The Movielife at Amityville Music Hall
The Movielife at Amityville Music Hall in 2017 (more by Stephanie Augello)

The Movielife playing The Fest with Superchunk, NJ/LI in Dec (BV presale)

The Movielife have once again expanded their 2017 tour in support of Cities In Search of a Heart, their first album in 14 years.

Among the newly-added shows is a NJ show on December 16 at White Eagle Hall with local support from The Scandals. Tickets go on sale Friday (10/20) with a BrooklynVegan presale starting Thursday (10/19). Check back here Thursday morning for the password. Also stay tuned for more dates TBA.

UPDATE: The NJ show is part of a three-date Northeast run with Koji on all dates. There’s also a Long Island show on December 15 at Revolution with fellow reunited LI melodic hardcore band The Backup Plan, plus Afterparty. Tickets for the LI show also go on sale Friday with a BrooklynVegan presale starting Thursday.

The Movielife also have some shows with their LI neighbors Iron Chic (who dropped a new LP last week) surrounding both bands’ appearances at The Fest. They both play Bo Diddley Plaza on 10/29 with Superchunk, Smoking Popes, Mean Jeans, Apologies I Have None and Crime In Stereo playing Is Dead for its 10th anniversary. Tickets for The Fest and just that show are available. All dates are listed below.

Also stream a track off the new Movielife album, watch the video for a classic, and listen to some music by other bands on the LI/NJ shows, below.

The Movielife — 2017 Tour Dates
Oct 26 Strange Matter Richmond, VA*
Oct 27 Cat’s Cradle Carrboro, NC*
Oct 28 1904 Music Hall Jacksonville, FL*
Oct 29 Bo Diddley Gainesville, FL (The Fest) w/ Superchunk & more*
Oct 30 The Masquerade Atlanta, GA*
Nov 14 Joiners Southampton, United Kingdom
Nov 15 Underworld London, United Kingdom
Nov 17 Exchange Bristol, United Kingdom
Nov 18 The Key Club Leeds, United Kingdom
Nov 19 The Magnet Liverpool Liverpool, United Kingdom
Nov 20 G2 Glasgow, United Kingdom
Nov 21 Manchester Academy 3 Manchester, United Kingdom
Dec 14 The Met Pawtucket, RI w/ A Wilhelm Scream^
Dec 15 Revolution Amityville, NY w/ The Backup Plan, Afterparty^
Dec 16 White Eagle Hall Jersey City, NJ w/ The Scandals^
* – w/ Iron Chic
^ – w/ Koji