Ought announce new album, Room Inside the World

Canadian indie rock outfit Ought have announced a new album. On February 16, the band will release Room Inside the World via Merge Records. The album was produced by Nicolas Vernhes, who has worked with Animal Collective and Deerhunter. The band also incorporates a wider palette of sounds on this album, according to a press release, including vibraphone, synthesizers and a 70-piece choir. The first single is titled “These 3 Things,” which you can check out below via its video, which was directed by Jonny Look (Grizzly Bear, Cloud Nothings). The band also has a long list of tour dates on the horizon, which are listed below.

Room Inside the World follows 2015’s Sun Coming Down.

Ought Room Inside the World tracklist:

1 Into the Sea
2 Disgraced in America
3 Disaffection
4 These 3 Things
5 Desire
6 Brief Shield
7 Take Everything
8 Pieces Wasted
9 Alice

Ought tour dates:

11/3 Baltimore, MD – Ottobar (W)
11/4 Brooklyn, NY – Silent Barn
11/5 Jersey City, NJ – White Eagle Hall (W)
11/7 Buffalo, NY – Tralf Music Hall (W)
11/8 Pittsburgh, PA – Spirit (W)
11/9 Bloomington, IN – The Bishop (W)
11/10 Louisville, KY – Zanzabar (W)
11/11 Chattanooga, TN – Sluggo’s (W)
11/12 Tallahassee, FL – The Wilbury (W)
11/13 Gainesville, FL – The Wooly (W)
11/14 Miami, FL – Gramps (W)
11/16 Orlando, FL – The Social (W)
11/17 St. Petersburg, FL – Et Cultura Festival (W)
11/18 Charleston, SC – The Royal American (W)
11/19 Richmond, VA – Capital Ale House (W)
11/20 Arden, DE – Arden Gild Hall
3/6 Montreal, Quebec – Fairmount Theater (S)
3/7 Toronto, Ontario – Lee’s Palace
3/9 Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
3/10 St. Louis, MO – Off Broadway (S)
3/11 Kansas City, MO – The Riot Room (S)
3/17 Mesa, AZ – Underground (F)
3/18 Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room (W)
3/19 Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom (W)
3/20 San Francisco, CA – The Independent (W)
3/22 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios (W)
3/23 Seattle, WA – Chop Suey (W)
3/24 Vancouver, British Columbia – The Cobalt (W)
3/26 Calgary, Alberta – The Palomino (W)
3/27 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan – Amigo’s Cantina (W)
3/29 Winnipeg, Manitoba – The Good Will Social Club (W)
3/30 Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry (W)
3/31 Madison, WI – High Noon (W)
4/2 Columbus, OH – Ace of Cups (W)
4/4 Washington, DC – The Black Cat
4/5 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
4/6 Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
4/7 Boston, MA – The Sinclair
4/20 Bristol, England – The Exchange
4/21 Leeds, England – Brudenell Social Club
4/22 Glasgow, Scotland – Stereo
4/23 Birmingham, England – Hare & Hounds
4/24 London, England – Garage
4/26 Paris, France – Maroquinerie
4/27 Nantes, France – Stereolux
4/28 Bordeaux, France – Iboat
4/30 Lausanne, Switzerland – LeRomandie
5/1 Winterthur, Switzerland – Albani
5/2 Brussels, Belgium – Botanique
5/3 Cologne, Germany – Bumann & Sohn
5/4 Berlin, Germany – Kantine am Berghain
5/5 Copenhagen, Denmark – Loppen
5/7 Amsterdam, Netherlands – Paradiso Noord