Seattle's Midday Veil releasing 'This Wilderness,' share swirling "Empire is No More," touring in September

by Bill Pearis

photo by Frank Corea

Seattle, WA’s Midday Veil will release their new album, This Wilderness, on September 11 via Beyond Beyond is Beyond. The band have been around since the late-’00s, having transformed from more experimental beginnings into a fully-formed synth-psych being that incorporates elements of krautrock, electro-disco and baroque pop. A good entry point is the swirling “Empire is No More,” that could be Neu! if they formed in Cairo instead of Düsseldorf and had a sultry vocalist (here, singer Emily Pothast). (Miss School of Seven Bells? You might like this.) The song makes its premiere in this post and you can listen, along with another track off the album, below.

Midday Veil will be on tour next month, including a NYC show at Trans-Pecos on September 18. Rest of the lineup for that show is TBA. All Midday Veil dates are listed below…

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Midday Veil – 2015 Tour dates:
9.03 The Hemlock, San Francisco, CA
9.04 The Speakeasy, Oakland, CA
9.05 Lavender House Records, Vista, CA
9.06 Non Plus Ultra, Los Angeles, CA
9.07 Moon Block Mondays at the Continental Room, Fullerton, CA
9.08 Solar Culture, Tucson, AZ
9.11 Paper Tiger, San Antonio, TX
9.12 Sidewinder, Austin, TX
9.14 Al’s Bar, Lexington, KY
9.15 Northside Yacht Club, Cincinnati, OH
9.16 Holy Frijoles, Baltimore, MD
9.18 Trans Pecos, New York, NY
9.19 Howler’s, Pittsburgh, PA
9.20 PJ’s Lager House, Detroit, MI
9.21 The Hideout, Chicago, IL
9.22 Secret Service, Minneapolis, MN
10.01 Chop Suey, Seattle, WA
11.21 Kenton Club, Portland, OR