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The Laetitia Sadier Source Ensemble Emerges from the Galaxy!

LAETITIA RECULAIS POUR MIEUX CERNER FIND ME FINDING YOU IS OUT THIS FRIDAY! WATCH 
"GALACTIC EMERGENCE" 
HERE As an artist, Laetitia Sadier is ever evolving, inspired by a mind's-eye envisaging of geometric forms and their possible permutations. Her new record,Find Me Finding You, recorded with the Source Ensemble of Nina Savary, Xavi Muñoz and Emmanuel Mario, is an inspired, collaborative effort full of exciting, new dynamics interspersed with sounds that Sadier (and "Lab) Heads will find comfortingly familiar! With a massive European tour coming up and a few festival appearances in the U.S., not to mention the release of  Find Me Finding You  imminent come this Friday, now is the best time to share a new video from it! Dig, watch, and listen to the video for "Galactic Emergence!"
"Galactic Emergence" boasts vivid light shows alongside stunning shots of nature. Organ and flute, exquisitely executed by David Thayer, floats through the space and navigates Laetitia's dazzling voice to the apex of the song. What a beauty this one is and we're sure you'll agree too!SPRING TOUR 2017

3/24/17 Big Ears Festival, Knoxville TN, USA  3/30/17 - 4/2/17 DRILL Festival/The Echo, Los Angeles CA, USA  4/6/17 The Grand Social, Dublin, Ireland 4/7/17 Black Box, Belfast, United Kingdom 4/9/17 Full Moon Club, Cardiff, United Kingdom  4/10/17 Phoenix. Exeter. United Kingdom  4/11/17 The Bullingdon, Oxford, United Kingdom  4/12/17 The Green Door Store, Brighton, United Kingdom  4/14/17 The Trades Club, Hebden Bridge, United Kingdom  4/15/17 The Crescent, York, United Kingdom   4/17/17 CCA, Glasgow, United Kingdom  4/18/17 Soup Kitchen, Manchester, United Kingdom  4/19/17 The Sage 2, Gateshead, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, United Kingdom  4/20/17 Moth Club, London , United Kingdom  4/21/17 The Lantern, Bristol, United Kingdom  4/22/17 The Winchester, Bournemouth, United Kingdom  4/29/17 Motoki, Cologne, Germany5/1/17 Kulturpalast Linden, Hannover, Germany5/2/17 Kantine am Berghain, Berlin, Germany5/3/17 Nachtasyl, Hamburg, Germany5/4/17 Merlin, Stuttgart, Germany5/5/17 Worm, Rotterdam, Netherlands5/6/17 Paradiso, Amsterdam, Netherlands5/9/17 Le Biplan, Lille, France5/10/17 Espace B, Paris, France5/12/17 Lieu Unique, Nantes, France5/13/17 Le Manege, Lorient, France5/14/17 MV Festival, Dijon, France5/17/17 Les Bains douches, Besancon, France5/18/17 Sonic, Lyon, France5/19/17 Neubad Club, Luzern, Switzerland  5/22/17 Bodega, Nottingham, United Kingdom
5/23/17 The Musician, Leicester, United Kingdom
5/24/17 The Junction 2, Cambridge, United Kingdom
5/25/17 Shop Front Theatre, Coventry, United Kingdom
5/26/17 The Continental Pub, Preston, United Kingdom
5/27/17 South Street Arts Centre, Reading, United Kingdom
9/20/17 - 9/23/17 International Festival Of Psychedelia, Liverpool, United Kingdom  

BLACK LIPS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM PRODUCED BY SEAN LENNON

BLACK LIPS ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUM SATAN'S GRAFITTI OR GOD'S ART?, EAST COAST TOUR THIS SPRING SEAN LENNON-PRODUCED FULL LENGTH TO DROP MAY 5 on VICE RECORDS, FIRST ALBUM SINGLE "CAN'T HOLD ON" AVAILABLE TODAY LISTEN TO "CAN'T HOLD ON" HEREhttps://play.spotify.com/album/6MNdAcXD6mncIpq8hvFzZe  credit Ben Rayner Atlanta flower punk pioneers Black Lips have announced that their first album in three years,  Satan's graffiti or God's art? , is set for release May 5 on Vice Records. Produced by Sean Lennon at his studio compound in upstate New York throughout 2016, the album is the group's most musically evolved to date, while still staying true to their original blistering take on fuzzy, dirty rock n' roll. During the recording the band isolated themselves from the outside world, infusing the album with a focused liveliness similar to the spirit that brought them together in the first place. On Satan's graffiti or God's art? founding members Cole Alexander and Jared Swilley teamed with former guitaristJack Hines (who played in the group from 2002-2004) and recent additions Oakley Munson on drums and Zumi Rosow on saxophone. The album also features contributions by Saul Adamczewski ofFat White Family and guest vocals by Yoko Ono. Black Lips were born of DIY ethic, working their way from sweaty basement shows in Georgia to huge crowds at international music festivals (including a performance at Fun Fun Fun Fest that appears inTerrence Malick's new film  Song to Song ) to tours in such far flung locales as India, Jordan,Cyprus, Egypt, Lebanon, Iraqi Kurdistan, the United Arab Emirates, and many more. Satan's graffiti or God's art? vindicates Black Lips for sticking it out through many years of shifting trends and buzz bands; a sonically captivating document that is as creatively unhinged as it is precisely executed, one of the rawest and most expansive albums in the band's storied history.   PRE-ORDER THE ALBUM
iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/satans-graffiti-or-gods-art/id1216431305?ls=1&app=itunesAmazon: http://amazon.com/dp/B06XPK1JSLGoogle: https://play.google.com/music/m/Bdmiyedipgmfvfeikrtpcrqxyjy  
 UPCOMING TOUR DATES 5/2/17 - Chapel Hill, NC - Cat's Cradle5/3/17 - Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer5/5/17 - New York, NY - Webster Hall5/6/17 - Washington, DC - Black Cat5/8/17- Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall5/9/17 - Montreal, QC - Le National5/10/17 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern5/11/17 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern5/12/17 - Detroit, MI - El Club5/15/17 - St Louis, MO - Blueberry Hill5/17/17 - Dallas, TX - Trees5/20/17 - Mexico City, MX - Festival Martin5/22/17 - New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks5/23/17 - Birmingham, AL - Saturn 

!!! (Chk Chk Chk) Announce New Album, Share First Single + Tour Dates!

!!! (CHK CHK CHK) ANNOUNCE NEW ALBUMSHAKE THE SHUDDER OUT MAY 19TH ON WARP RECORDS
WATCH THE VIDEO FOR "THE ONE 2"
ANNOUNCE US TOUR
!!! (Chk Chk Chk), the venerable New York City dance-punk band, have announced the release of their newest album, Shake The Shudder, out May 19th on Warp Records. Recorded at the band's home studio in Brooklyn,  produced by longtime collaborator Patrick Ford at Taaffe Palace, and mixed by dance luminaries Phil Moffa, Joakim and Matt Wiggins, the album features a cast of changing singers from Lea Lea, Meah Pace, Nicole Fayu, Cameron Mesirow and Molly Schnick.  Pre-order for the album at http://chkchkchk.net/.
The band have also shared the first single off the record, "The One 2," a boundary pushing wall of synths and 90's jungle featuring vocals from UK's Lea Lea. Watch the video for the song HERE.

 Photo Credit: Erez Avissar
The album title is a fancy way of saying "shake it off and dance your cares away." !!!'s post punk roots mean the band will always be pushing forward to new sounds but their tastes remain grounded in some form of funk and increasingly in various electronic dance styles. The idea for the new album was born from jamming in Barcelona, and spending months afterwards cutting those recordings into loops to form new songs. Back at home in Brooklyn, lead singer Nic Offer poured over his roommate's disco breaks. To push their boundaries, the band implemented the policy of more liberal sampling techniques as well as using whatever keyboard was available with the attitude of "there's no such thing as a bad synth," using sounds they wouldn't ordinarily use. This also includes having multi-instrumentalist Rafael Cohen's daughter featured on their song "What R U Up 2day" and the use of horn on "R Rated Pictures."
Thematically, Shake The Shudder reflects a band that has been together for twenty years. In the band's early days, they had the typical punk attitude, pointing fingers at everything that's going wrong in the world to cover up for their own inner turmoil. Now the band, older and wiser, are more comfortable with being more vulnerable, looking inwards instead of reacting outwards. To them you do this through friends, music, dancing, lovers... for Shake The Shudder, the sound of protest can be a march or it can be a sick groove paired with some short shorts.
Tracklist:1. The One 22. DITBR (Interlude)3. Dancing Is The Best Revenge4. NRGQ5. Throw Yourself In The River6. What R U Up 2Day7. Five Companies8. Throttle Service9. Imaginary Interviews10. Our Love (You Can Get)11. Things Get Hard12. R Rated Pictures
!!! have also announced new North American dates this summer around their UK/EU shows:
May26 - DE - Immergut Festival27 - Copenhagen, DK - Vega28 - Liverpool, UK - Liverpool Sound City29 - Bristol, UK - The Fleece30 - Brighton, UK - The Haunt31 - London, UK - Oval Space
June1 - Paris, FR - Trabendo2 - Lourmarin, FR - Yeah Festival3 - Barcelona, ES - Primavera Sound4 - Barcelona, ES - Primavera Sound, Plaça Joan Corominas8 - Washington, DC - U Street Music Hall9 - Philadelphia, PA - Underground Arts10 - New York City, NY - Bowery Ballroom11 - Boston, MA - Brighton Music Hall13 - Montreal, QC - Bar Le Ritz PDB14 - Toronto, ON - Horseshoe Tavern16 - Detroit, MI - UFO Factory17 - Chicago, IL - Taste of Randolph21 - San Diego, CA - Casbah22 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex23 - Sacramento, CA - Harlows24 - San Francisco, CA - The Chapel26 - Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge27 - Vancouver, BC - Fox Cabaret28 - Seattle, WA - The Crocodile29 - Boise, ID - The Olympic30 - Salt Lake City, UT - Kilby Court
July1 - Denver, CO - Globe Hall27 - Praya Fluvial do Taboa, ES - Low Benidorm28 - UK - Standon Calling
August17 - PT - Parades de Coura

JEAN-MICHEL JARRE presents Live @ The Dead Sea, Masada, Israel April 6

     JEAN-MICHEL JARRELIVE @ THE DEAD SEA
A SPECTACULAROUTDOOR CONCERT EVENT ATTHE DEAD SEA, MASADA, ISRAELTHURSDAY, APRIL 6 'ELECTRONICA' WORLD TOUR HEADS TO NORTH AMERICA LAUNCHING TUESDAY, MAY 9 IN TORONTO, CANADA INCLUDES STOPS AT RADIO CITY MUSIC HALL IN NEW YORK CITY,MICROSOFT THEATER IN LOS ANGELES AND THE GREEK IN BERKELEY, CA  WATCH THE NEW TOUR VIDEO   HERE    The prolific and celebrated electronic music pioneer JEAN-MICHEL JARRE--a four-time Guinness World Record holder for largest concerts ever performed, 2017 Grammy nominee, with more than eighty million albums sold, and UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador renowned for his one-off groundbreaking events at historical landmarks across the world--takes his next once-in-a-lifetime live performance to the Dead Sea in Israel on Thursday, April 6. Following his Millennium Concert at the Pyramids of Gizeh in Egypt in front of an audience of 800 thousand people, the Concert for Tolerance at the Eiffel Tower inParis with 2.5 million people in the audience, Rendez-Vous Houston-­his tribute concert in Texas for NASA with 1.3 million people attending, and celebrating the 850thanniversary of Moscow with his largest concert ever in front of 3.5 million people,JEAN-MICHEL JARRE chose his upcoming destination to be MASADA where his unique and specially conceived live event aims to raise international awareness of the Dead Sea's dire situation.
Mr. Dov Litvinoff, head of the Tamar Regional Council where the Dead Sea is located, states, "The choice of an artist of this caliber, with such a flawless worldwide reputation in giving some of the world's most spectacular concert-events, to create and to hold a one-off concert here in Israel, at the Dead Sea, to raise mass public awareness, is unprecedented and exciting. The fact that such artist recognizes the importance and expresses a sincere concern for the dire situation of the Dead Sea by coming here to help promote this issue internationally is extremely appreciated. A UNESCO Goodwill Ambassador of ecology and the environment, Jean-Michel Jarre brings with him a patronage of UNESCO organization and a call for urgent actions. This empowering act of support is crucial and may very well help us save this national and international asset, one of the world's natural wonders - the Dead Sea."The MASADA historical site will transform for one single night to encapsulate a futuristic ambience, introducing a most complex state-of-the-art production devised to transport the audience for what promises to be an unforgettable experience. The stage will be set at the center of the mountainous landscape in front of a luxury amphitheater--built to accommodate well-equipped and comfortable seating, along with dancing platforms. Grammy-nominated artist and French electronic music composer and producer JEAN-MICHEL JARRE's reputation for the spectacular is unmatched, having been one of the first artists in the world to perform electronic music as we know it today.  This May,JARRE will bring his 'Electronica' World Tour to North America, marking his  first-time tour here .  The North American leg of the World Tour will kick off Tuesday, May 9 at the Sony Center for Performing Arts in Toronto, Canada. After Toronto, JARRE will bring his critically-acclaimed live show--which blazed across the European continent last year, to high-acclaim--to many hallmark venues on this continent including Radio City Music Hall in New York City, Bell Centre in Montreal, The Greek in Berkeley, Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles and more.  All dates follow below. Famed for staggering visuals and the use of cutting-edge digital technology, JARRE's new live show promises yet again to be a truly immersive musical journey. He'll showcase brand new music from his two-part LP ELECTRONICA and most recent release OXYGENE 3, alongside classic material from milestone albums such as Oxygene and Equinoxe.  View a video here of JARRE performing his signature laser harp "The Time Machine," the title track of his Grammy-nominated album ("Best Dance/Electronic Album"), ELECTRONICA 1: THE TIME MACHINE: https://youtu.be/DnAfXK-hft8  Watch the new North American tour video for his 'Electronica' World Tour: https://youtu.be/bn6aT2su1tU
 
   Internationally the press has embraced  JEAN-MICHEL JARRE's 'ELECTRONICA' world tour:  "Jarre is in the business of stimulation and spectacle, and he is excellent at both." - The Guardian (10/17/16) "Jarre has re-discovered his Mojo..." - Evening Standard (5/16/16) "...an ornate and luxuriant tribute to the analogue tones of vintage synthesisers" - Financial Times (12/9/16) "In 2016 Jean-Michel Jarre sounds as relevant as ever" - Crack Magazine (11/10/16) "This purposefully sense-boggling show would go down a storm at a festival or dance event." - The Arts Desk (10/10/16)   The North American tour dates for JEAN-MICHEL JARRE's 'ELECTRONICA' WORLD TOUR are:  DateCityVenue5/9/2017Toronto, ON CanadaSony Centre for the Performing Arts5/11/2017Montreal, QC CanadaBell Centre5/16/2017Boston, MABlue Hills Bank Pavilion5/18/2017Upper Darby, PATower Theatre5/20/2017New York, NYRadio City Music Hall5/22/2017Chicago, ILAuditorium Theatre5/24/2017Broomfield, CO1st Bank Center5/26/2017Berkeley, CAThe Greek Theatre5/27/2017Los Angeles, CAMicrosoft Theater      www.jeamichelJARRE.comwww.facebook.com/jeanmichelJARREwww.twitter.com/jeanmichelJARREwww.soundcloud.com/jeanmichelJARREwww.youtube.com/jeanmichelJARREwww.vevo.com/jean-michel-JARRE

Rex Orange County Shares New Single 'Sunflower'

SHARES NEW SINGLE 'SUNFLOWER'LIVE DATES ADDED AT PECKHAM LIBERAL CLUB, PARKLIFE AND LOVEBOXBreak SOUNDCLOUD  /  SPOTIFY  /  ITUNES Break"Rarely has someone's future success been so blatant." - NMEBreakTeen prodigy Rex Orange County today shares his new single 'Sunflower'. Premiered last night on Radio 1 by Huw Stephens, the single is now available to buy and stream everywhere. After his upcoming show at Peckham Liberal sold out in minutes, a second date has now been added on May 12th.Picking up where 'Best Friend' left, 'Sunflower' is a hazy Summer love song filled with Rex's signature charm. Taken from his upcoming debut album, the track follows themes of "general positivity" and sugary-sweet vocal delivery. The third in a confident run of singles, 'Sunflower' delivers on the hype surrounding the 18-year-old following huge support on debut single 'UNO' and a knockout live show at Bermondsey Social.Rex takes the show national this summer with shows at Parklife & Lovebox festivals after his upcoming double hit at London's Peckham Liberal in May. Picking up major love at UK radio, Rex finds fans in Radio 1's Clara Amfo, Mistajam and Annie Mac plus plaudits from press internationally including The FADER, DIY, NME, Clash and a host of others.Break LIVE DATES 11/05                     Peckham Liberal                               London12/05                     Peckham Liberal                               London10/06                     Parklife Festival                                Manchester14/07                     Lovebox Festival                              LondonBreakSoundcloud / Facebook / Twitter

POPTONE live 2017 more shows added

MORE POPTONES Dates:April 20: Swing House Studios, Los Angeles, CA (sold out)
April 21: Swing House Studios, Los Angeles, CA (sold out)May 11: The Marquee, Tempe, AZMay 12: Brooklyn Bowl, Las Vegas, NV
May 15: House of Blues, Anaheim, CAMay 17: House of Blues, San Diego, CA
May 19th: Teragram, LA, CA
May 20th: Glasshouse, Pomona, CAMay 30: Rio Theatre, Santa Cruz, CAMay 31: Strummer’s, Fresno, CAJune 2: Neptune, Theatre, Seattle, WAJune 3: Wonder Ballroom, Portland, OR
June 4th: Rickshaw, Vancouver, BCJune 6: Ace of Spades, Sacramento, CA
June 7: Regency Ballroom, San Francisco, CA

The Make-Up Announce Reunion Tour

The Make-Up have announced a new reunion tour. James Canty, Ian Svenonius, Michelle Mae, and Mark Cisneros have all returned to perform select headlining shows and festival sets in the United States and Europe, including a date in Brooklyn with Tyvek and performances at Primavera Sound Festival in Barcelona. Check out the dates below. The Make-Up reunited in 2012 for All Tomorrow’s Parties’ I’ll Be Your Mirror festival, and also played Coachella in 2013.The Make-Up Tour:04-22 Richmond, VA - Strange Matter05-19 Washington, D.C. - Black Cat05-20 Brooklyn, NY - The Bell House05-31 Paris, France - Villette Sonique Festival06-02-04 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival06-09 Nimes, France - TINALS Festival06-10 Porto, Portugal - NOS Primavera Sound Festival

Wolf Eyes shares new track & interview + "In The Studio" video

WOLF EYES SHARES NEW TRACK "II" FROM UNDERTOW BONUS CD
STREAM IT ALONGSIDE AN INTERVIEW WITH THE BAND VIA  THUMP
+ WATCH AN "IN THE STUDIO" VIDEO VIA  FACT
UNDERTOW LP OUT MARCH 24 LOWER FLOOR MUSIC
                                                                                                                      photo courtesy of Doug CoombeTimes of chaos ring the bells for the newest sea-bottom R&B sound lurch from radical sonic artists WOLF EYES. The U$A’s longest-running homemade primitive electronic poetry & vibes trio launch another scotched taped nuclear audio front on humanity. The 2017 release  Undertow  finds the trio diving into new depths of the electronic and free jazz infected world. A world they created themselves from scratch, running over the course of two decades.
The vinyl edition comes with a double-sided foldout A2 poster featuring album artwork on one side and a compilation of gig flyers and imagery documenting twenty years of noise and troubled chaos on the reverse. A full download card is also included.
Formed in 1996 in Detroit, Michigan, WOLF EYES have recorded for Sub Pop, Troubleman Unlimited, De Stijland most recently Third Man, as well as their countless self-released documents of audio destruction and micro-run slabs of noise. The band has an inzane history of collaborations, side projects and solo outputs. While staying consistently road-hardened they’ve shared stages with everyone from Sonic Youth to Anthony Braxton to Andrew W.K. to Aphex Twin to Morton Subotnick. The Wolf boys also continue to play gigs with all like-minded outsider stoner/loner freaks in the world’s basements, from whence this beast originally emerged.
LOWER FLOOR MUSIC is a brand new imprint dedicated to the group’s cultural vision. The Lower Floor Music label will be curated by Wolf Eyes and feature both new and archival visions from the band as well as work by like-minded artists. Lower Floor Music will benefit from a world-wild distribution deal providing fans of electronic music across the globe access to Wolf Eyes’ sound-vision and like-minded community spirits. The idea of a home-basement for Wolf Eyes is not new. Since 1998 the band has generated a massive tidal wave of releases nearly adding up to over 500 titles; mostly limited from 2-100 copies. Released on American Tapes, Hanson, AA, Warzone, and countless other independent/homemade labels, these documents often vanished forever into the arcane crypts of collectors. WOLF EYES has the unending thirst to explore every shadowy sonic corner of the homespun audio universe. The band has just launched a BLEEP store which is live right now, check it out here.
"UNDERTOW" and "LOWER FLOOR MUSIC": direct expression from the rotten rat explorers to sink into the seams of your soul.

Listen to a track from a limited bonus CD that comes with initial copies of  Undertow  below, as well as a live in the studio video from their M.U.G. warehouse below!
LISTEN: Wolf Eyes - "II"
https://soundcloud.com/wolfeyes-tripmetal/ii-from-right-in-front-of-you

WATCH: Wolf Eyes 'In The Studio'
http://www.factmag.com/2017/03/21/wolf-eyes-in-the-studio/

PRE-ORDER: Wolf Eyes - Undertow
https://wolf-eyes.bleepstores.com

TOUR DATES

3/24 - UK, London @ EXFED Warehouse (New River Studios) - *album launch party*
3/25 - FR, Paris @ Sonic Protest Festival
3/26 - ES, Barcelona @ Freedonia
3/27 - ES, Zaragoza @ Las Armas
3/28 - ES, Madrid @ El Sol
3/29 - PT, Lisbon @ ZDB
3/30 - SK, Bratislava @ Fuga
4/1 - NL, Den Haag @ Rewire Festival
4/2 - UK, Edinburgh @ The Banshee Labyrinth
4/3 - UK, Newcastle @ Sage Gateshead
4/5 - DE, Cologne @ Baustelle Kalk
4/6 - FR, Nantes @ Le Pôle étudiant
4/7 - BE, Brussels @ BRDCST Festival
4/8 - UK, Brighton @ West Hill Hall
4/18 - Montreal, QC @ Casa Del Popolo
4/21 - Providence, RI @ AS220
4/22 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bazaar
4/23 - Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
5/20 - Durham, NC @ Moogfest

The 2017 FYF Fest line up is here!

Here is the 2017 FYF Fest line up! 
More info can be found at fyffest.com.
Tickets go on sale this Friday, March 24th at 12:00pm. 
And the artwork that you see above is a mural art installation that was hand created and styled by local artist Danielle Garza, sign painter Lauren McElroy and Jessica Cowley, artistLuke McGarry, photographer Tod Seelie and the FYF team. It was inspired by the now shuttered Colby Poster Printing Company. 

PERFUME GENIUS: 1st single/video "Slip Away" from new LP

PERFUME GENIUS ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUMNO SHAPE, OUT MAY 5
NEW SONG/VIDEO "SLIP AWAY" OUT NOW
Video directed by Andrew Thomas Huangand co-presented by The Fadercredit: Inez & Vinoodh; click HERE for hi-rezalbum packshot; click HERE for hi-rezPerfume Genius, nom de poster-wraith of musician Mike Hadreas, will release his fourth album,  No Shape , May 5 on Matador Records. The album was recorded in Los Angeles, produced by Blake Mills, mixed by Shawn Everett. The video for the first single, "Slip Away," was directed by longtime Bjork collaboratorAndrew Thomas Huang and is co-presented by The Fader, whose current Perfume Genius cover story is a peek into his mindset upon completing the album in January.
Watch "Slip Away" here
Perfume Genius's 2014 breakout album Too Bright--called "awe-inspiring, magnificent" by NPR--marked a musical and performative leap that sounds unlike anything before or since. With his new songs, he goes even further, merging church music, makeout music, R&B, art pop, krautrock, and queer soul into his take on stadium anthems. Of the album, Hadreas says: "I pay my rent. I'm approaching health. The things that are bothering me personally now are less clear, more confusing. I don't think I really figured them out with these songs. There's something freeing about how I don't have it figured out. Unpacking little morsels, magnifying my discomfort, wading through buried harm, laughing at or digging in to the embarrassing drama of it all. I may never come out the other side but it's invigorating to try and hopefully, ultimately helpful. I think a lot of them are about trying to be happy in the face of whatever bullshit I created for myself or how horrible everything and everyone is." In a bio for the album, writer Choire Sicha says, "God is all around actually and some of these songs are about being equal and some are about the witchcraft of believing. This is church music the same way Prince's Black Album is--too dirty. It's femme art pop the way Kate Bush's The Dreaming is--too scary."  Track Listing: OthersideSlip AwayJust Like LoveGo AheadValleyWreathEvery NightChoirDie 4 YouSides (feat. Weyes Blood)BraidRun Me ThroughAlan Tour Dates: Wed, May 10 - Magic Stick Lounge - Detroit, MIThu, May 11 - Virgin Mobile Mod Club - Toronto, ONFri, May 12 - Theatre Fairmount - Montreal, QCSat, May 13 - Royale - Boston, MAMon, May 15 - 9:30 Club - Washington, DCTue, May 16 - Brooklyn Steel - Brooklyn, NYThu, May 18 - Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PAFri, May 19 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NCSat, May 20 - Terminal West - Atlanta, GASun, May 21 - Exit/In - Nashville, TNTue, May 23 - The Back Room at Colectivo - Milwaukee, WIWed, May 24 - Cedar Cultural Center - Minneapolis, MNThu, May 25 - Lincoln Hall - Chicago, ILFri, June 16 - Eaux Claires Festival - Eau Claire, WISat, June 17 - Eaux Claires Festival - Eau Claire, WISat, July 15 - Imperial - Vancouver, BCSun, Jul 16 - Revolution Hall - Portland, ORTue, Jul 18 - The Independent - San Francisco, CA Wed, Jul 19 - The Independent - San Francisco, CASun, Jul 23 - Capitol Hill Block Party - Seattle, WA*support on all May dates will be serpentwithfeet
Perfume Genius links:Website / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram