Air Traffic announce first-ever full U.S. tour

Bournemouth 4-piece Air Traffic have announced their first-ever full U.S. tour. The first 6 dates will be supporting Elbow, while the rest of the dates are headlining. I saw Air Traffic live here in LA last year and they were really good, so I recommend checking 'em out.

The band's debut album, Fractured Life, was released in the U.S. last year via Astralwerks and is a nicely varied affair. It's got Keane-like piano balladry ("Shooting Star"), Blur-like guitar pop ("Charlotte"), and there's even a song that sounds like Morten Harket of A-ha fronting Elbow ("No More Running Away", vid below.)

• Air Traffic - Fractured Life [album sampler]

Air Traffic North American tour dates:

May 2 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theatre [w/ Elbow]
May 3 Salt Lake City, UT - The Depot [w/ Elbow]
May 5 Seattle, WA - Showbox [w/ Elbow]
May 6 Vancouver, BC - St. Andrews Wesley Church [w/ Elbow]
May 8 San Francisco, CA Bimbo's 365 [w/ Elbow]
May 9 Los Angeles, CA Avalon [w/ Elbow]
May 10 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland
May 11 San Diego, CA - Soma
May 12 Phoenix, AZ - Brickhouse
May 14 Dallas, TX - House of Blues Cambridge Room
May 15 Tulsa, OK - Bob at Cain's
May 17 Kansas City, MO - Record Bar
May 18 Chicago, IL - The Bottom Lounge
May 19 Columbus, OH - The Basement
May 20 Detroit, MI - Shelter
May 22 Cambridge, MA - TT The Bears
May 23 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
May 24 New York, NY - Knitting Factory [8pm show]