Atlas Sound Bonus Tracks Coming to U.S. Vinyl
Photo by Shannon McClean
As grand as Atlas Sound's Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Feel is, American listeners to Bradford Cox's solo debut were at a slight disadvantage compared to their European counterparts. The album has been available on CD from Kranky since late January on these shores, but the European version, released by 4AD in May, came bolstered with a whole bonus disc of extra tracks.
Those extra tracks will finally be available in America when Kranky releases Let the Blind on vinyl on July 28. For your coin, you'll not only get the 14 tracks that garnered Let the Blind a Best New Music nod earlier this year, but you'll become the proud owner of "Another Bedroom", "It Rained", "Stained Glass Swan", "Abandoned Closet", "Spring Break", and "ABC Glasgow". Worth holding off on those new kicks, I'd say.
As for Cox's other band, Deerhunter, they're laying low before gearing up for a little trek with Trent and company in late summer. In the meantime, Atlas Sound have a handful of shows lined up in July. The first? Why, it's the Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago.
Let the Blind vinyl tracklisting:
A1 A Ghost Story
A2 Recent Bedroom
A3 River Card
A4 Quarantined
A5 On Guard
B1 Winter Vacation
B2 Cold as Ice
B3 Scraping Past
B4 Small Horror
B5 Ready Set Glow
C1 Bite Marks
C2 After Class
C3 Ativan
C4 Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See but Cannot Feel
C5 Another Bedroom
D1 It Rained
D2 Stained Glass Swan
D3 Abandoned Closet
D4 Spring Break
D5 ABC Glasgow
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, Dizzee Rascal, Vampire Weekend, No Age, Fleet Foxes, Caribou, !!!, Jay Reatard, Titus Andronicus, Elf Power, Extra Golden, the Ruby Suns, Icy Demons, A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar
! with El Guincho
Deerhunter:
07-31 Charleston, SC - The Map Room %
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 - The E Center of West Valley !
09-05 Oakland, CA - Oracle Arena !
09-06 Inglewood, CA - The Forum !
% with All the Saints
* with Black Lips, King Khan & the Shrines, Tall Firs
! with Nine Inch Nails