Her first official full-length release in the U.S., Halfway to Fivepoints is something of a journey through Anna Ternheim’s already successful international career. A critical darling in her native country—where her debut album, 2004’s Something Outside, earned her a Swedish Grammy for Best New Artist—Ternheim has included some of her oldest and newest material on this album. The lone cover song on the disc is an exquisitely stripped-down and slowed cover of Fleetwood Mac’s eighties hit “Little Lies.”

Together, this collection features quickly-written love stories, tales of loneliness, messy lives, stalkers and therapeutic kiss-offs to formers lovers. In tracks like “Lover’s Dream,” which she calls a “creepy love song,” she sought to bring the listener into another realm, one akin to the grainy, black-and-white world found in the memorable 1922 film Nosferatu. It’s appropriate, as Ternheim’s voice lends a cinematic quality to the disc, at times conjuring Beth Orton’s contemplative alt-folk and even the timeless wisdom of Joni Mitchell—sometimes within the same song (as on the album-ending title track). Throughout it all, there’s a class to these songs, a beauty to them, and to the transportative quality of Ternheim’s sometimes breathy, sometimes sweet voice.

Date	City	Venue	Time
Tuesday, May 6th	Philadelphia, PA	Johnny Brendas	9PM
Wednesday, May 7th	New York, NY	Joe’s Pub	TBD
Thursday, May 8th	New York, NY	Bowery Ballroom	9PM
Friday, May 9th	Cambridge, MA	Middle East Upstairs	9PM
Saturday, May 10th	Montreal, QC	Lambi	9PM
Sunday, May 11th	Toronto, ON	The Mod Club	8:30PM
Monday, May 12th	Chicago, IL	Schubas Tavern	8:30PM
Wednesday, May 13th	Vancouver, BC	The Red Room	8:30PM
Thursday, May 14th	Seattle, WA	The Triple Door	7:30PM
Friday, May 16th	Portland, OR	Doug Fir Lounge	9PM
Sunday, May 18th	San Fran, CA	Bimbos 365 Club	9PM
Monday, May 19th	Los Angeles, CA	El Rey Theatre	8PM