Beachwood Sparks’ forthcoming new album The Tarnished Gold will be released on June 26 on CD and LP (double-LP at 45 rpm)!

This is the album art:

And this is the track list:
01. Forget the Song
02. Sparks Fly Again
03. Mollusk
04. Tarnished Gold
05. Water from the Well
06. Talk About Lonesome
07. Leave That Light On
08. Nature’s Light
09. No Queremos Oro
10. Earl Jean
11. Alone Together
12. The Orange Grass Special
13. Goodbye

And this is what it feels like:

It’s called Forget the song and it’s great!

Hit play to stream the song, or download it by clicking the mp3 button (you have to enter an e-mail address).

On April 21, a.k.a Record Store Day, Sub Pop Records will release a new promo sampler that will feature a new Beachwood Sparks song called Forget the Song. This will be the first new Beachwood Sparks song to be released since June 4 2002!

More info here.

Uncut writer John Mulvey has given us some new information on the forthcoming Beachwood Sparks album on his blog and Twitter feed:

1. The album will be titled The Tarnished Gold
2. It will be released on SubPop
3. It will sound “kind of nice” and like a “sunny morning”

That’s alright with me.

Beachwood Sparks just announced that they will be playing the Huichica Music Festival that takes place in Sonoma, California on June 1st and 2nd.

The festival is arranged by wine producer Jeff Bundschu (on which property the festival is being held) and Fruit Bats front man Eric D. Johnsson.

Other artists performing at the festival are Little Wings, Paper Cuts, Sonny and the Sunsets and Sea of Bees.

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As we’ve reported earlier Beachwood Sparks have recorded new music. We got in touch with Farmer Dave Scher who revealed some interesting facts about the new record. The album will hopefully be out before summer and will feature the classic Beachwood Sparks line up of Chris Gunst, Brent Rademaker, Farmer Dave Scher and Aaron Sperske, with additional help from Ariel Pink and Neal Casal among others.

Read the full interview with Farmer Dave here!

From Farmer Daves Twitter:

Mixing new Beachwood Sparks album
There’s some reverse cosmosis goin down

Yes!

This brand new Beachwood Sparks song was performed last Saturday at a backyard gig in Silverlake, CA. It’s a lovely little jangle gem that certainly reminds us of why the world really needs a new Beachwood Sparks album!

Beachwood Sparks live on Spanish television!

Happy new year fellow Beachwood fans! Will 2011 be the year that finally brings us new BWS music? Keep those fingers crossed.
More treats to follow! Keep coming back…

Beachwood Sparks are playing in downtown LA on New Year’s Eve! The event, called Bank Run 2009, takes place at The Bank on 401 South Main Street and is hosted by Little Radio. Buy your tickets here.

Beachwood Sparks are not playing this show. See Aaron’s and Chris’ comments below for more info.