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AU premieres new single “Get Alive,” launches tour & announces SXSW schedule

By March 8, 2012No Comments

STREAM: “Get Alive”

VIDEO: Into The Woods Session -“Solid Gold”

Portland, OR shook this past Saturday. To celebrate the impending release of AU’s anticipated third album Both Lights, core members Luke Wyland and Dana Valatka invited a team of players to construct a jaw-dropping set and a true manifestation of the album and its wild transcendence. Today you can close your eyes and see the light brighten: we’re sharing a new single from the album, the infinite stairway “Get Alive”.

Like a storm front, AU’s tour begins in the west and stops for a few days in Texas. Check out AU’s US tour dates below, including a special Brooklyn show on the east coast with labelmates Leverage Models! We’re also revealing the full details of AU’s SXSW performances.
Three years seems like a flash when you consider the complexity and overall texture of Both Lights. Building a multi-dimensional musical creature is less of a feat within the forgiving walls of a studio, this much is true. Saturday proved that AU is just as innovative before a live audience, and perhaps more synchronized than we previously imagined. From crashing highs like “OJ” to somber and delicate lows like “Crazy Idol,” Both Lights is a dazzling sonic portrait, twice as vivid live. – Mark Stock, Willamette Week, on AU’s 3/3/12 show in Portland

AU at SXSW:

03/14 Austin, TX Force Field / Terrorbird Day Party – Red 7 (611 East 7th Street) – 4:25 PM
03/14 Austin, TX KVRX Showcase – Spiderhouse (2908 Fruth Street) – 8:30 PM
03/16 Austin, TX Terroreyes Day Party – Music Makers (517 South Lamar Boulevard) – 4:45 PM
03/16 Austin, TX STOUH BY SMES SHOUT 2 @ 21st st oc-po – 8:45 PM
03/16 Austin, TX Redefine Magazine Party – House of Commons (2610 Rio Grande St.) – 10:30 PM
03/17 Austin, TX Hometapes Friend Island – (Papi Tino’s Backyard – 1306 E. 6th St.) – 4:00 PM

Tour dates:

03/08 Santa Cruz, CA @ Crepe Place
03/09 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo $
03/10 Tucson, AZ @ Plush +
03/11 Phoenix, AZ @ Rhythm Room #+
03/13 Santa Fe, NM @ SOL at Santa Fe Brewing *
03/14 Austin, TX Force Field / Terrorbird Day Party – Red 7 (611 East 7th Street) – 4:25 PM
03/14 Austin, TX KVRX Showcase – Spiderhouse (2908 Fruth Street) – 8:30 PM
03/16 Austin, TX Terroreyes Day Party – Music Makers (517 South Lamar Boulevard) – 4:45 PM
03/16 Austin, TX STOUH BY SMES SHOUT 2 @ 21st st oc-po – 8:45 PM
03/16 Austin, TX Redefine Magazine Party – House of Commons (2610 Rio Grande St.) – 10:30 PM
03/17 Austin, TX Hometapes Friend Island – (Papi Tino’s Backyard – 1306 E. 6th St.) – 4:00 PM
03/18 Wichita, KS @ Rock Island Live
03/19 Lawrence, KS @ The Replay
03/20 Denver, CO @ The Hi Dive &
03/21 Boulder, CO @ The Cherryvale
03/22 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court &
03/24 Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Festival ¼
03/29 Brooklyn, NY @Cameo Gallery %
04/04 Zurich, CH @ Papiersaal
04/05 Faenza, IT @ Clandestino
04/06 Rome, IT @ Init
04/07 Terni, IT @ Palmetta
04/09 Vienna, AT @ WUK ~
04/10 Munich, DE @ Kranhalle at Feierwerk ~
04/11 Berlin, DE @ Festsaal Kreuzberg ~
04/12 Hamburg, DE @ Kampnagel ~
04/14 Warsaw, PL @ Powiększenie >
04/15 Wroclaw, PL @ Puzzle
04/17 Gent, BE @ Video
04/18 Liege, BE @ Le Fiacre
04/20 Metz, FR @ Les Trinitaires
04/22 Rotterdam, NL @ Worm !
04/27 Paris, FR @ Keep Portland Weird Festival @

* = w/ Deerhoof
# = w/ The Velvet Teen
¼ = w/ Built To Spill, Typhoon & Y La Bamba
+ = w/ Said The Whale
& = w/ Aan
¢ = w/ Zulu Winter & Choir Of Young Believers
£ = w/ Country Trash
% = w/ Leverage Models
~ = w/ Xiu Xiu
> = w/ ZEA
! = w/ Blues Control
@ = w/ The Thermals


AU
Both Lights
(Hometapes / The Leaf Label)
Street Date: April 3, 2012 (US) / April 2, 2012 (UK)

1. Epic
2. Get Alive
3. Crazy Idol
4. OJ
5. The Veil
6. Solid Gold
7. Today/Tonight
8. Why I Must
9. Go Slow
10. Old Friend
11. Don’t Lie Down


AU
Solid Gold
(Hometapes / The Leaf Label)
Street Date: Dec. 7, 2011 (US) / Jan. 9, 2012 (UK)

1. Solid Gold
2. under / Epic (feat. Colin Stetson)

Links: Facebook//Bandcamp//Press Assets//Worldwide Label – Hometapes//EU Label – The Leaf Label