The Low Anthem began its months-long North American tour last night at Club Cafe in Pittsburgh last night. The quartet is at Ohio University's Memorial Hall tonight for the first of ten tour dates opening for the Avett Brothers. After this Friday night's show in Ithaca, New York, the groups will make stops throughout the Midwest, including Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, and Michigan, before The Low Anthem begins its first headlining tour.

In a preview of last night's tour starter, band member Jeff Prystowsky spoke with Pittsburgh Tribune-Review staff writer Rege Behe about the seemingly charged title of the band's Nonesuch debut, Oh My God, Charlie Darwin. Rather than making a direct statement on Darwinism, Prystowsky says the band's focus is on the spiritual connections that can be created through music.

"'It's having faith about what can happen in an artistic setting, in a live-music setting,'" Prystowsky tells the Tribune-Review, "'and what can happen with music being played to an audience.'"

The article describes the band's music as "breathtakingly serene, folk-based rock with dollops of blues and chamber music swirled into the mix." And while "the music and intelligence of the lyrics seem fit for a quiet, contemplative audience," writes Behe, Prystowsky explains that the music really comes alive when the band and the audience are fully engaged: "'We really like to play to a room that has a bit of energy.'"

You can read more from the interview at pittsburghlive.com.

For information on where you can catch The Low Anthem live at a venue near you, visit nonesuch.com/on-tour. To pick up a copy of Oh My God, Charlie Darwin, or pre-order the "Charlie Darwin" 7-inch vinyl single, visit the Nonesuch Store.