Deerhunter puts a release date on Microcastle, tours

If 2006's Cryptograms helped rocket Atlanta ambient-rock royalty Deerhunter to national attention, 2007's Fluorescent Grey EP embedded some diamonds into the band's throne. And while what's next in the sovereign progression is not entirely clear (annexing local acts for natural resources? monarchical oppression of fan-constituents?), we know this much: on Oct. 28, the band will release its newest LP, Microcastle, on Kranky and 4AD.

Recorded at Rare Book Studios in Brooklyn like several other limbs from the Deerhunter corpus, Microcastle features a vocal collage ("Saved by Old Times") by Black Lips vocalist/guitarist Cole Alexander and two songs ("Agoraphobia" and "Neither of Us, Uncertainly") with vocal duties helmed by Deerhunter guitarist Lockett Pundt rather than usual frontman Bradford Cox.

The band will support Nine Inch Nails on a late summer tour before coming back around for undetermined dates in support of Microcastle in October and November.

Microcastle tracklist:
SIDE A
1. Cover Me (Slowly)
2. Agoraphobia
3. Never Stops
4. Little Kids
5. Microcastle
6. Calvary Scars
7. Green Jacket
8. Activa
SIDE B
9. Nothing Ever Happened
10. Saved by Old Times
11. Neither of Us, Uncertainly
12. Twilight at Carbon Lake

Deerhunting and gathering around America:

July
31 - Mt. Pleasant, S.C. @ The Village Tavern

August
1 - Norfolk, Va. @ The Boot
5 - Toronto, Ontario @ Air Canada Centre #
6 - Buffalo, N.Y. @ Big Orbit’s Soundlab
7 - Uncasville, Conn. @ Mohegan Sun Arena #
8 - Worcester, Mass. @ DCU Center #
10 - Pittsburgh, Penn. @ Garfield Artworks
11 - Morgantown, W. Va. @ 123 Pleasant Street
12 - Knoxville, Tenn. @ Knoxville Civic Coliseum #
13 - Duluth, Ga. @ Gwinnett Arena #

September
2 - Morrison, Colo. @ Red Rock Pavillion #
3 - Salt Lake City, Utah @ E Center #
5 - Oakland, Calif. @ Oracle Arena #
6 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Forum #

# - w/ Nine Inch Nails

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