This is a huge coup for 92Y Tribeca, in case you don’t recall, the last time The Swell Season were here, they played the slightly larger Radio City Music Hall.

THE SWELL SEASON
Mon, Sep 14, Doors 8 pm, $35

92YTribeca hosts an intimate pre-release showcase of The Swell Season’s eagerly anticipated follow-up to their soundtrack to the film Once, Strict Joy, out October 27. The Swell Season is most noted as being the inspiration behind John Carney‘s Once, a low budget Irish film that became one of the most successful independent features of 2007. The pair not only wrote the songs for the movie, but starred in it and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, which they performed live at the Oscars. www.92YTribeca.org/music

You can watch a live performance of 6 new songs from Strict Joy (performed for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert Series) over here. Tickets for the 92Y Tribeca show go on sale tomorrow (Sep 3).

The full set of dates for The Swell Season upcoming North American fall tour will be announced on Tuesday, September 8, 2009. Presales for most shows will take place from September 9 – September 10, 2009. General on sale for most shows will begin on Friday, September 11. View the current Swell Season tour dates after the jump.

The Swell Season 2009-2010 Tour Dates
Nov 18 2009 The Wiltern Los Angeles, California
Jan 14 2010 O2 Sheperds Bush Empire London, London and South East
Feb 12 2010 Alter Schlacthof Dresden
Feb 13 2010 Admiralspalast Berlin
Feb 14 2010 Kampnagel Hamburg
Feb 21 2010 Savoy Theatre Düsseldorf
Feb 23 2010 Paradiso Amsterdam
Feb 24 2010 Ancienne Belgique Brussels
Feb 25 2010 Bataclan Paris