Michael Cera to tour with the Unicorns’ Alden Penner

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Actor Michael Cera continues to pursue his part-time passion as an indie musician with a tour of the UK with the Unicorns’ Alden Penner. It follows the release of Cera’s surprisingly good album, True That.

The fellow Canadians collaborated on the song Meditate, which appears on Penner’s Canada in Space EP, out on 29 June via City Slang. Cera is to join Penner’s band to support the album, and will also play some of his own music on the tour, which begins at the 100 Club in London on 23 June.

Related: Michael Cera releases surprise album of lo-fi bedroom pop

Cera has long been a covert member of the lo-fi alt-rock scene: he is friends with Nick Thorburn of Islands and Honus Honus of Man Man, with whom he toured as a member of the group Mister Heavenly. Cera also made a guest appearance on Weezer’s 2011 single Hang On, and covered the Moldy Peaches in 2007 for the soundtrack to his film Juno. His album True That was described on Bandcamp as “alternative/dirty/hello/home recording/modest/music/New York”.

“It’s surprising to me that people are aware of it now, and are listening to it,” Cera told Stereogum following its release. When asked about whether he’d post more music to his Bandcamp page, he said: “I’m always trying to play music with friends. So I don’t know that I’d add anything to this or just leave that alone.”

The actor has recently focused on the Broadway show This Is Our Youth, which also star Tavi Gevinson and Kieran Culkin.

Alden Penner tour:

23 June: London – the 100 Club24 June: Bristol – Exchange25 June: Manchester - Gullivers26 June: Leeds – Belgrave Music Hall27 June: Edinburgh – Electric Circus28 June: Birmingham – the Rainbow29 June: Brighton – Komedia30 June: Dublin – the Workmans Club2 July: Amsterdam – Paradiso Upstairs3 July: Paris – Le Badaboum6 July: Berlin – Privatclub