Owen Pallett, the Canadian violinst-turned-ambitious-songsmith who for the '00s recorded as Final Fantasy, has just issued his first album under his own name. It's called Heartland, it was made with Pallett commanding a Czech orchestra, and it tells a sustained narrative story of a farmer named Lewis, dwelling in a fantasy realm called Spectrum, and his relationship with an omniscient God-figure named Owen.I spoke to Pallett about Heartland the other week; about the burden of the concept album, about the state of Canadian rock, about Destroyer lyrics. Pallett was on his cellphone, in a taxi in Toronto, on the way to the airport, where he was about to fly to Hamburg. Which is suitably symbolic, given it appears the Canadian is determined to spend the entirety of 2010 on tour.
In support of Heartland, Pallett will be playing solid 'til May. If you live in the Northern Hemisphere, it's likely your city is on this list:
The Great Everywhere:
February 6: Guelph, ON - Sleeman Centre
February 9: Fredericton, NB - McCain Hall Theatre
February 10: Halifax, NS - St. Matthews United Church
February 11: Halifax, NS - St. Matthews United Church
February 12: St. John's, NL - Cochrane Street United Church
February 17: Kingston, ON - Sydenham United Church
February 18: Wakefield, QC - Blacksheep Inn
February 19: Wakefield, QC - Blacksheep Inn
February 20: Montreal, QC - Theatre Outremont
February 21: Quebec City, QC - Le Cercle
February 25: London, ON - Aeolian Hall
February 26: Brantford, ON - Ford Plant
February 27: Hamilton, ON - Lincoln Hamilton Centre
March 10: Lisbon, Portugal - Teatro Maria Matos
March 11: Lisbon, Portugal - Teatro Maria Matos
March 12: Aveiro, Portugal - Centro Cultural e de Congressos
March 13: Munich, Germany - Dachau Friedenskirche
March 15: Frankfurt, Germany - Mousonturm
March 16: Prague, Czech Republic - Roxy
March 17: Leipzig, Germany - UT Connewitz
March 18: Dublin, Ireland - Whelan's
March 20: Metz, France - Les Trinitaires
March 21: Lille, France - Aeronef
March 22: Amsterdam, Netherlands - De Duif
March 23: Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
March 25: Cardiff, Wales - Millenium Music Hall
March 26: London, England - Koko
March 27: Birmingham, England - Rainbow Warehouse
March 28: Manchester, England - The Deaf Institute
March 31: Oslo, Norway - Victoria
April 1: Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser
April 2: Malmo, Sweden - Babel
April 3: Berlin, Germany - Hebbel Theatre
April 8: Toronto, ON - Queen Elizabeth Theatre
April 10: Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
April 11: Minneapolis, MN - Varsity Theater
April 12: Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall
April 13: Columbus, OH - Wexner Center
April 14: Pittsburgh, PA - Andy Warhol Museum
April 15: Washington DC - Black Cat
April 18: Indio, CA - Coachella Festival
April 20: Boston, MA - Institute of Contemporary Art
April 22: New York, NY - Webster Hall
April 25: Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church
April 27: Atlanta, GA - The Earl
April 29: Dallas, TX - Granada Theater
April 30: Austin, TX - The Mohawk
May 5: San Francisco, CA - The Independent
May 8: Seattle, WA - The Crocodile
May 9: Vancouver, BC - The Vogue Theatre
May 10: Victoria, BC - Alix Goolden Hall
May 11: Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
Photo © Ryan Pfluger
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