When you put a choir behind a band, good things can definitely happen. We dig L.A. group Foreign Born’s “Union Hall,” but seeing them do it with a robed posse surrounding them ups the chill factor. They released their most recent album On The Wing Now via Dim Mak over the summer, but are about to head out on tour with St. Vincent (yes, a choir and a Saint), so to get a taste of the FB half of the magic, we have a live video of the band performing that aforementioned track after the jump. As well as dates for the St. Vincent tour. There’s something holy going on in that sky.

Foreign Born Live

St. Vincent is good at magic, too.

On The Wing Now is out now via Dim Mak. And here’s where Annie and FB head next month:

02/15 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
02/16 – Santa Barbara, CA – Velvet Jones
02/17 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
02/18 – Portland , OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
02/19 – Seattle, WA @Neumo’s
02/22 – Minneapolis, MN @ Cedar Cultural Club
02/23 – Chicago, IL @Schuba’s
02/24 – Columbus, OH @ Ohio State U Wexner Ctr.
02/25 – Pittsburgh, PA @Andy Warhol Museum
02/26 – Washington DC @The Rock & Roll Hotel
02/27 – Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
02/28 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
02/29 – NYC @ Bowery Ballroom
03/01 – Cambridge, MA @ Middle East

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