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Jun 02, 2016 Pale Dian By Michael Wojtas

This Friday, Narrow Birth, the debut full-length from Austin’s Pale Dian, will surface via Manifesto (pre-order at iTunes/Amazon). Today, we’re streaming the album in its entirety.

The Cocteau Twins comparisons that have met the band are not unfounded (“In a Day” and “Feral Bloom” standing as a particularly worthy descendants of the dream pop legends), but there’s plenty more going on beneath Narrow Birth‘s smoky surfaces. “Evan Evan” achieves a snarling post-punk rush, “Lonesome Waste” recalls the effortless melodicism and bruised beauty of Lush, and “The Avenue” billows into Cruise-Badalamenti-Lynch territory. Throughout it all, Ruth Ellen Smith’s vocals cascade from howling ecstasy to bottomless despair, mirroring the music’s fever pitch highs and dusky valleys. Head below to listen and check out the band’s upcoming tour dates.

Tour Dates:

06/03 - Austin, TX - Swan Dive *LP Release Party*
06/07 - Albuquerque, NM - The Bungalow
06/08 - El Paso, TX - Lowbrow Palace
06/09 - Tucson, AZ - The Flycatcher
06/10 - San Diego, CA - Whistle Stop
06/12 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echo *Part Time Punks & LP Release*
06/13 - San Francisco, CA - Elbo Room
06/15 - Sacramento, CA - The Starlight Lounge
06/16 - Eugene, OR - The Boreal
06/17 - Portland, OR - High Water Mark
06/18 - Seattle, WA - Salmon Town
06/19 - Vancouver, BC - Rickshaw Theatre
06/21 - Olympia, WA - Obsidian
06/22 - Spokane, WA - Baby’s Bar
06/23 - Missoula, MN - Palace Lounge
06/24 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Borough
06/25 - Grand Junction, CO - Electric Ballroom
06/26 - Denver, CO - Syntax Physic Opera
06/27 - Omaha, NB - Milk Run
06/28 - Lincoln, NB - Duffy’s
06/29 - Des Moines, IA - Vaudeville Mews
06/30 - Minneapolis, MN - Licorice Beach
07/01 - Milwaukee, WI - Quarters Rock Palace *
07/02 - Kalamazoo, MI - Louie’s *
07/03 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
07/05 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Tavern *
07/06 - Wilkes-Barre, PA - The Otherside *
07/07 - Brooklyn, NY - Shea Stadium *
07/08 - Cambridge, MA - Lily Pad *
07/09 - Providence, RI - News Cafe *
07/10 - New York, NY - Pianos
07/11 - Philadelphia, PA - Bourbon & Branch *
07/12 - Baltimore, MD - The Windup Space
07/14 - Richmond, VA - Strange Matter *
07/15 - Charlotte, NC - Snug Harbor *
07/16 - Atlanta, GA - 529 *
07/17 - Nashville, TN - Queen Ave Collective *
07/19 - New Orleans, LA - Siberia *
07/20 - Houston, TX - The Satellite ^ *
07/21 - Dallas, TX - Double Wide ^ *
07/22 - Austin, TX - Empire Control Room ^ *
07/23 - San Antonio, TX - K23 ^ *

* w/ Stargazer Lilies
^ * w/ Ringo Deathstarr & Stargazer Lilies