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Ben Kweller Delays New Disc

Ben Kweller's fourth solo album, Changing Horses, has been bumped from a September release date to sometime early next year. Sound wise, the effort is inspired by country music and was produced by Steve Mazur of Our Lady Peace.

"It's an album I've wanted to make for years but just never got around to it," Kweller wrote on his MySpace page. "I grew up in a small east-Texas town called Greenville where my whole childhood was spent playing in creeks, bass fishing, shooting BB guns, thinking about girls and listening to Garth. After The Beatles and before Nirvana—country music was the soundtrack to my life. It's definitely shaped who I am as an artist."

Anyone looking for a preview of Kweller's new cuts can check out his fall tour, which runs from a September 25 stop in Dallas to a November 2 gig in Austin, TX.

The dates:
9/25 Dallas, TX - House of Blues
9/26 Houston, TX - Walters On Washington
9/27 Oklahoma City, OK - University of Oklahoma
9/30 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress
10/1 Pomona, CA - The Glass House
10/2 West Hollywood, CA - Troubadour
10/4 San Francisco, CA - Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Fest
10/6 Eugene, OR - W.O.W Hall
10/7 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey
10/10 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater
10/11 Omaha, NE - Slowdown
10/13 Minneapolis, MN - Venue to be announced
10/14 Chicago, IL - The Bottom Lounge
10/16 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
10/17 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
10/20 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
10/21 Washington D.C - Rock and Roll Hotel
10/23 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
10/24 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
10/25 Birmingham, AL - WorkPlay Theater
10/27 Orlando, FL - The Social
10/28 Ybor City, FL - Crowbar
10/29 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder @ Florida State University
11/2 Austin, TX - Antone's

—The ARTISTdirect Staff
08.05.08