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DEERHUNTER TO TOUR IN SUPPORT OF MICROCASTLE New Album Available October 28th, 2008

DEERHUNTER TO TOUR IN SUPPORT OF MICROCASTLE New Album Available October 28th, 2008

Atlanta-based Deerhunter are set to tour in support of Microcastle, the follow-up to 2006’s Cryptograms. Microcastle will be released simultaneously on CD and LP via Kranky in North America and 4AD for the rest of the world on October 28, 2008. This tour comes on the heels of a handful of dates opening for Nine Inch Nails. Times New Viking will be opening for all dates, with additional support from BARR, Knyfe Hyts, Vivian Girls and more in various cities.

Microcastle was recorded over the course of a week at Rare Book Studios in Brooklyn, New York with Nicolas Verhes. The album was recorded as a four-piece consisting of Bradford Cox, Lockett Pundt, Joshua Fauver, and Moses Archuleta. “Saved by Old Times” features a vocal collage by Cole Alexander of the Black Lips. The album also features two songs with lead vocals by guitarist Lockett Pundt: “Agoraphobia,” and “Neither of Us, Uncertainly.”

DEERHUNTER TOUR DATES
10/31/2008 Variety Playhouse, Atlanta^
11/01/2008 Orange Peel, Asheville
11/02/2008 Cats Cradle, Carrboro
11/03/2008 Ottobar, Baltimore
11/04/2008 Black Cat, Washington*
11/05/2008 First Unitarian Church, Philadelphia*
11/06/2008 Terrace F. Club, Princeton*
11/07/2008 Music Hall Of Williamsburg, Brooklyn*
11/08/2008 Bowery Ballroom, New York%
11/10/2008 Paradise, Boston%
11/11/2008 Theatre Plaza, Montreal ^^
11/12/2008 Lees Palace, Toronto^^
11/13/2008 Crofoot Ballroom, Pontiac**
11/14/2008 Grog Shop, Cleveland Heights**
11/15/2008 Metro, Chicago**
11/16/2008 High Noon Saloon, Madison**
11/17/2008 Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis**
11/20/2008 Richards On Richards, Vancouver !
11/21/2008 Neumos, Seattle !
11/24/2008 Great American Music Hall, San Francisco !
11/25/2008 El Rey Theatre, Los Angeles !
11/28/2008 Casbah, San Diego
11/29/2008 Modified Arts, Phoenix
12/01/2008 Palladium Loft, Dallas
12/02/2008 Emos Alternative Lounge Outside, Austin
12/03/2008 Warehouse Live, Houston
12/04/2008 Spanish Moon, Baton Rouge
12/05/2008 One Eyed Jacks, New Orleans
12/06/2008 Bottletree, Birmingham

TIMES NEW VIKING OPENING ALL DATES

^With Pylon

*With Knyfe Hyts

%With Vivian Girls

^^With Neighborhood Council

**With Disappears

! With BARR