Battles have revealed the video for their forthcoming new single ‘Ice Cream’ out the 23rd of May watch it below. It’s the first to be taken from the forthcoming album ‘Gloss Drop’ out 6th June 2011. Guests on the album include Matias Aguayo and Gary Numan and they support the longplayer with a humungous looking World tour(dates below).
Here’s the album tracklisting:
Gloss Drop
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6th June 2011
1. Africastle
2. Ice Cream (Featuring Matias Aguayo)
3. Futura
4. Inchworm
5. Wall Street
6. My Machines (Featuring Gary Numan)
7. Dominican Fade
8. Sweetie & Shag (Featuring Kazu Makino)
9. Toddler
10. Rolls Bayce
11. White Electric
12. Sundome (Featuring Yamantaka Eye)
Gloss Drop artwork by Dave Konopka
Battles are playing live
New dates added:
May
27 Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound
28 Dudingen, Switzerland – Kilbi Festival
30 St Gallen, Switzerland – Palace
31 Marseille, France – Espace Julien
June
01 Lyon, France – Nuits Sonores Festival
02 Poitiers, France – Confort Moderne
03 Brighton, UK – Concorde2
04 Manchester, UK – O2 Apollo with Caribou
05 Dublin, Ireland – Forbidden Fruit Festival
06 Leeds, UK – Cockpit
07 Glasgow, UK – The Arches
08 London, UK – Heaven
09 Amsterdam, The Netherlands – Melkweg
10 Dortmund, Germany – FZW
11 Munich, Germany – Feierwerk
12 Hamburg, Germany – Uebel & Gefährlich
23 Rome, Italy – Villa Ada
24 Bologna, Italy – Link
25 Glastonbury Festival, UK – John Peel Stage
26 Cardiff, UK – Millennium Music Hall
27 Birmingham, UK – HMV Institute
28 Bristol, UK – The Trinity Centre
30 Paris, France – Cabaret Sauvage
July
01 Belfort, France – Eurockeennes Festival
02 London – Wireless Festival
03 Roskilde, Denmark – Roskilde Festival
05 Leipzig, Germany – Conne Island
06 Vienna, Austria – Arena
08 Trencin, Slovakia – Pohoda Festival
10 Naples, Italy – Neapolis Festival
15 Chicago, US – Pitchfork Music Festival
16 Madison, US – UW Madison Memorial Terrace
17 Iowa City, US – Blue Moose Tap House
19 Denver, US – Bluebird Theater
20 Salt Lake City, US – Urban Lounge
22 Victoria, CA – Sugar Nightclub
23 Vancouver, CA – The Rickshaw Theatre
29-31 Fuji Rock Festival, Naeba Ski Resort, Japan
August
10 Cannes, France – Festival Pantiero
12 Hertfordshire, UK – Standon Calling Festival
13 Saint-Malo, France – Festival la Route du Rock
26 Katowice, Poland – Tauron Nowa Muzyka Festival
December
9-11 Minehead, UK – Curating All Tomorrows’
Parties Nightmare Before Christmas/
Official Website
www.bttls.com
Myspace
www.myspace.com/battlestheband
