Preceded by first single “Temporary,” Milk Famous will be released March 6 on the tbd label (with a vinyl release March 13 on White Iris) and can be pre-ordered directly from the band at the following web address: http://whiterabbitsmusic.com/milkfamous

Brooklyn-based, Missouri-bred White Rabbits have unveiled “Heavy Metal”, the opening track of the eagerly anticipated  follow-up to 2009′s critically acclaimed It’s Frightening (hailed by Jon Pareles of THE NEW YORK TIMES  as “an American sound that fortifies its brains with muscle”). The band’s third album, Milk Famous, will be released March 6 on the tbd label (with a vinyl release March 13 on White Iris) and will consist of the following songs:

Heavy Metal
I’m Not Me
Hold It To The Fire
Everyone Can’t Be Confused
Temporary
Are You Free
It’s Frightening
Danny Come Inside
Back For More
The Day You Won The War
I Had It Coming

The bulk of Milk Famous was recorded over the course of 2011 in Austin TX, and produced by Mike McCarthy with the exception “Back For More,” which was produced by the band’s own Stephen Patterson and Alex Even and recorded last November at Meth Beach in Philadelphia.

Brooklyn-based, Missouri-bred White Rabbits have unveiled “Heavy Metal” (download below), the opening track of the eagerly anticipated  follow-up to 2009′s critically acclaimed It’s Frightening (hailed by Jon Pareles of THE NEW YORK TIMES  as “an American sound that fortifies its brains with muscle”). The band’s third album, Milk Famous, will be released March 6 on the tbd label (with a vinyl release March 13 on White Iris) and will consist of the following songs:

Heavy Metal
I’m Not Me
Hold It To The Fire
Everyone Can’t Be Confused
Temporary
Are You Free
It’s Frightening
Danny Come Inside
Back For More
The Day You Won The War
I Had It Coming

The bulk of Milk Famous was recorded over the course of 2011 in Austin TX, and produced by Mike McCarthy with the exception “Back For More,” which was produced by the band’s own Stephen Patterson and Alex Even and recorded last November at Meth Beach in Philadelphia.

Milk Famous’ release will also be preceded by first single “Temporary.”

With a live performance described by ESQUIRE as one of “9 Shows A Man Should See,” White Rabbits have confirmed their first dates of 2012. They will be joined by The War On Drugs and Tennis on select dates.

March 6: Philadelphia, PA / Union Transfer *
March 7: Washington D.C. / Black Cat *
March 8: Charlottesville, VA / Jefferson Theater ^
March 9: Raleigh, NC / Lincoln Theatre ^
March 11: Atlanta, GA / Variety Playhouse ^
March 12: Birmingham, AL / The Bottletree ^
March 13: New Orleans, LA / One Eyed Jacks ^
March 14: Houston, TX / Fitzgeralds ^
March 19: Denver, CO / Bluebird Theater
March 20: Salt Lake City, UT / Urban Lounge
March 22: Portland, OR / Doug Fir Lounge
March 23: Vancouver, BC / Biltmore Cabaret
March 24: Seattle, WA / Crocodile Cafe
March 26: San Francisco, CA / The Independent
March 28: Los Angeles, CA / El Rey Theatre
March 29: San Diego, CA / The Casbah
March 30: Phoenix, AZ / Crescent Ballroom
March 31: Tucson, AZ / Club Congress
April 3: Lawrence, KS / Jackpot Music Hall
April 4: Columbia, MO / The Blue Note
April 5: St. Louis, MO / Plush
April 6: Madison, WI / High Noon Saloon
April 7: Minneapolis, MN / Triple Rock Social Club
April 8: Chicago, IL / Metro
April 12: New York, NY / Webster Hall
April 13: Northampton, MA / Pearl Street Downtown
April 14: Boston, MA / Paradise Rock Club

* with Tennis
^ with The War On Drugs

Throughout the summer of 2011, Radiohead has been releasing a series of seven 12-inch singles featuring remixes of tracks from its current album The King Of Limbs by electronic artists and producers who have been exciting and inspiring the members of the band.

The 12-inches, released to independent retailers every two weeks since July 5, will be collected on the 19 track double CD TKOL RMX 1234567. The double CD/download, which brings together all 19 remixes in chronological order, will be released on tbd Records on October 11.

The CD track listing is:

CD1

CARIBOU Little By Little Rmx

JACQUES GREENE Lotus Flower Rmx

NATHAN FAKE Morning Mr Magpie Rmx

HARMONIC 313 Bloom Rmx

MARK PRITCHARD Bloom Rmx

LONE Feral Rmx

PEARSON SOUND Morning Mr Magpie SCAVENGER Rmx

FOUR TETSeparator RMX
CD2

THRILLER Give Up The Ghost HOUSEGHOST Rmx

ILLUM SPHERE Codex Rmx

SHED Little By Little Rmx

BROKENCHORD Give Up The Ghost Rmx

ALTRICE TKOL Rmx

BLAWAN Bloom Rmx

MODESELEKTOR Good Evening Mrs Magpie Rmx

OBJEKT Bloom Rmx

JAMIE XX Bloom Rework

ANSTAM Separator Rmx

SBTRKT Lotus Flower Rmx

Last month following a European tour supporting Wye Oak, WATERS played their first US shows at Brooklyn’s Northside Festival in addition to a headlining show at the Mercury Lounge.  The young band’s live show made an impression, with Brooklyn Vegan writing of their set supporting Deervana at Brooklyn Bowl: “If the recordings sound as good as the songs did at Brooklyn Bowl, then Out In The Light is definitely an album to look out for.”  WATERS also premiered the first MP3 off Out In The Light, “For The One,” in late May on Stereogum and the song is available as a free download here.  An album teaser video set to the track can also be seen here.

In the spring of last year, creative and personal differences led to the collapse of Port O’Brien and Pierszalowski moved to Oslo, Norway, seeking solace and space. After some time, he began writing again and to fuel his inspiration further, spent most of the year traveling: to Alaska, where he’d spent summers as a teenager fishing salmon with his father; to California, where he’d grown up in a seaside town off Highway 1; and eventually to New York, where in Brooklyn he endured relentless blizzards.  The new songs Pierszalowski wrote were intensively thought-out and pieced together over the year, a new contrast to the frequently loose, punchy anthems of his previous band. Wanting a bigger sound for his new project (which by now he’d dubbed WATERS) than he could create on his own, he headed back to Oslo – where his new life had first begun to take shape – and put together a band. They practiced every day for two months before heading to Dallas, TX, to record with producer John Congleton (St. Vincent, Explosions In The Sky, The Walkmen) and finished Out In The Light over a mere 10 day recording session.

Out In The Light has a louder, fuller, and more aggressive and raw sound that’s unlike anything Pierszalowski has written before.  Mixing fuzzy, pealing guitars and crashing drums with dynamic, indelible melodies, the album ranges from barreling, grunge-sheathed pop (“For The One”, “Back To You”), to easy, haunting tracks that soar (“O Holy Break Of Day”, “Out In The Light”); from rolling, catchy anthems (“Abridge My Love”, “Take Me Out To The Coast”), to a quieter and ruminative, aching beauty (“Ones You Had Before”, “Mickey Mantle”). Throughout, Pierszalowski’s sanded, reedy tenor sings about starting over, jealousy, and yearning for an easy, steady life, the intimacy and emotional intensity underlined by Congleton’s stark production.

WATERS tour dates:

AUG. 10       LOS ANGELES, CA            THE TROUBADOUR*

AUG. 11       DAVIS, CA                            SOPHIA’S THAI KITCHEN*

AUG. 18       PORTLAND, OR                BRANX#

AUG. 19       VANCOUVER, BC              BILLMORE CABARET#

AUG. 20       SEATTLE, WA                    CHOP SUEY#

AUG. 22       SAN FRANCISCO, CA      THE INDEPENDENT#

AUG. 24       SALT LAKE CITY, UT       KILBY COURT#

AUG. 25       DENVER, CO                      HI DIVE#

AUG. 27       LAWRENCE, KS                THE BOTTLENECK#

AUG. 28       NORMAN, OK                   OPOLIS#

AUG. 29       DENTON, TX                     HAILEY’S#

AUG. 30       AUSTIN, TX                       THE MOHAWK#

SEPT. 1        PHOENIX, AZ                    RHYTHM ROOM#

SEPT. 2        SAN DIEGO, CA                BAR PINK#

* supporting Vetiver

# supporting Mister Heavenly

Inspiration arrived and as he wrote, Van was compelled to fuel the process further by changing his environment once more.  He spent most of the next year traveling: to Alaska, where he’d spent summers working on his father’s commercial salmon fishing boat; to California, where he’d grown up in a seaside town off Highway 1; and eventually to New York, where in Brooklyn he endured relentless blizzards and a cold nearly reminiscent of Oslo.

Van gave his new project a name: WATERS. These new songs he wrote veered away from the frequently loose, punchy anthems of Port O’Brien, and as he intensively pieced each one together, he sought a bigger sound – something louder than he could play on his own.  So Van returned to Oslo, where his new journey had begun.  He put together a band of fine Norwegian gentlemen and spent every day of the next two months rehearsing in a small practice space outside of the city.

This band went with Van to Dallas, Texas, to record with producer John Congleton. Over a brief 10-day recording session in April, Congleton – who has worked on some of Van’s favorite albums (by artists including St. Vincent, Bill Callahan, and yes, R. Kelly) – kept the production stark, maintaining the songs’ intimacy and emotional intensity. Out In The Light has a louder, fuller, more aggressive and raw sound than any of Van’s earlier works. It’s a mix of fuzzy, pealing guitars and crashing drums, and easy, alternately soaring and languid, indelible melodies.

According to Van, “The record is about waking up. It is about getting out of a situation that seems endless, and realizing you’re not too old to make dramatic and sudden changes in your life. It is about starting over.”

From the band:

The first in a series of remixes on 12″ vinyl will be released on Monday 4th July (or Tuesday in the US & Canada).

The series kicks off with Caribou remixing Little by Little, and a remix of Lotus Flower by Jacques Greene, both of which we we’re really excited about.

Hopefully you will find the vinyl in your local independent record shop, but if not, you can buy by mailorder here from the 4th. If you don’t have a record player, digital versions will be available here, here, here and here. Or you can just listen to them here:

More 12″ remixes will be released every couple of weeks over the summer until we run out of remixes… or summer. On the next one we’ve got Nathan Fake (Morning Mr Magpie) and remixes of Bloom by Mark Pritchard.