Indie rock group Deerhunter have announced the release of their latest studio album Fading Frontier, set to come out on 16th October via 4AD.
Following the death-rattle garage catharsis of Monomania, the group have shifted towards something strikingly balanced, focused on melody and texture. The songs are brighter; if not in content, then in the album’s production. Starkness plays against clutter in what is the band’s most complex yet accessible work to date.
The record was made by founding members Bradford Cox, Lockett Pundt, Moses Archuleta and bassist Josh McKay. Written in their hometown of Atlanta, production duties were shared by the band and Ben H. Allen III, continuing a collaboration that began with 2010’s Halcyon Digest.
The first single ‘Snakeskin’ premiered on Atlanta’s AM 1690, you can view the official video below.
The band will embark on a European tour in support of Fading Frontier playing the following dates:
10/29 – Pitchfork Festival, Paris, France
10/30 – All Saints Church, Brighton, UK
10/31 – Liverpool Music Week, Liverpool, UK
11/1 – Button Factory, Dublin, Ireland
11/3 – SWG3, Glasgow, UK
11/4 – Brudenell Social Club, Leeds, UK
11/6 – Gorilla, Manchester, UK
11/7 – Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, UK
11/9 – Le Mix, Tourcoing, France
11/10 – La Cartonerrie, Reims, France
11/11 – Paloma, Nimes, France
11/12 – Magnolia, Milan, Italy
11/13 – Bronson, Ravenna, Italy
11/14 – L’usine, Geneva, Switzerland
11/15 – Rote Fabrik, Zurich, Switzerland
11/16 – Kulturhaus Karlstorbahnhof, Heidelberg, Germany
11/18 – Lido, Berlin, Germany
11/19 – Vega, Copenhagen, Denmark
11/21 – Botanique Orangerie, Brussels, Belgium
11/22 – Le Guess Who Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands