern* - LA, CA
10/30 - Solar Culture Gallery - Tucson, AZ
11/1 - Emo’s Jr - Austin, TX
11/3 - Spanish Moon - Baton Rouge, LA
11/5 - Drunken Unicorn - Hotlanta, GA
11/6 - Local 506 - Chapel Hill, NC
11/8 - Theatre of Living Arts (w/ Mum) - Philly, PA
11/9 - Pianos - NYC, NY
11/11 - Great Scott - Allston, MA
[* w/ Pinback ]

Even though we put out a moratorium on the word “S*fjan” around Catbird HQ, I can’t resist this opportunity to gaze into the crystal ball and tell you what you’re going to see all over the blogs and Pitchfork in just 6 short weeks, it’ll be something like this: “ZOMG SUFJAN JUST PERFORMED TEH BQE IT WAS AWSOME” x 1,000 posts (although the Pitchfork one will probably be something like, “ZOMG SUFJAN JUST GOT BRADFORD COX OF DEERHUNTER PREGNANT WHILE PERFORMING TEH BQE, PLUS ZOMG MAYBE HE STOLE DAN DEACON’S GREEN SKULL!!!!”) And I tell you, I would be VERY surprised if the BQE thing didn’t ultimately get released by Asthmatic Kitty as a CD/DVD. If none of this stuff comes to pass, I’m returning this crystal ball to the Montgomery Ward ASAP.

Jeff Hanson’s new album, Madam Owl, is due out this winter on Kill Rock Stars. And since I’m in a betting mood, I’ll bet you that I will like it very much.

There’s a new Saturday Looks Good To Me record out on K Recs next month, called Fill Up The Room. Furthermore, there is an mp3: