Math rock luminaries Battles will soon release their new album, La Di Da Di, their first since 2011's Gloss Drop. The album will be released September 18th via Warp Records. , featuring the blistering single "FF Bada". The band - comprised of drummer John Stanier, guitarist/keyboardist Ian Williams, and guitarist/bassist David Konopka - will also bring the new tunes to Austin, playing a show at The Mohawk on Wednesday, October 14. Tickets are available here.
Via NPR: "Battles still sounds primarily like Battles. Listen to the second minute of "FF Bada" for a primer: guitars that sound like keyboards layered over keyboards that sound like guitars, trading roles to approximate a bass line or click track while Stanier sets the direction with splashes of cymbal or pounding toms. The drummer has always been the focus of Battles' live show, seated at center stage, his trademark crash cymbal raised an arm's length above his head as if to underline the effort that making this music requires. On La Di Da Di, he's the obvious star. You know the seven-minute opener "The Yabba" has reached its climax when the precise clicks he's been stacking in syncopated time over his bandmates' dizzy loops erupt into ribcage-rattling rolls."
- Battles Tour Schedule -
09-10 Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Festival
09-30 Boston, MA - Paradise Rock Club
10-01 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace
10-02 Chicago, IL - Metro
10-03 Minneapolis, MN - First Ave
10-06 Vancouver, British Columbia - Imperial
10-07 Seattle, WA - Neptune
10-09 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore
10-11 Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
10-13 Dallas, TX - Trees
10-15 New Orleans, LA - Republic
10-16 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade
10-17 Nashville, TN - Exit In
10-18 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
10-19 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
10-20 New York, NY - Webster Hall
10-23 Manchester, England - Academy 2
10-24 Bristol, England - Simple Things
10-25 Glasgow, Scotland - O2 ABC Glasgow
10-28 London, England - Electric Ballroom
10-29 Lille, France - Le Grand Mix
10-30 Paris, France - Pitchfork Music Festival Paris
10-31 Frankfurt, Germany - Zoom
11-02 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Melkweg
11-03 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
11-04 Berlin, Germany - Berghain
11-06 Torino, Italy - Club2Club
11-07 Reykjavik, Iceland - Iceland Airwaves
