Li will launch her journey with an August 25 appearance at the Hotel Café in Hollywood, Calif., and then hit Le Poisson Rouge in New York City on August 28 before jetting back to Europe and the U.K. for a handful of appearances.

A second round of North American dates kicks off October 19 at Black Cat in Washington, D.C., and runs through early November.

Highlights include stops at Paradise Rock Club in Boston (October 23), Empty Bottle in Chicago (October 25), Neumo’s in Seattle (October 29), The Independent in San Francisco (November 1) and El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles (November 3).

Tickets for some shows are available at Ticketmaster.com. http://www.ticketmaster.com/

Youth Novels, released earlier this week, was produced by fellow Swede Bjorn Yttling of Peter Bjorn and John.

The lead single from the disc, “Little Bit,” was recently given a kicky new sound courtesy of a nine-and-a-half-minute remix by Loving Hand, aka Tim Goldsworthy from the DFA gang.

Download “Little Bit” (Loving Hand Remix) – (Right click and choose “Save link as” or “Save target as”)