The band released a covers album entitled Underwater Sunshine (Or What We Did On Our Summer Vacation) on April 10, 2012, with a cover design by a fan chosen in a promotional contest. After touring extensively in 2012 and 2013 in support of the album (including headlining The Outlaw Roadshow , a traveling festival tour presented in conjunction with Ryan Spaulding of the music blog Ryan’s Smashing Life, and touring North America in the summer of 2013 with the Wallflowers ), the band began working on material for a new album. Duritz also took time in the summer of 2012 to begin co-writing a play called Black Sun , which will also feature some music written by Duritz, including well-known rarity songs “Good Luck” and “Chelsea”.
The band released a covers album entitled Underwater Sunshine (Or
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