Chicago’s Smith Westerns, fresh off of signing with Fat Possum, have announced a handful of upcoming tour dates, including one with Belle and Sebastian.

The group is currently wrapping up their sophomore album for Fat Possum, which will be out sometime early in 2011. To tide you over, the band has released a short video called “Friends Forever.”

Check it out right here. Smith Westerns will be…

10/11 Chicago, IL Chicago Theatre *
10/30 Brooklyn, NY 171 Lombardy
10/31 Boston, MA House of Blues #
11/01 New York, NY Terminal 5 #
11/02 New York, NY Terminal 5 #
11/03 Toronto, ONT Sound Academy #
11/05 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall

* = w/ Belle & Sebastian
# = w/ Florence & The Machine