Everybody's favorite local indie band with a thirteen-year-old drummer has got themselves a record deal. As reported by Pitchfork, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band has signed to Dead Oceans (home to Bishop Allen, Evangelicals, Bowerbirds, and more). MSHVB will release its currently untitled full-length debut Spring 2009, with Scott Colburn (Arcade Fire, Animal Collective, as well as the MSHVB EP) and the band at the co-producing helm. To celebrate, Mt. St. Helens Vietnam Band will embark on its first full-fledged West Coast tour later this month, kicking things off in Bellingham November 21st, making a stop at Neumo's December 7th, and wrapping up at the Doug Fir in Portland on December 9th. more ›