Casiotone For The Painfully Alone is heading out on a US summer tour in support of the albums Vs. Children (which, as seen above, has one of the prettiest covers so far this year) and Advance Base Battery Life, a collection of 7-inch split-singles and compilation tracks recorded between 2004-07:

05/28/09 – Chicago, IL – The Hideout >
06/25/09
– Bloomington, IN – Russian Recording
06/26/09
– Columbus, OH – Cafe Bourbon Street
06/27/09
– Louisville, KY – Skull Alley
06/28/09
– Nashville, TN – The End
06/29/09
– Knoxville, TN – Pilot Light
06/30/09
– Atlanta, GA – 529 (529 Flat Shoals Ave) /+
07/01/09
– Chapel Hill, NC – Local 506 /+
07/02/09
- Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Chapel /+
07/03/09
- Brooklyn, NY – Market Hotel /+ &
07/05/09
– Keane, NH – EF Lane Hotel /+
07/06/09
– Cambridge, MA – TT The Bear’s /+
07/07/09
- Montreal, QC – Il Motore /+
07/08/09
– Toronto, ON – The Boat /+ *
07/09/09
- Grand Rapids, MI – DAAC /+
07/10/09
– Chicago, IL – The Hideout /+
07/11/09
– St Paul, MN – Turf Club /+
07/12/09
– Fargo, ND – The Aquarium /+
07/14/09
- Seattle, WA – Healthy Times Fun Club /+ ^
07/15/09
– Portland, OR – The Artistery /+
07/16/09
- Vancouver, BC – The Biltmore Cabaret /+ #
07/17,18,19/09
– Anacortes, WA – What The Heck Fest 2009
07/21/09
- San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill %
07/22/09
– San Luis Obispo, CA – Steynberg Gallery %
07/23/09
- Los Angeles, CA – The Echo %
07/24/09
- San Diego,CA – The Casbah%
07/25/09
- Phoenix, AZ – Trunk Space %
07/26/09
- Tucson, AZ – Solar Culture %
07/28/09
– Denver, CO – Hi-Dive %
07/30/09
– Omaha, NE – Slowdown
07/31/09
– Iowa City, IA – Public Space One

>  w/ Lineland & Animal Hospital
/+ w/ Cryptacize
&  w/ Katie Eastburn
*  w/ Mantler
^  w/ Ribbons
#  w/ No Kids
% w/ Concern