NYC rock band Battles just announced their third album La Di Da Di, out September 18th via Warp Records. As for the album cover, it might be the most interesting we’ve seen in a long time.
As the name might imply, La Di Da Di is a mushrooming monolith of repetition. Here is an organic techno thrum of nearly infinite loops that refuse to remain consistent.
La Di Da Di follows 2011’s Gloss Drop.
La Di Da Di Tracklist:
01. The Yabba
02. Dot Net
03. FF Bada
04. Summer Simmer
05. Cacio e Pepe
06. Non-Violence
07. Dot Com
08. Tyne Wear
09. Tricentennial
10. Megatouch
11. Flora > Fauna
12. Luu Le
Tour Dates:
AUGUST
7 – Ypsigrock, Sicily, IT
20 – St Vitus, NYC, US SOLD OUT
22 – Musicfest NW, Portland, OR, US
23 – FYF Festival, Los Angeles CA, US
SEPTEMBER
5 – Electric Picnic, Ireland
7 – Stimul Festival, Prague
10 – Hopscotch, Raleigh NC, US
30 – Paradise, Boston, MA, US
OCTOBER
1 – Lee’s, Toronto, ON, US
2 – Metro, Chicago, IL, US
3 – First Ave, Minneapolis, US
6 – Imperial, Vancouver, BC, US
7 – Neptune, Seattle, WA, US
9 – Fillmore, San Francisco, CA, US
11 – Crescent, Phoenix, AZ, US
13 – Trees, Dallas, TX, US
14 – Mohawk, Austin, TX, US
15 – Republic, New Orleans, US
16 – Masquerade, Atlanta, US
17 – Exit In, Nashville, US
18 – Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA, US
19 – 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, US
20 – Webster Hall, New York, NY, US
23 – Academy 2, Manchester, UK
24 – Simple Things, Bristol, UK
25 – ABC 1, Glasgow, UK
28 – Electric Ballroom, London, UK
29 – Le Grand Mix, Lille, FR
30 – PItchfork Paris, FR
31 – Zoom, Frankfurt, DE
NOVEMBER
2 – Melkweg, Amsterdam, NL
3 – Botanique, Brussels, BE
4 – Berghain, Berlin, DE
6 – Club2Club, Torino, IT
7 – Iceland Airwaves, Reykjavik, IS