Lightning Dust Tour Before Album Release

04/02/09 4:39pm

Lightning Dust have finished recording a still untitled album that will be released by Jagjaguwar in August.

The Vancouver group's core duo of Black Mountain and Pink Mountaintops' Amber Webber and Joshua Wells recorded the follow-up to 2007's self-titled debut at Vancouver's URSA studio. It was mixed in Dallas, Texas by John Congleton (Black Mountain, The Polyphonic Spree).

You can hear a demo recording of "Antonia Jane" on Lightning Dust's MySpace page.

Lightning Dust will showcase some of their new material at these shows:

May 2 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom w/The Weakerthans and Constantines
May 12 Pontiac, MI @ The Crofoot Ballroom w/Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
May 13 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom w/Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
May 14 Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre w/Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
May 15 Montreal, QC @ Ukranian Federation w/Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
May 16 Northampton, MA @ Iron Horse Music Hall w/Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
May 17 Boston, MA @ Wilbur Theatre w/Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
May 18 South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Ballroom w/Bonnie 'Prince' Billy
May 22 Bloomington, IN @ Bear's Place w/Cotton Jones
May 23 Chicago, IL @ Schuba's w/Cotton Jones
May 24 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry w/Cotton Jones
May 26 Denver, CO @ Hi Dive w/Cotton Jones
May 27 Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court w/Cotton Jones
May 29 Seattle, WA @ Triple Door w/Cotton Jones