Lightning Bolt Share "The Metal East", Announce Tour

Lightning Bolt Share "The Metal East", Announce Tour

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Noise icons Lightning Bolt recently announced Fantasy Empire, their first album in over five years. The follow-up to 2009′s Earthly Delights (and the 2012 EP Oblivion Hunter) will be released March 24 via Thrill Jockey

In the meantime, the duo have shared one of its tracks, “The Metal East”, and announced a long stretch of spring tour dates with METZ and Liturgy. Listen to the track below, and check out the itinerary to see if they’ll be coming to a town near you.

Lightning Bolt:

04-15 Buffalo, NY – Mohawk Place *
04-16 Columbus, OH – Double Happiness *
04-17 Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom *
04-18 Ferndale, MI – The Loving Touch *
04-19 Chicago, IL – The Empty Bottle
04-20 Saint Paul, MN – Turf Club
04-21 St Louis, MO – The Luminary Center for the Arts
04-22 Lawrence, KS – Jackpot Music Hall
04-24 Denver, CO – GLOB
04-25 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court
04-27 Boise, ID – The Shredder
04-28 Seattle, WA – Neumos #
04-29 Portland, OR – Dantes #
05-01 San Francisco, CA – The Chapel #
05-02 Oakland, CA – Leo’s #
05-03 Los Angeles, CA – The Echoplex # 
05-04 Santa Ana, CA – Constellation Room #
05-05 San Diego, CA – Casbah #
05-06 Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom
05-08 Austin, TX – Austin Psych Fest
05-09 New Orleans, LA – Siberia
05-10 Atlanta, GA – Mammal Gallery
05-11 Raleigh, NC – Kings
05-12 Washington, DC
05-13 Baltimore, MD – Floristree
05-14 Philadelphia, PA – Johnny Brenda’s
05-15 Brooklyn, NY – The Wick
05-16 New York, NY – Le Poisson Rouge

* with METZ
# with Liturgy

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