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Do you want to hear a cool, heartbreaking singer-songwriter in an intimate concert setting?
Would you like to provide that setting?
Lady Lamb — the performing name for indie-rock singer-songwriter Aly Spaltro — has announced her Living Room Tour for the first three months of 2017. She has a list of cities, but not venues, because she's looking for fans who will host the shows in each location.
Spaltro has been recording as Lady Lamb since 2007, with a series of self-released albums before making two studio albums, "Ripley Pine" (2013) and "After" (2015).
Her latest EP, "Tender Warriors Club," will be released online Dec. 1 and in physical form on Jan. 13. (You can listen to the first single, "See You," by clicking on the embedded audio. Be warned: There are f-bombs in the lyrics.)
The EP, Spaltro said in a statement, "is not just a collection of songs. It is meant to serve as an emblematic space for people to relate in the shared interest of emotional vulnerability, using music as the collective form of self-expression."
Mounting a tour in living rooms and other small spaces is her attempt, she said, "to bring these themes into intimate spaces musically, without amplification or a traditional stage, as a means to connect through the aforementioned concept that striving to express oneself with tenderness is ultimately a strength."
For her Living Room Tour, Spaltro will be performing an intimate acoustic set, and is looking for people with big houses, art galleries, coffee shops, yoga studios or other spaces that will comfortably fit between 40 and 75 people.
Her tour will play in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, March 21. Anyone who would like to host a show can submit their name between now and Nov. 11, at the singer's website. (The website also lists the requirements for hosting a show.) The host gets five free tickets to give to friends.
Tickets for Lady Lamb's show are $20, presold online, starting Dec. 1. Ticket buyers will be told the location upon purchase. No tickets will be sold at the location.