Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Canadian post-punks Preoccupations announce second album + UK dates




Words: Sam Geary

The Canadian post-punk four-piece Preoccupations (formerly Viet Cong) have announced plans for their second album.

Entitled 'New Material', the follow up to their 2016 self-titled debut, is released on March 23 through Jagjaguwar, and will precede a North American tour and dates in Europe and the UK.

The album’s lead single, 'Espionage', is below.



Live dates

APRIL
14 Toronto, ON Horseshoe Tavern
18 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall *
19 Brooklyn, NY Rough Trade *
20 Brooklyn, NY Elsewhere (Zone One) ^
23 Philadelphia, PA Underground Arts *
24 Washington, DC Rock & Roll Hotel *
26 Columbus, OH The A&R Music Bar *
27 Chicago, IL Empty Bottle *
29 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry *

MAY
01 Winnipeg, MB Pyramid Cabaret *
03 Edmonton, AB Starlite *
04 Calgary, AB Palomino *
05 Calgary, AB Palomino
09 Vancouver, BC The Cobalt
11 Seattle, WA Barboza #
12 Portland, OR Star Theater #
14 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop #
18 Los Angeles, CA The Echo #
19 Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar #
22 Austin, TX Barracuda
23 Dallas, TX Club Dada
24 St. Louis, MO Firebird

JUNE
05 London, UK Village Underground
07 Berlin, D Musik & Frieden
10 Hilvarenbeek, NL Best Kept Secret Festival
11 Paris, France Maroquinerie
12 Ramsgate, UK RMH
13 Leeds, UK Brudenell Social Club
JULY
03 Amsterdam Sugarfactory
04 Hamburg Molotow

^ w/ Odonis Odonis
* w/ Freak Heat Waves
# w/ Moaning

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