Sleigh Bells announce new album, Bitter Rivals
Following the fun, noisy success of 2012’s Reign of Terror, shred-pop duo Sleigh Bells returns in 2013 with their third full-length album, titled Bitter Rivals. The album is out Oct. 8 via Mom + Pop, and you can check out the video for the title track below (which might at first remind you a little of George Michael’s “Faith”), as well as the tracklist.
Bitter Rivals contains 10 tracks, was produced by Derek Miller and mixed by Andrew Dawson, whose credits mostly include hip-hop albums, most recently Yeezus. The band is also heading out on tour this fall, check out their itinerary below.
Tracklist:
1 Bitter Rivals
2 Sugarcane
3 Minnie
4 Sing Like a Wire
5 Young Legends
6 Tiger Kit
7 You Don’t Get Me Twice
8 To Hell With You
9 24
10 Love Sick
Tour:
10/4 Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls
10/10 Vancouver, British Columbia – Commodore
10/11 Portland, OR – Roseland
10/12 Seattle, WA – Showbox at Market
10/15 Santa Ana, CA – Observatory
10/18 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey
10/20 San Francisco, CA – Treasure Island Music Festival
10/22 Salt Lake City, UT – The Grand
10/23 Denver, CO – Bluebird
10/25 Tulsa, OK – Cain’s Ballroom
10/26 Dallas, TX – Granada Theater
10/27 Austin, TX – Stubb’s
10/29 Atlanta, GA – Center Stage
10/30 Jacksonville, FL – Freebird Live
11/1 St. Petesburg, FL – State Theatre
11/2 Fort Lauderdale, FL – Culture Room
11/4 Orlando, FL – Firestone
11/5 Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre
11/6 Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theatre
11/8 Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
11/9 Columbus, OH – Newport
11/10 Chicago, IL – Metro
11/12 Detroit, MI – St. Andrews
11/13 Toronto, Ontario – Phoenix
11/14 Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
11/16 Boston, MA – Royale
11/17 Albany, NY – Upstate Concert Hall
11/19 Washington, DC – Upstate Concert Hall
11/20 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
11/22 New York, NY – Terminal 5 (with Danny Brown)
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