Atlas!

When Battles first came out with their EP compilation EP C/B...we almost peed in our pants with joy. Battles in our minds are a super quartet [avant musician Tyondai Braxton, guitarist/keys Ian Williams (Don Caballero/Storm & Stress), guitarist David Konopka (Lynx), drummer John Stainer of (Helmet/Tomahawk)] creating some of the best layered, angular rock that takes chances.

Via Warp Records:
"Battles have arrived with their new single 'Atlas', its video, their debut album and an extensive live tour.

‘Atlas’ drops 2nd April, featuring a remix from Kompakt's DJ Koze. This release marks the bands first newly recorded material for Warp, following on from 2006's EP compilation EP C / B EP.

The video was directed by New York based photographer Timothy Saccenti.

Battles have arrived with their new single 'Atlas', its video, their debut album and an extens
This single precedes their debut full-length LP, 'Mirrored' due May 14th. A short clip from album track Leyendecker is up on the Warp homepage just now!"

Check them out on tour in a city near you:
S TOUR
US TOUR
MARCH
12 London, Special small UK show for Ether Festival @ Purcell Rooms SOLD OUT
20 Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar
22 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
23 Washington, DC @ Black Cat *
24 Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
25 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn #
27 Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree #
28 Lexington, KY @ The Dame
30 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
* with Mary Timony, Twilight Sad
# with Loney, Dear

APRIL
01 Toronto, Ontario @ Lee's Palace
02 Buffalo, NY @ Soundlab
03 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
04 Montreal, Quebec @ La Sala Rossa
05 Boston, MA @ Great Scott

EURO TOUR SO FAR
MAY
09 Hamburg @ Halfenclan Exil
10 Berlin @ Maria
11 Bielefeld @ JZ Kamp
12 Koln @ Studio 672
14 Amsterdam @ Paradiso (room 2)
15 Brussles @ AB
16 London @ Scala (+ Clark)
17 Sheffield @ The Corporation (+ Clark)
18 Bristol @ The Cooler
19 ATP Festival, UK
20 Leeds @ Stylus Uni (+ Clark & Beans)
22 Manchester @ Academy 2
23 Glasgow @ ABC2
24 Birmingham @ The Barfly
25 Dublin @ Temple Bar Music Centre
26 Paris @ Maroquinerie
27 Roubaix, Lille @ Le Grand Mix
29 TBC
30 Oullins, Lyon @ MJC Oullins
31 TBC

JUNE
01 Rome @ Dissonanze Festival