Current FADER cover stars and objects of much Internet affection, Girls are preparing to embark on a lengthy tour that will bring their pop jams to many cities both European and American. In addition, the San Francisco duo’s label, True Panther Sounds, will be streaming their debut LP, Album, this coming Monday, eight days before its planned release on September 22nd. Dates below:

09.10 Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theatre
09.15 San Francisco, CA @ Amoeba
09.21 London, England @ Lexington
09.23 Rotterdam, The Netherlands @ Rotown
09.24 Hamburg, Germany @ Reeperbahn Festival
09.25 Malmo, Sweden @ Debaser
09.26 Stockholm, Sweden @ Debaser
09.28 Amsterdam, The Netherlands @ Paradiso
09.29 Berlin, Germany @ Big Bang Club
09.30 Munich, Germany @ Atomic Cafe
10.01 Zurich, Switzerland @ Club Exil
10.03 Barcelona, Spain @ At La
10.04 Madrid, Spain @ Moby Dick
10.06 Paris, France @ Point Ephemere
10.07 Brussels, Belgium @ Botanique
10.09 Nottingham, England @ The Bodega Social Club
10.10 Liverpool, England @ Korova
10.11 Manchester, England @ Night and Day Cafe
10.13 Glasgow, Scotland @ Captains Rest
10.14 Edinburgh, Scotland @ Sneaky Pete’s
10.15 Leeds, England @ Brudenell Social Club
10.17 Birmingham, England @ Academy 3
10.19 Brighton, England @ The Albert
10.20 London, England @ Hoxton Bar & Kitchen
10.21 Tunbridge Wells, England @ Forum
10.23 Cardiff, Wales @ Y Fuwch Goch SWN Festival
11.02 Hoboken, NJ @ Maxwell’s
11.03 Washington, DC @ Black Cat
11.04 Philadelphia, PA @ Kung Fu Necktie
11.06 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
11.07 Boston, MA @ Great Scott
11.09 Montreal, Quebec @ Il Motore
11.10 Toronto, Ontario @ El Mocambo
11.12 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
11.13 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
11.14 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
11.17 Seattle, WA @ Neumos
11.18 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
11.20 San Francisco, CA @ Swedish American Hall
11.21 San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill
12.05 Los Angeles, CA @ Troubadour

We woke up this morning and felt like we just had to watch the video for Girls’ epic “Hellhole Ratrace.” But then we had an idea: most mornings should feel like this. So instead of proffer another post on another indie rock tour (later) or members of the Black Lips beefing with the dude in Psychedelic Horseshit who just so happens to hate Wavves, we found something on the Internet we wanted to really share. We found positive vibrations. Below is a comment left by someone that watched the same Girls video we did this morning:

This song came on when I was at work one day, dreaming about how to slip out the front door with out my boss seeing me. Then Sirius XMU played this beautiful song and I got through Radioshack’s bull shit another day.

Expect more positive cybervibrations from the Tripwire from here on out. Expect them daily.

For new video “Hellhole Ratrace,”  native San Franciscan quartet Girls film themselves and friends drinking, kissing, and having puppet shows with stuffed animals on a wild night out on the town. Slutty hipster girls, pirate swords, slow dancing in diners and watching the sunrise at Twin Peaks? Yep, totally all the city by the bay. Aaron Brown directs.

A limited edition 10″ featuring “Hellhole Ratrace” and B-side “Solitude” will also be available for the Girls’ shows with Los Campesinos! Or, for you antsy types, you can download here.

In anticipation of the September release of their debut album, Album, Girls has been popping up all over the place as of late. In an interview with the Guardian, lead singer Christopher Owens and co-conspirator JR White talk about their many experiences with a wide variety of drugs, taking the reader on a proverbial tour of their collective medicine cabinets. As interviewer Tim Jonze reports, during their interview:

A waiter arrives to see if the pair are ready to order. “Can I get you a drink?” he asks. “Tea? Coffee?”

White spins round, and with a straight face asks: “Do you have any morphine?” There is a moment of uncomfortable silence before he continues: “Relax. I’m just joking.”

Owens also discusses his childhood spent as a member of the Children of God cult. A fascinating interview with a complicated band; can’t wait for the album to be released.

San Francisco stoner pop duo Girls rumbled through New York over the weekend, playing a handful of shows and gathering some more buzz as the wait to their forthcoming self-titled debut LP gets increasingly wee. A couple weeks ago we found a great clip of them covering Cass McCombs’s new classic “Dreams Come True Girl” and today, it’s Vivian Girls’ “Wild Eyes.”