LOWER DENS ANNOUNCE “BRAINS” VIDEO, TOUR DATES & PRE-ORDER
Jana Hunter and director Tristan Patterson apply new meaning to the term “screen test” in the video for Lower Dens first single “Brains”.
The video was shot in Los Angeles by Tristan Patterson whose directorial debut Dragonslayer won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at SXSW 2011.
In addition to the video Lower Dens have announced release week shows in New York City and Baltimore plus a slew of North American and European headlining dates. See below.
Nootropics will be released on CD, double LP, and digitally May 1st in North America and April 30th throughout the rest of the world. In the meantime, a limited edition pre-order of Nootropics is available on gold colored double vinyl with black swirl at the Ribbon Mart along with the CD version. If you’re looking to put hands on something sooner than May 1st the ‘Brains’ / ‘Propagation’ 10″ with exclusive b-side “Hours” is also available to pre-order at the Ribbon Mart and ships to arrive March 27th. Link through for further details.
Lower Dens
02-29 Poughkeepsie, NY – Vassar
03-01 Hudson, NY – Club Helsinki
03-02 Middletown, CT – Wesleyan
03-03 Ithaca, NY – The Haunt
03-04 Albany, NY – Valentines
03-06 Ann Arbor, MI – University of Michigan Museum of Art
03-07 Grand Rapids, MI- The Pyramid Scheme
03-08 Chicago, IL – Subterranean
03-09 Madison, WI – Der Rathskeller at University of Wisconsin
03-10 Grinnell, IA – Grinnell College
03-11 Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock
03-14 SXSW
03-15 SXSW
03-16 SXSW
03-17 Houston, TX – Rice University
04-06 Harrisonburg, VA – Macrock
04-07 Swannanoa, NC – Sage Cafe
04-21 Mexico City, MX – Noise Fest
04-27 Pawtucket, RI – The Met
04-28 Hamden, CT – The Outer Space
04-29 Allston, MA – Great Scott
05-01 New York, NY- Mercury Lounge
05-02 Brooklyn, NY- Glasslands
05-03 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
05-04 Washington, DC – Rock and Roll Hotel
05-05 Baltimore, MD- Ottobar
05-10 Brussels, BE- La Chocolaterie
05-11 The Hague, NL – Walk the Line Festival
05-12 Gent, BE – DOKarena
05-13 Paris, FR – Le Point Ephemere
05-14 Brighton, UK – The Hope
05-16 London, UK – The Lexington
05-17 Rotterdam, NL – Worm
05-18 Hamburg, DE – Hafenklang
05-19 Aarhus, DK – Pop Revo
05-20 Copenhagen, DK – Loppen
05-21 Berlin, DE – West Germany
05-23 Krakow, PL – Green Zoo Festival
05-24 Prague, CZ – Club 007
05-25 Vienna, AU – Chelsea
05-26 Kleinreifling, AU – Seeweisen Festival
05-29 Turin, IT – Blah Blah
05-30 St. Gallen, CH – Palace
05-31 Dudingen, CH – Kilbi Festival
06-01 Barcelona, ES – Primavera Sound
06-03 Dublin, EIR – Forbidden Fruit Festival