Brian Jonestown Massacre have announced new North American tour dates and are giving fans a taste of their new album, Aufheben.The new album is set to be released on May 1, 2012 but the band is currently streaming the new track "I Want to Hold Your Other Hand" here.
The band have announced the West Coast leg of their upcoming North American tour which will kick off on April 27th in Dallas.
Aufheben or Aufhebung is a German word with several seemingly contradictory meanings, including "to lift up," "to abolish'" or "to sublate." The term has also been defined as "abolish," "preserve," and "transcend." In philosophy, aufheben is used by Hegel to explain what happens when a thesis and antithesis interact.
Brian Jonestown Massacre recorded the new album in Berlin at Anton Newcombe's studio and the infamous East German Radio Station "Studio East."
Original member of the band, Matt Hollywood, plays on this album. It also features Will Carruthers (Spacemen 3, Spritualized), Constatine Karlis (Dimmer), and Thibault Pesenti (Rockcandys) plus vocal performances by Eliza Karmasalo (in Finnish).
West Coast Tour Dates
Fri April 27 Dallas TX @ Granada Theater
Sat April 28 Houston TX @ Fitzgeralds
Sun April 29 Austin TX @ Psych Fest
Tues May 1st Phoenix AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
Fri May 4th Portland OR @ Wonder Ballroom
Sat May 5th Seattle WA @ Neptune Theatre
Tue May 8th Denver CO @ Bluebird Theater
Wed May 9th Salt Lake City UT @ Urban Lounge
Fri May 11th San Francisco CA @ The Fillmore
Sat May12th Los Angeles CA @ The Wiltern
