Fans of Jens Lekman, The Magnetic Fields, and My Morning Jacket should check out the L.A. band Princeton.  I’m really been digging their debut album, Cocoon of Love. It just released yesterday on Kanine records, and is a really solid folk/indie album. My favorite tracks off the album include “Shout It Out,” “Calypso Gold,” “Sadie and Andy,”  “Sylvie,” and “Stunner Shades in Heaven.”

Princeton is twin brothers Jesse & Matt Kivel, Ben Usen and David Kitz. In support of the new album the band is wrapping up a tour with Ra Ra Riot and will head out this fall with Art Brut and later with OK GO (dates after jump).

Cocoon of Love (2009):

(MP3) Princeton – Shout It Out

(MP3) Princeton – Sadie And Andy (Feat. Meredith Metcalf)

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(Video) “Martina and Clive Krantz”

Sep 29th The Masquerade Atlanta, GA $ &
Sep 30th Cat’s Cradle Carborro, NC $ &
Oct 1st 9:30 Club Washington, DC $ &
Oct 2nd Trocadero Philadelphia, PA $ &
Oct 3rd Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA $ &
Oct 4th Knitting Factory Brooklyn, NY &
Oct 8th Terrace Club Princeton, NJ *
Oct 9th Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar Charlottesville, VA @
Oct 10th Duke Coffee House Durham, NC 
Oct 16th Middle East Cambridge, MA +
Oct 17th Maxwell’s Hoboken, NJ +
Oct 18th Black Cat Washington, DC +
Oct 19th Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, NC +
Oct 20th The Earl Atlanta, GA +
Oct 21st Club Downunder Tallahassee, FL +
Oct 22nd The Bottletree Birmingham, AL +
Oct 23rd Spanish Moon Baton Rouge, LA +
Oct 24th Walter’s On Houston, TX +
Oct 25th The Mohawk Austin, TX +
Oct 27th Club Congress Tucson, AZ +
Oct 28th Casbah San Diego, CA +
Oct 29th Glass House Pomona, CA +
Oct 30th Cafe Du Nord San Francisco, CA +
Oct 31st UC Davis Davis, CA +
Nov 1st Holocene Portland, OR +
Nov 2nd Neumo’s Seattle, WA +
Nov 5th The Basement Columbus, OH #
Nov 6th The Grog Shop Cleveland, OH #
Nov 7th Blind Pig Ann Arbor, MI #
Nov 8th Southgate House Covington, KY #
Nov 10th Intersection Front Room Grand Rapids, MI #
Nov 11th Canopy Club Urbana, IL #
Nov 12th Zorn Auditorium Eau Claire, WI #
Nov 13th Otto’s Dekalb, IL #
Nov 14th Rock Island Brew Co. Quad Cities, IL #

$ = w/ Ra Ra Riot
& = w/ Maps and Atlases
@ = w/ Tune Yards 
* = w/ Le Loup
+ = w/ Art Brut
# = w/ OK GO