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There are people-- multiple people, you'll note-- who play "rocks" on the forthcoming Lucky Dragons album, which ought to give you some indication of its contents. The L.A.-based experimentalists' 18th release, Dream Island Laughing Language, finds the collective rocking out over 17 tracks; 19, if you opt for the CD version. The strange set from this strange set is due May 6 on CD and vinyl from Marriage Records.

From the States this week to Japan later in the month, to Europe in May and back to the States to close out the spring, these Lucky Dragons are covering some ground on tour. Bring yourself and a friend to the dates below the jump.

Dream Island Laughing Language:

01 Clipped Gongs
02 Starter Culture
03 Drinking Dirty Water
04 Morning Rritual
05 Free Guys by the Sea
06 Desert Rose
07 Mirror Friends
08 Band Hammer
09 Givers
10 My Are Singing
11 I Keep Waiting for Earthquakes
12 Typical Hippies
13 Wander Birds
14 Realistic Rhythm
15 Tune for Wind Dog
16 Wooden Cave Loop
17 Oh I Understand
18 Very 1 *
19 Very 2 *

* CD only

Lucky Dragons:

04-03 Baltimore, MD - SCarey Studios
04-04 Washington, DC - Hirshom Museum
04-05 Purchase, NY - SUNY Purchase *
04-19 Tokyo, Japan - Shiroto No Ran
04-20 Tokyo, Japan - Ivy Shop
04-24 Beppu, Japan - TBA
04-25 Osaka, Japan - Tennen Geiyutsu Kenkyujyo
04-27 Awaji, Japan - Café Nafsha
04-28 Kyoto, Japan - Seika University
04-30 Osaka, Japan - IAMAS
05-01 Nagoya, Japan - Aichi Childrens Center ^
05-02 Tokyo, Japan - Flaneur
05-03 Tokyo, Japan - Highti
05-10 Rome, Italy - Dissonanze Festival
05-11 Barcelona, Spain - Heliogabal
05-12 Barcelona, Spain - Miscelanea
05-23 New York, NY - Whitney Museum
06-01 Los Angeles, CA - The Smell
06-07 New York, NY - East River Music Project

* with Akron/Family, Lexie Mountain Boys
^ with Lullatone