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Deerhunter have finally announced the release details for the long in the works Microcastle, their follow-up to last year's Cryptograms (boys sure love their compound words, don't they?). The record comes out October 28 via Kranky in North America and 4AD in the rest of the world.

The Atlanta foursome (Bradford Cox, Moses Archuleta, Lockett Pundt, and Joshua Fauver) recruited new guitarist Whitney Petty before their recent European tour, but Petty is not featured on the record. Nor is former guitarist Colin Mee. However, "Saved by Old Times" features a vocal collage by Black Lips' Cole Alexander, and guitarist Pundt takes over for Cox on lead vocal duties on two songs: "Agoraphobia" and "Neither of Us, Uncertainly".

Microcastle's first single will be a limited 7" of "Nothing Ever Happened" with B-side "Little Kids (Demo)".

Deerhunter are opening for Nine Inch Nails this summer and are planning more shows for the fall. But before the band begins its summer tour, Cox will play a few more shows with his other band/side project Atlas Sound, including a stop at our own Pitchfork Music Festival very soon. Though tourmate El Guincho will be absent, Cox will still play the shows.

Microcastle:

01 Cover Me (Slowly)
02 Agoraphobia
03 Never Stops
04 Little Kids
05 Microcastle
06 Calvary Scars
07 Green Jacket
08 Activa
09 Nothing Ever Happened
10 Saved by Old Times
11 Neither of Us, Uncertainly
12 Twilight at Carbon Lake

Deerhunter:

07-31 Mt. Pleasant, SC - The Village Tavern
08-01 Norfolk, VA - The Boot
08-03 Brooklyn, NY - McCarren Park Pool !
08-05 Toronto, Ontario - Air Canada Centre *
08-06 Buffalo, NY - Big Orbit's Soundlab
08-07 Uncasville, CT - Mohegan Sun Arena *
08-08 Worcester, MA - DCU Center *
08-09 Lancaster, PA - The Sugar Tank
08-10 Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks
08-11 Morgantown, WV - 123 Pleasant Street
08-12 Knoxville, TN - Knoxville Civic Coliseum *
08-13 Duluth, GA - Gwinnett Arena *
09-02 Morrison, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheater *
09-03 Salt Lake City, UT - E Center *
09-05 Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena *
09-06 Inglewood, CA - The Forum *

! with Black Lips, King Khan and the Shrines, Tall Firs
* with Nine Inch Nails

Atlas Sound:

07-19 Chicago, IL - Union Park (Pitchfork Music Festival) $
07-22 Toronto, Ontario - The Mod Club *
07-23 Montreal, Quebec - La Sala Rossa *
07-24 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Downstairs *
07-25 New York, NY - Seaport Music Festival *

$ with Animal Collective, Jarvis Cocker, the Hold Steady, !!!, Vampire Weekend, Dizzee Rascal, Fleet Foxes, Caribou, Jay Reatard, Titus Andronicus, No Age, Extra Golden, Fuck Buttons, Elf Power, the Ruby Suns, Icy Demons, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar
* with El Guincho