For a band that tour incessantly, currently shares a home with such names as !!!, Ted Leo, and Calexico, and has already earned the most important seal of approval their apparently is in music, a spot in Pitchfork Media’s list of favorites, it’s hard to fathom that California’s Crystal Antlers are still without a full-length album to their name.
However, as we learned today, come April 7th, that will all change once the five-piece outfit unveils their 
debut effort, Tentacles. As the Californians first revealed in our interview with them late last year, the album was recorded in San Francisco, in the span of “one sleepless week,” and like last year’s self-titled EP, it will offer much of the band’s acclaimed epic and energetic sound. That’s not to say Tentacles will feature the same material however, because it wont; all 12 tracks appearing on the effort are new and unique to the release.
The Antlers will support the forthcoming release with one of things they do best: touring and lots of it. Beginning next week, Jonny Bell and Co. will kick off what is currently a four month trek that will take the outfit acorss Europe and the U.S, and much as is the case of Bloc Party, there is a nice little gap open for Coachella.
Tentacles Tracklist:
01. Painless Sleep
02. Dust
03. Time Erased
04. Andrew
05. Vapor Trail
06. Tentacles
07. Until the Sun Dies (Part One)
08. Memorized
09. Glacier
10. Foot of the Mountain
11. Your Spears
12. Swollen Sky
13. Several Tongues
Crystal Antlers 2009 Tour Dates:
01/26 – London, UK @ Luminaire
01/27 – London, UK @ Borderline
01/28 – London, UK @ The Lexington
01/30 – Glasgow, UK @ Nice N’ Sleazy
01/31 – Belfast, IE @ Pavilion
02/01 – Galway, IE @ Roisin Dubh
02/02 – Dublin, IE @ Whelan’s Upstairs
02/03 – Cork, IE @ Quald
02/05 – London, UK @ Bloomsbury Bowling Alley
02/06 – Diksmuide, BE @ 4AD
02/07 – Hasselt, BE @ Muziek-O-Droom
02/09 – Munich, DE @ 59:01
02/10 – Duisburg, DE @ Steinburch
02/11 – Hamburg, DE @ Hafenklang
02/12 – Copenhagen, DK @ Loppen
02/13 – Stockholm, SE @ Debaser
02/14 – Malmo, SE @ Debasr
02/15 – Aarhus, DK @ Voxhall
02/16 – Berlin, DE @ Magnet
02/17 – Cologne, DE @ La Laiterie Club
02/19 – Lille, FR @ L’Aeronef
02/20 – Paris, FR @ La Flèche d’Or
02/26 – Bologna, IT @ Locomotiv
02/27 – Vienna, IT @ Club Interzona
02/28 – Florence, IT @ Flog
03/01 – Vienna, AS @ Arena
03/02 – Lausanne, CH @ Le Romandie
03/04 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique
03/05 – Groningen, NL @ Vera
03/06 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso
03/07 – Utrecht, NL @ Ekko
03/08 – Rotterdam, NL @ Rotown
03/10 – London, UK @ White Heat
03/11 – Sheffield, UK @ Harley
03/12 – Manchester, UK @ Retro Bar
03/26 – San Diego, CA @ 4th and B Theatre *
03/27 – Los Angeles, CA @ Orpheum Theatre *
04/21 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom *
04/22 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market *
04/23 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge *
04/28 – San Francisco, CA @ Fillmore *
05/29 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound Festival
08/13 – Oslo, NO @ Oya Festival
* = w/ Cold War Kids