The band doing the most to bring metal to the post-rock set is touring this summer in support of its LP City of Echoes, out on Hydra Head Records. It's a smart move for any band attempting to tilt the ratio of girls to dudes in its audience to a more egalitarian state. When I saw Pelican at SXSW, there were at least four of the fairer sex in that sea of head nodding dudes. Perhaps just as importantly, this post-rock flavor allows their metal a freedom of dynamic movement and fluidity to which much modern metal seems tone deaf.
They embark on their tour with a bevy of dates shared with like minded heavy bands – Priestbird, Boris, Clouds, and others… look:
TOUR DATES
JULY
01 BELFORT FR EUROCKEENNES FESTIVAL
02 MUNICH DE FEIERWERK
03 SAARBRUCKEN DE GARAGE
04 STUTTGART DE CLUB SCHOCKEN W/ BORIS
06 EVREUX FR ROCK DANS TOUS SES ETATS FESTIVAL
08 ROSKILDE DK ROSKILDE FESTIVAL
09 HAMBURG DE MOLOTOW CLUB
19 CLEVELAND OH GROG SHOP W/ PRIESTBIRD
20 BUFFALO NY MOHAWK PLACE W/ PRIESTBIRD
21 TORONTO ON LEES PALACE W/ PRIESTBIRD + NADJA
22 MONTREAL QC MAIN HALL W/ NADJA
23 CAMBRIDGE MA THE MIDDLE EAST W/ CLOUDS + PRIESTBIRD
24 NEW YORK NY BOWERY BALLROOM W/ EARTH + PRIESTBIRD
25 BROOKLYN NY LUNA LOUNGE W/ EARTH + UNEARTHLY TRANCE
26 PHILADELPHIA PA FIRST UNITARIAN CHURCH W/ EARTH + PRIESTBIRD + YOUR BLACK STAR
27 BALTIMORE MD OTTOBAR W/ EARTH + PRIESTBIRD + YOUR BLACK STAR
28 WASHINGTON DC BLACK CAT W/ EARTH + PRIESTBIRD
29 RICHMOND VA ALLEY KATZ W/ CLOUDS + PRIESTBIRD
30 CARRBORO NC CAT'S CRADLE W/ CLOUDS + PRIESTBIRD
31 ATLANTA GA DRUNKEN UNICORN W/ CLOUDS + FATAL FLYING GUILLOTINES
AUGUST
01 ATHENS GA 40 WATT CLUB W/ CLOUDS + FATAL FLYING GUILLOTINES
03 BATON ROUGE LA SPANISH MOON W/ CLOUDS + FATAL FLYING GUILLOTINES
04 AUSTIN TX EMO'S W/ CLOUDS + FATAL FLYING GUILLOTINES
05 DENTON TX HAILEY'S W/ CLOUDS + FATAL FLYING GUILLOTEENS
07 ALBUQUERQUE NM LAUNCHPAD W/ CLOUDS
08 TEMPE AZ THE CLUBHOUSE W/ CLOUDS
09 SAN DIEGO CA CASBAH W/ CLOUDS + IT'S CASUAL
10 LOS ANGELES CA TROUBADOUR W/ 400 BLOWS + CLOUDS
12 SAN FRANCISCO CA GREAT AMERICAN MUSIC HALL W/ 400 BLOWS + CLOUDS + GARGANTULA
14 PORTLAND OR SATYRICON W/ CLOUDS + GARGANTULA
15 VANCOUVER BC RICHARDS ON RICHARDS W/ CLOUDS + GARGANTULA
16 SEATTLE WA NEUMO'S CRYSTAL BALL READING ROOM W/ CLOUDS + GARGANTULA
19 DENVER CO MARQUIS THEATER W/ CLOUDS
20 COLORADO SPRINGS CO THE BLACK SHEEP W/ CLOUDS
21 OMAHA NE THE WAITING ROOM W/ CLOUDS
22 IOWA CITY IA THE PICADOR W/ CLOUDS
