The year and change since the release of Parquet Courts’ monumental Light Up Gold is reflected in ways expected and not with Sunbathing Animal, its sharper, harder follow up, due out June 3 via What’s Your Rupture?/Mom+Pop (out June 2 on Rough Trade outside the U.S.).
Pre-order Sunbathing Animal LP & CD here: http://sunbathinganimal.com
Pre-order Sunbathing Animal on iTunes here: http://smarturl.it/sunbathing
The band will also be touring soon.  Here are the dates:
Thu. May 22 – Calgary, AB @ Commonwealth Bar
Fri. May 23 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir w/ Naomi Punk
Sat. May 24 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret w/ Naomi Punk
Sun. May 25 – George, WA @ Sasquatch Music Festival
Tue. May 27 – San Francisco, CA @ Independent w/ CCR Headcleaner
Wed. May 28 – Los Angeles, CA @ Roxy
Thu. May 29 – Austin, TX @ Red 7 w/ Radioactivity
Mon. June 2 – Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s w/ Radioactivity
Tue. June 3 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada w/ Swearin’
Wed. June 4 – Memphis, TN @ The Hi-Tone w/ Protomartyr, True Sons of Thunder
Fri. June 6 – Columbus, OH @ Double Happiness w/ Protomartyr
Sat. June 7 – Detroit, MI @ PJ’s Lager House w/ Protomartyr, Tyvek
Sun. June 8 – Toronto, ON @ Horseshoe Tavern w/ Protomartyr, Tyvek
Mon. June 9 – Montreal, QC @ Il Motore w/ Protomartyr, Tyvek
Tue. June 10 – Boston, MA @ TT the Bears w/ Protomartyr
Wed. June 11 – Brooklyn, NY @ Sugarhill Supper Club w/ Protomartyr, Future Punx, Xerox
Fri. June 21 – Glasgow, UK @ SWG3
Sat. June 22 – Liverpool, UK @ Kazimier
Sun. June 23 – Birmingham, UK @ Birmingham Institute
Tue. June 25 – London, UK @ ULU
Wed. June 26 – Oxford, UK @ Oxford Academy 2
Sun. June 29 – Marmande, FR @ Garorock
Sun. July 6 – Rotselaar, BE @ Rock Werchter
Mon. July 7 – Groningen, NE @ Vera Project
Tue. July 8 – Paris, FR @ Le Divan Du Monde
Wed. July 9 – La Rochelle, FR @ La Sirene Club
Thu. July 10 – Bilbao, SP @ Bilbao BBK
Fri. July 11 – Lisbon, PO @ Alive Festival
Sat. July 12 – Russelheim, DE @ Phono Pop
Wed. July 16 – Berlin, DE @ Cassiopaia
Thu. July 17 – Grafenhainichen, DE @ Melt
Fri. July 18 – Dublin, IE @ Longitude Festival
Sun. July 20 – Suffolk, UK @ Latitude Festival
Fri. July 25 – Niigata, JP @ Naeba Ski Resort (Fuji Rock Festival)
Sat. Aug. 2 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
Sun. Aug. 3 – Happy Valley, OR @ Pickathon