To prepare for the release of their new record Cannibal Sea on March 21, the Essex Green are turning up the promotion machine, with new European tour dates announced (U.S. dates forthcoming) and a shimmering redesign of their website.

And according to that website, the NPR program Weekend America will be reviewing Cannibal Sea tomorrow, March 11. Yeah, real fair. Some of us haven't heard the album yet, you know.

The official Essex Green site will soon offer a "blog, lyrics and podcasts with interviews of band members, some insight into songwriting and recording, snippets of demos and more goodies." They've also promised to put an MP3 of "The Late Great Cassiopia" up soon, too.

Upcoming Tour Dates

U.S.
03/15/2006 08:00 PM - CD RELEASE @ Southpaw with Isobel Campbell
125 5th St., Brooklyn, NY 11201

03/17/2006 03:30 PM - SXSW Pok-E-Joe's BBQ
1603 W. 5th St., Austin, TX 73301 - Free Merge/ Sub Pop party!

03/18/2006 01:45 PM - SXSW: Levi's Fader/ Lounge
708 E 6th St., Austin , TX

03/18/2006 10:00 PM - SXSW: Merge Showcase @ Antone's
215 W. 5th St., Austin, TX 73301

Germany
04/05/2006 08:00 PM - Lagerhaus, Bremen

04/06/2006 08:00 PM - Musikzentrum, Hannover

04/07/2006 08:00 PM - E-werk, Erlangen

04/08/2006 08:00 PM - Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelburg

04/09/2006 08:00 PM - Kulturbunker Mulheim, Koln

04/10/2006 08:00 PM - Gleiss 22, Munster

U.K.
04/12/2006 08:00 PM - 93 Ft East, London

As soon as the U.S. dates are announced, we will post them here.