Hot damn, the new solo record from Laetitia Sadier, The Trip, has literally flown out the door over the last couple weeks. We knew the album was something special, yeah; we’re just stoked that you, the congregation, have received the Drag City sermon! As an especially sweet bonus, now peoples of all nations get a chance to see this Stereolab-ite assert her solo-self live, in person, over the next two months! Coming off a packed in-store performance at the Rough Trade East in London-town, Laetitia sets up to ride on through the UK and mainland Europe, beginning Sunday night in Manchester, UK, at Cornerhouse. And get this, she’s performing an exclusive set in the Library where Marx and Engels famously researched what was later to become Das Kapital. Need more convincing? Check out this extremely haunting and beautiful rendition of “One Million Year Trip” that Laetitia performed solo, in Santiago earlier this year. If you’re not floored, you don’t have a pulse:

NOW FOR THE DATES:

10/3/10 Cornerhouse Manchester United Kingdom

10/9/10 Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes London United Kingdom The World International John Peel Day (DJing only)

10/14/10 Kulturfabrik Esch-Sur-Alzette Luxembourg

10/15/10 Ekko Utrecht Netherlands

10/16/10 Conne Island Leipzig Germany

10/17/10 Hebbel Am Ufer 2 Berlin Germany

10/18/10 Unsound Festival Krakow Poland

10/19/10 Rhiz Vienna Austria

10/20/10 Feierwerk Mͼnchen Germany

10/21/10 Spazio 211 Turin Italy

10/22/10 Init Club Rome Italy

10/23/10 Lokomotiv Bologna Italy

10/25/10 Sidecar Barcelona Spain

10/26/10 Gazteszena Zarautz Spain

10/30/10 Festival Rockomotives VendÍ´me France

10/31/10 Café de la Danse Paris France

11/12/10 Soul Cellar Southampton United Kingdom

11/25/10 Bloomsbury Bowling Lanes London United Kingdom