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Pile releasing a new LP, touring, playing shows w/ Leapling, Krill and Solids (who are also touring)

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Boston post-hardcore band Pile are releasing You’re Better Than This, the followup to 2012’s very good Dripping, on March 3 via Exploding In Sound. No music’s been released from that yet, but in the meantime you can revisit their 2014 single, “Special Snowflakes,” below. That’s the clown artwork that the LP artwork is based on, above.

The band recently successfully funded their new van (though there’s still 11 days left to donate if you wanna give them extra help and get some of the cool rewards), which means they’re ready to hit the road for their tour which begins this weekend. The first date is in NYC on Saturday (1/10) at Shea Stadium with Krill (who also have a new LP coming on EIS), Baked and Swings ($8 at the door). Pile return to NYC on February 25 at Palisades with Canadian rockers Solids, EIS labelmates Leapling and Radiator King (ticket info TBA). After that, they play SXSW and have a lot of TBA dates, including a TBA Brooklyn show on 4/28. All dates are listed below.

For Solids, that Palisades show is part of a tour which includes another NYC show on February 26 at Cake Shop with Cutters and more TBA. All of their dates are listed below.

Leapling also play NYC sooner, opening for Landlady at Union Pool on January 21 with Heaven For Real (tickets). Their new record, Vacant Page, comes out via EIS/Inflated on February 10. You can stream “Crooked” from that LP, with that Pile track, the recent single from Krill’s upcoming LP, and lists of dates, below…

Pile – “Special Snowflakes”

Leapling – “Crooked”

Krill – “Torturer”

Pile — 2015 Tour Dates
01/10 – Brooklyn, NY @ Shea Stadium w/ Krill, Baked & Swings
01/12 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott w/ Swings, Krill, & Palehound
01/24 – Boston, MA @ O’Brien’s w/ Choke Up, Raw Blow & Loom
01/30 – Middletown, CT @ Wesleyan University w/ Kal Marks
02/06 – Bronx, NY @ Rodrigue’s Coffee Shop
02/14 – Jamaica Plain, MA @ Deep Thoughts
02/24 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott
02/25 – Brooklyn, NY @ Palisades w/ Solids, Leapling & Radiator King
02/26 – New Brunswick, NJ @ Cooler Ranch
02/27 – Philadelphia, PA @ Golden Tea House
02/28 – Baltimore, MD
03/01 – Washington, DC @ The Dougout
03/02 – Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter
03/03 – Charlotte, NC @ Milestone
03/04 – Asheville, NC
03/05 – Louisville, KY @ New Vintage
03/06 – Nashville, TN
03/07 – Birmingham, AL
03/08 – Atlanta, GA
03/09 – Athens, GA @ World Famous
03/10 – Savannah, GA @ The Bomb Shelter
03/11 – Gainesville, FL
03/12 – Miami, FL
03/13 – Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
03/14 – Tallahassee, FL
03/15 – New Orleans, LA @ Beatnik
03/16 – Houston, TX
03/17 – Corpus Christi, TX @ NASA
03/18 – Austin, TX
03/19 – Austin, TX
03/20 – Austin, TX @ Side Bar
03/21 – Austin, TX
03/22 – Austin, TX
03/23 – Denton, TX @ Gatsby’s
03/24 – Norman, OK @ Dope Chapel
03/25 – Albuquerque, NM
03/26 – Flagstaff, AZ
03/28 – Tempe, AZ @ Yucca Tap Room
03/29 – San Diego, CA
03/30 – Los Angeles, CA
03/31 – Santa Barbara, CA @ Funzone
04/01 – San Jose, CA @ Cafe Stritch
04/02 – San Francisco, CA @ Hemlock Tavern
04/03 – Oakland, CA @ Night Light
04/04 – Oakland, CA @ 1-2-3-4 Go! Records w/ Never Young & Crush
04/05 – Eureka/Arcata, CA
04/06 – Portland, OR @ Mother Foucault’s
04/07 – Olympia, WA
04/08 – Bellingham, WA @ Loudhouse
04/09 – Seattle, WA
04/10 – Missoula, MT @ Hawkey Haus
04/11 – Salt Lake City, UT
04/12 – Denver, CO / Day Off
04/13 – Day Off / Denver, CO
04/14 – Omaha, NE
04/15 – Lawrence, IN
04/16 – Carbondale, IL @ The Swamp
04/17 – St Louis, MO
04/18 – Iowa City, IA
04/19 – Minneapolis, MN
04/20 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cocoon Room
04/21 – Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
04/22 – Detroit, MI
04/23 – Oberlin, OH @ The ‘Sco
04/24 – Columbus, OH
04/25 – Gambier, OH @ The Horn Gallery
04/26 – Pittsburgh, PA
04/27 – Philadelphia, PA
04/28 – Brooklyn, NY
04/29 – Boston, MA
05/12 – Portsmouth, NH @ Red Door
05/13 – Portland, ME
05/14 – Burlington, VT
05/15 – Montreal, QC @ Pouzza Fest
05/16 – Toronto, ON @ Soybomb
05/17 – Buffalo, NY
05/18 – Troy, NY
05/19 – New Haven, CT
05/20 – Providence, RI
05/29 – Liège, Belgium

Solids — 2015 Tour Dates
Jan 30 Palomino Calgary, Canada
Feb 18 The Quad Grand Rapids, MI
Feb 19 The Rockery Detroit, MI
Feb 20 Louie’s Back Room Kalamazoo, MI
Feb 21 Two Piece Festival Chicago, IL
Feb 22 Bremen Cafe Dundee, MI
Feb 23 Carabar Columbus, OH
Feb 24 The Sickhouse Pittsburgh, PA
Feb 25 Palisades Brooklyn, NY w/ Pile, Leapling, Radiator King
Feb 26 Cake Shop New York, NY w/ Cutters

Krill — 2015 Tour Dates
01/10 – Brooklyn, NY @ Shea Stadium w/ Pile, Baked & Swings
01/12 – Boston, MA @ Great Scott w/ Swings, Pile, & Palehound
02/06 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom w/ Porches., Frankie Cosmos & Sheer Mag
02/23 – Manchester, UK @ Gulliver’s
02/24 – Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
02/25 – London, UK @ Old Blue Last
02/27 – Glasgow, UK @ Broadcast
02/28 – Bristol, UK @ Start the Bus
03/01 – Brighton, UK @ Green Dore Store w/ Alex G
03/03 – Paris, France @ Espace B
03/04 – Antwerp, Belgium @ Trix Bar
03/05 – Haarlem, Netherlands @ Patronaat
03/06 – Zeewolde, Netherlands @ Where The Wild Things Are Festival
03/07 – Berlin, Germany @ Bang Bang Club