With songs pouring out of him like a burst pipe, Woodpigeon’s Mark Hamilton is never satisfied to sit back and relax. Accordingly, Woodpigeon have released a surprise e.p. ahead of the U.K. and European launch of their third album Die Stadt Musikanten next week.

The title track, a lilting country-folk ballad with a strangely fitting oompah coda,  which also features in a remixed format, is lifted from the album but the e.p also boasts three new tracks, including the soundtrack to the movie of my life Music For The Naturally Unhip, a duet with Hampus Noren.

The outstanding treat on the e.p. though is Don’t Fret, My Pet which, musically if not lyrically, echoes Mark Hamilton’s finest moment to date An Entanglement Of Weeds and proves again that he isn’t afraid to tuck some of his best songs away on b-sides or give them away as freebies.

Woodpigeon – Spirehouse from Boompa Records on Vimeo.

Woodpigeon head to the U.K. and Europe in support of their new album for the following dates:

May 1st – Leeds, UK @ Holy Trinity Church/Live at Leeds Festival
May 2nd – Edinburgh, UK @ Cabaret Voltaire
May 3rd – Manchester, UK @ The Deaf Institue
May 4th – Brighton, UK @ Hanbury Ballroom
May 5th – Manchester, UK @ BBC In Session
May 6th – London, UK @ Union Chapel
May 7th – Paris, France @ ESpace B
May 8th – Brussels, BG @ Le Botanique/Nuits de Botanique
May 9th – Turnbridge Wells, UK @ The Forum

For more details on the Spirehouse e.p. and all things Woodpigeon, click here.