Pterodactyl’s new album Spills Out is out today on Brah Records! It’s an ambitious follow-up to Arnold’s Park and Worldwild, bringing their songwriting front and center and using their noise and texture to flesh the songs out to epic proportions. The album is streaming in full at Spin Magazine: http://www.spin.com/articles/first-spin-tales-behind-pterodactyls-spills-out
And if you haven’t already, check out Pterodactyl’s epic list of tour dates. Chances are, they’ll be playing a town near you! http://panacherock.com/artists.php?id=105
The new Arnold’s Park cassette by Pterodactyl is out now! Arnold’s Park was originally issued last year by Deleted Art as a vinyl-only release. The audio for this version is newly remastered and features a previously-unreleased bonus track. Click here to order a limited-edition cassette (with silk-screened artwork and a download code), or click here to stream and download the album.
Pterodactyl start a six week tour this week in support of their upcoming album Spills Out (out 11/15 on Brah/Jagjaguwar). The band will have copies of Arnold’s Park and Spills Out, along with shirts, DVDs, and the rest of their back-catalog… sickening. Check them out in a town near you:
11.02.11 Wed
Portland, Maine. Space Gallery
w/ Japanther
11.05.11 Sat
Ithica, New York. The Space at GreenStar
11.06.11 Sun
Binghamton, New York. Pajama Kazama
11.07.11 Mon
Jamestown, New York. Labyrinth Press Company
11.08.11 Tue
Wilkes-Bare, Pennsylvania. Redwood Art Space
11.09.11 Wed
Grantham, Pennsylvania. Messiah College
11.10.11 Thu
Cleveland, Ohio. Now That’s Class
11.13.11 Sun
Bloomington, Indiana. The Bishop
11.16.11 Wed
Norman, Oklahoma. The Opolis
11.17.11 Thu
Denton, Texas. Haileys
11.18.11 Fri
Austin, Texas. Emos Inside
11.23.11 Wed
Santa Cruz, California. 105 Pioneer St.
11.26.11 Sat
San Francisco, California. El Rio
11.29.11 Tue
Portland, Oregon. Mississippi Studios
12.01.11 Thu
Vancouver, British Columbia. Rickshaw Theatre
12.02.11 Fri
Seattle, Washington. Vera Project
12.06.11 Tue
Fargo, North Dakota. The Aquarium
12.08.11 Thu
Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Franks Power Plant
12.09.11 Fri
Chicago, Illinois. Empty Bottle
12.11.11 Sun
Toronto, Ontario. Parts & Labour
12.12.11 Mon
Montreal, Quebec. Reserve Phonique
12.14.11 Wed
Winooski, Vermont. Monkey House
12.15.11 Thu
Easthampton, Massachusetts. Flywheel
12.17.11 Sat
New York City, New York. Knitting Factory
And here’s “Arnold’s Park” off the new tape for you to marinate on:
Arnold’s Park – one of two European-only vinyl-only 2010 EPs by Pterodactyl – will be reissued by SOUNGS on November 1st. All of the songs have been freshly remastered, and an outtake from the same time period (“For Nothing”) is included as a bonus track. The album will be available for digital download and as a limited-edition cassette (with silk-screened artwork and a high-quality download code) from this site and on the band’s upcoming North American tour.
Arnold’s Park was originally released by Deleted Art in Sweden. The EP explores the more psychedelic aspects of Pterodactyl’s sound, building expansive songs out of intimate soundscapes, or maybe it’s the other way around. In many ways, Arnold’s Park is the perfect predecesor to the groups upcoming album Spills Out (out 11/15 on Jagjaguwar) – it also features artwork from Otecki as well as the original version of “Allergy Shots” (which appears in a remixed form on the new album).
One man band, music machine, and all around awesome dude Daniel Francs Doyle is set to take off on a 7 week long North American tour. The tour starts this Thursday – September 1st – in Austin, Tx, and runs through the end of the month out to the East Coast and back, before another three weeks going out West. The shows on this tour will feature both solo songs and his new trio – I’m psyched!!! Check out the complete schedule here:
The mighty Pterodactyl will be re-releasing their European/vinyl-only EP Arnold’s Park on SOUNGS later this year. Arnold’s Park (originally released on Deleted Art in 2010) finds the band in their most experimental mindset, playing around with loops and drones to build fractured songs and landscapes. It’s a huge favorite of ours at SOUNGS, and we’re psyched to see it given an alternate state-side release. The cassette and digital release will feature silk-screened packaging, stay tuned for more details!!
Daniel Francis Doyle and SOUNGS’ own Jonny Two Eyes just recorded a new song for the upcoming compilation on SOUNGS. Scheduled for release this fall, the compilation will also feature new & unreleased material from Pterodactyl, Mittens on Strings, Unmanned Ship, El is the Sound of Joy, and many more. Stay tuned for more details, chiefs.
Check out this trailer for Any Indicator, the upcoming video album by Hearts of Darknesses and Shitface.
The DVD will be released later this year on SOUNGS, accompanied by an mp3 download of the soundtrack (by Hearts of Darknesses) and a screen-printed poster featuring artwork from the film by Sandra Chi.
And welcome to the newest version of the SOUNGS website!
In an effort to streamline things, we’ve re-designed the site in a blog-style fashion with music integration on Bandcamp. Check back soon for more additions.
