Clap Your Hands Say Yeah shares "Where They Perform Miracles (Acoustic)," world tour dates

CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH SHARES "WHERE THEY PERFORM MIRACLES (ACOUSTIC)" REWORKING OF HIGHLIGHT TRACK FROM LAST YEAR's ACCLAIMED ALBUM NEW FRAGILITY HEADLINE WORLD TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED FOR 2022

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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah have shared "Where They Perform Miracles (Acoustic)," a tender, stripped-down reworking of a highlight from their acclaimed 2021 album New Fragility. Stream the single HERE, and look out for more acoustic reinterpretations to follow in the lead up to the release of the deluxe edition of New Fragility. Having done fieldwork in alternative healing in Mexico, Ounsworth imagines a shamanistic cure to fix a broken relationship in "Where They Perform Miracles." In this intimate and ultra-honest interpretation, he swings from the full band version to the piano, the instrument on which most of the CYHSY songs have been conceived from the band’s beginning. “I took a stab at rearranging for piano a song from the last album to show what’s underneath, take them to their purest form. I wanted the most authentic, honest feeling, closest possible to the moment I wrote them which happens mostly in the place where I live. So I recorded them with bass player Todd at home, then Britton Beisenherz who also engineered the original album to give some depth in the studio by passing it through tape. That’s it”. After a few solo festival appearances and house shows in 2020, the entire band is going to embark on 54 shows in the US, Canada, UK and all over the European continent that will feature songs from New Fragility, alongside the artist’s extensive repertoire. See below for the full list of North American dates, which will take place in March and April before continuing in July, while Europe will see the band between April and June. HEAR "WHERE THEY PERFORM MIRACLES (ACOUSTIC)" The February 2021 release New Fragility is Alec Ounsworth’s 8th album and has been cheered by fans and media from all over the world for its touching intimacy, personality and vulnerability that transform its beautiful melodies into “a batch of great songs” (NPR). HEAR "CYHSY, 2005" HEAR "WHERE THEY PERFORM MIRACLES" HEAR "HESITATING NATION" / "THOUSAND OAKS" In any discussion regarding songwriters and lyricists of 21st century independent music, Alec Ounsworth and his moniker, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, will feature prominently. Few have been as consistently eclectic and intimate; fewer still remain defiantly independent, refusing to sign deals that compromise artistic vision. That is what characterizes Ounsworth’s oeuvre, especially the lifetime project he initiated sometime in the early 2000s, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. And with each release since its landmark self-titled debut, the Philadelphia-based artist has refined and broadened his sound, indulging an ever wider set of influences. Prolific and enigmatic as ever, his recent works marry the quirky, left-field spirit of the early years with a well-earned confidence, and grander sense of scale and sensitivity. Always heading down new avenues of song arrangement and organic connection to his audience, after nearly two decades Ounsworth remains one of music’s most distinctive voices.

CLAP YOUR HANDS SAY YEAH LIVE 2022 US / CA 03/16 - LANCASTER (PA), Tellus 360 03/18 - NEW YORK (NY), Le Poisson Rouge 03/19 - CAMBRIDGE (MA), Sonia 03/20 - S. BURLINGTON (VT), Higher Ground 03/22 - MONTREAL (QB), Le Ritz    03/23 - TORONTO (ON), Horseshoe Tavern 03/25 - ST PAUL (MN), Turf Club 03/26 - MILWAUKEE (WI), Colectivo Coffee 03/27 - EVANSTON (IL), Space 03/28 - ANN ARBOR (MI), Blind Pig 03/29 - PITTSBURGH (PA), Club Cafe 03/30 - WASHINGTON (DC), City Winery 04/01 - PHILADELPHIA (PA), Johnny Brenda's 04/02 - PHILADELPHIA (PA), Johnny Brenda's 07/15 - SAN DIEGO (CA), Soda Bar 07/16 - LOS ANGELES (CA), Echoplex 07/17 - PIONEERTOWN (CA), Pappy + Harriet's 07/19 - SAN FRANCISCO (CA), The Independent 07/20 - SACRAMENTO (CA), Harlow's 07/22 - PORTLAND (OR), Mississippi Studios 07/23 - SEATTLE (WA), The Crocodile 07/24 - VANCOUVER (BC), Wise Hall   EU / UK 04/19 FR - CLERMONT FERRAND, Cooperative de mai Club 04/20 ES - BARCELONA, Apolo 04/21 ES - VALENCIA, Loco Club 04/22 ES - MADRID, Independence Club 04/22 ES - SAN SEBASTIAN, Dabadaba 04/24 FR - NIMES, La Paloma Club 04/26 CH - NEUCHATEL, Case a Chocs 04/27 CH - ZURICH, Bogen F 04/28 IT - MILAN, BIKO 04/29 IT - BOLOGNA, Covo Club 04/30 DE - MUNICH, Milla 05/01 DE - DRESDEN, Beatpol 05/03 DE - BERLIN, Frannz 05/04 DK - COPENHAGEN, Hotel Cecil 05/05 DE - HAMBURG, Molotow 05/06 DE - COLOGNE, Bumann&Sohn 05/07 NL - AMSTERDAM, Paradiso 05/08 BE - BRUSSELS, Botanique Rotonde 05/09 FR - PARIS, La Maroquinerie 05/31 UK - GUILDFORD, The Boileroom 06/01 UK - NEWCASTLE, Cluny 06/02 UK - GLASGOW, CCA 06/03 UK - LIVERPOOL, District 06/04 UK - MANCHESTER, Yes 06/05 UK - LEEDS, Brudenell Social Club 06/07 UK - CAMBRIDGE, Portland Arms 06/08 UK - BRISTOL, Thekla 06/09 UK - LONDON, Scala 06/10 IE  - GALWAY, Roisin Dubh 06/11 IE  - DUBLIN, Whelans 06/12 UK - BELFAST, Empire Music Hall 06/14 SE - STOCKHOLM, Slaktkykan 06/15 SE - LUND, Mejeriet