Mary Timony (Helium, Wild Flag) 's New Band Ex Hex Shares Single "Hot and Cold", Announces Tour

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Ex Hex: "Hot and Cold" on SoundCloud.

Mary Timony of Wild Flag and Helium has a new band called Ex Hex (named for her 2005 album). It also features Betsy Wright and Laura Harris. On March 18, Merge is releasing their debut 7", “Hot and Cold” b/w “Waterfall” and “Everywhere”. Listen to the A-side above. (That's the single cover up there too.) The songs were recorded with Dennis Kane and Fugazi's Brendan Canty mixed them.

The band has also plotted a series of tour dates, including dates with Connections, Rocket from the Crypt, the Coathangers, and others. Check out the full itinerary below.

Ex Hex:

03-05 Washington, DC - Black Cat
03-06 Baltimore, MD - Otto Bar
03-07 Durham, NC - The Pinhook
03-08 Savannah, GA - Savannah Stopover Music Festival *
03-09 Atlanta, GA - The Earl *
03-10 New Orleans, LA - Siberia *+
03-11 Houston, TX - Mango's *
03-12-16 Austin, TX - South by Southwest Music Festival
03-16 Norman, OK - Opolis
03-17 St. Louis, MO - The Duck Room %
03-18 Chicago, IL - Schubas %
03-19 Columbus, OH - Double Happiness *%
03-20 Brooklyn, NY - Glasslands #$
03-21 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
03-22 Philadelphia, PA - Boot & Saddle @!
04-01 Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall ^
04-04 Harrisonburg, VA - MACRock
04-05 Winston-Salem, NC - Phuzz Phest

* with Connections
+ with The Coathangers
% with Priests
# with Habibi
$ with Household
@ with Lantern
! with Cayetana
^ with Rocket from the Crypt

Watch Timony and Wild Flag perform "Romance" at the 2012 Pitchfork Music Festival:

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