Pitchfork

Ambitious indie rockers Cloud Cult are following the release of last year's Advice From the Happy Hippopotamus with another sprawling LP: The Meaning of 8, and if the song titles are any indication, it's an 18-track-long meditation on mortality.

The Meaning of 8 is scheduled for a late February release on the band's own Earthology Records, though they are also in talks with labels about co-releasing and distributing the record.

Cloud Cult begin their fall tour tonight at the Cave at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota.

Tracklist:

01 Pretty Voice
02 Brain Gateway
03 Chemicals Collide
04 Take Your Medicine
05 Please Remain Calm
06 Chain Reaction
07 Your 8th Birthday
08 Dance for the Dead
09 Purpose
10 A Good God
11 The Shape of 8
12 The Girl Underground
13 2x2x2
14 Thanks
15 Floating Face Down in the Atmosphere
16 The Deaf Girl's Song
17 Hope
18 Song of the Deaf Girl

Dates:

10-27 Northfield, MN - The Cave (Carleton College)
11-01 Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live
11-02 Washington DC - DC9
11-03 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge (CMJ)
11-04 Middleton, CT - Wesleyan University
11-05 Boston, MA - Great Scott
11-06 New York, NY - TBA
11-07 Pittsburgh, PA - Club Cafe
11-08 Detroit, MI - The Belmont
11-09 Columbus, OH - Surly Girly
11-10 Madison, WI - Stage Door