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The Atlas Moth releasing new LP in June, touring this spring, including SXSW & NYC (dates)

By Doug Moore

The Atlas Moth at Irving Plaza, 2013 (more by Fred Pessaro)
Atlas Moth

Double-dip of good news for fans of Chicago’s The Atlas Moth today. First, they’ll be touring North America along with The Ocean, Scale the Summit, and Silver Snakes from the end of February through the beginning of April, including SXSW, a stop at South By So What? Fest in Grand Prairie, TX on March 14, and an NYC stop at the Studio @ Webster Hall on March 29. Tix aren’t on sale yet, but keep an eye out.

Second, they’ll be releasing the follow-up to 2011’s critically acclaimed An Ache for the Distance in June. The new album is titled The Old Believer. From the official press release:

THE ATLAS MOTH are going to embark on a massive North American tour this spring (alongside The Ocean, Scale The Summit, and Silver Snakes) to prelude their upcoming glorious new album “The Old Believer” which will be slated to be released this June. On this tour you can expect The Atlas Moth to play a decent amount of new music from “The Old Believer”, which we can assure you will be one of 2014′s milestone albums in heavy music. All we can currently say about “The Old Believer” is simply, expect to be blown away. The new album is leveling and will easily be recognized as the band’s best work to date.

All Atlas Moth dates are listed below…

The Ocean, Scale the Summit, The Atlas Moth, Silver Snakes tour 2014
02/27 – Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club **
02/28 – Minneapolis, MN @ The Hexagon **
03/01 – Fargo, ND @ The New Direction **
03/02 – Billings, MT @ TBA **
03/03 – Missoula, MT @ The Badlander **
03/04 – Spokane, WA @ The Hop **
03/05 – Seattle, WA @ Chop Suey
03/06 – Portland, OR @ Branx
03/07 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill
03/08 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Lyric
03/09 – San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar
03/10 – Tempe, AZ @ Yucca Taproom
03/11 – El Paso, TX @ The Spot
03/12 – Austin, TX @ SXSW
03/13 – Austin, TX @ SXSW
03/14 – Grand Prairie, TX @ South by So What?
03/15 – Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s
03/16 – Metairie, LA @ Cypress
03/17 – Tampa, FL @ Crowbar
03/18 – Pembroke Pines, FL @ The Talent Farm
03/19 – Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
03/21 – Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade
03/22 – Louisville, KY @ The Diamond Pub
03/23 – Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
03/24 – Pontiac, MI @ The Pike Room @ Crofoot
03/25 – Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
03/26 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Altar Bar
03/27 – Washington, DC @ DC9
03/29 – New York, NY @ The Studio at Webster Hall
03/30 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
04/01 – Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rosa*
04/02 – Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck*
04/03 – London, ON @ Rum Runners*
**The Atlas Moth only *The Atlas Moth and Ocean only