M Wards New Solo Album Out in April

Him to She, a Monster of Folk, and mumblin' bluesman supreme: it's our old pal M. Ward. Three years after 2009's Hold Time, Ward is rollin' solo once again: A Wasteland Companion, Ward's new album, will be released April 10 on Merge.

The seventh Ward LP features collaborations with She and Him sparring-partner (and financial titan) Zooey Deschanel, Mike Mogis of Monsters of Folk/Bright Eyes, Howe Gelb of Giant Sand, John Parish, and Steve Shelley of Sonic Youth.

A Wasteland Companion Track List:
1. "Clean Slate (For Alex & El Goodo)"
2. "Primitive Girl"
3. "Me and My Shadow"
4. "Sweetheart"
5. "I Get Ideas"
6. "The First Time I Ran Away"
7. "A Wasteland Companion"
8. "Watch the Show"
9. "There's a Key"
10. "Crawl After You"
11. "Wild Goose"
12. "Pure Joy"

Let Us Sway Into the Sunset:
March 21: Paris, France - Le Zenith
March 22: Lyon, France - Transbordeur
March 23: Lille, France - Theatre Sebastopol
March 25: London, England - Royal Albert Hall
March 26: Manchester, England - O2 Apollo
March 27: Glasgow, Scotland - Royal Concert Hall
April 11: San Francisco, CA - The Fillmore
April 12: Santa Cruz, CA - The Coconut Grove Ballroom
April 13: Indio, CA - Coachella
April 17: Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
April 18: Flagstaff, AZ - The Orpheum
April 20: Indio, CA - Coachella
May 5: Portland, ME - State Theatre
May 6: Burlington, VT - Higher Ground
May 7: New Haven, CT - Toad's Place
May 8: Boston, MA - House of Blues
May 11: New York, NY - Webster Hall
May 12: Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
May 13: Washington, D.C. - 9:30 Club
May 15: Durham, NC - Page Auditorium
May 16: Athens, GA - Georgia Theatre
May 17: Atlanta, GA - Buckhead Theatre
May 22: Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre