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Title Fight streaming new LP (listen ++ updated tour dates)

by Andrew Sacher

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Title Fight have already released three songs from their upcoming third album and first for ANTI-, Hyperview, and now they’ve made the whole thing available for streaming ahead of its February 3 release date. As you probably figured out by now if you’ve listened to the singles, Hyperview has the ever-changing punk band going full-on shoegaze. It wasn’t a totally unexpected move — “Head in the Ceiling Fan” off 2012’s Floral Green explored the style most directly and it’s there a bit in the guitars of “Lefty,” “Numb But I Still Feel It” and “In-Between,” not to mention Title Fight’s never made the same record twice.

And the new sound suits them well. Songs like “Dizzy,” “Your Pain Is Mine Now” and “Liars Love” are on par with any good shoegazey indie rock band of late, and if you want that old Title Fight, it does pop up on a few songs (“Mrahc” is probably the best of these). The whole record’s great. Listen on NPR.

Title Fight will be on tour soon, including a run with La Dispute and The Hotelier that hits NYC on March 27 at Webster Hall (sold out). They also play a Long Island fest the next day with Pianos Become the Teeth, Defeater and more, which is not sold out.

Streams of the album’s three singles and updated list of tour dates, below…

Title Fight — 2015 Tour Dates
Mar 06 Grog Shop Cleveland Heights, OH*
Mar 07 The Ready Room St Louis, MO*
Mar 08 The Bottleneck Lawrence, KS*
Mar 09 Marquis Theatre Denver, CO*
Mar 10 Loading Dock Salt Lake City, UT*
Mar 12 The Catalyst Atrium Santa Cruz, CA*
Mar 13 Slim’s San Francisco, CA*
Mar 14 The Regent Los Angeles, CA*
Mar 15 The Glass House Pomona, CA*
Mar 16 Club Red Mesa, AZ*
Mar 20 South By So What Festival Grand Prairie, TX
Mar 21 FITZGERALD’S Houston, TX^
Mar 23 The Masquerade Atlanta, GA^
Mar 24 CAT’S CRADLE Carrboro, NC^
Mar 25 The Howard Theatre Washington, DC^
Mar 26 Union Transfer Philadelphia, PA^
Mar 27 Webster Hall New York, NY^
Mar 28 Revolution Bar and Music Hall Amityville, NY#
Mar 29 Paradise Rock Club Boston, MA^
Mar 31 The Altar Bar Pittsburgh, PA^
Apr 01 Phoenix Concert Theatre Toronto, Canada^
Apr 03 The Crofoot Ballroom Pontiac, MI^
Apr 05 Metro Chicago, IL ^
May 01 Groezrock Festival Meerhout, Belgium
May 02 Thekla Bristol, United Kingdom
May 03 Outbreak Festival Leeds, United Kingdom
May 04 Classic Grand Glasgow, United Kingdom
May 06 The Dome Tufnell Park London, United Kingdom
May 07 Boule Noire Paris, France
May 08 Universum Stuttgart, Germany
May 09 Kinski Klub Zurich, Switzerland
May 10 La Tenda Modena, Italy
May 12 Backstage Club Munich, Germany
May 13 Arena Vienna, Austria
May 14 007 Prague, Czech Republic
May 15 Bi Nuu Berlin, Germany
May 16 KB18 Copenhagen, Denmark
May 17 Bergsunds strand 43 Stockholm, Sweden
May 19 Skjul 46 Gothenburg, Sweden
May 21 Knust Hamburg, Germany
May 22 Underground Cologne, Germany
May 23 Dynamo Eindhoven, Netherlands
Jun 19 The Brightside Brisbane, Australia
Jun 20 The Lab Brisbane, Australia
Jun 21 YAC Byron Bay, Australia
Jun 23 The Small Ballroom Islington, Australia
Jun 24 Factory Theatre Sydney, Australia
Jun 25 City Club Canberra, Australia
Jun 26 Corner Hotel Melbourne, Australia
Jun 27 Phoenix Youth Centre Melbourne, Australia
Jun 28 The Brisbane Hotel Hobart, Australia
Jun 30 Uni Bar Adelaide, Australia
Jul 01 Amplifier Perth, Australia
Jul 02 YMCA HQ Perth, Australia

* – w/ Merchandise, Power Trip
^ – w/ La Dispute, The Hotelier
# – Spring Mixtape Fest w/ Pianos Become the Teeth, Defeater & more