Olympia noise rock outfit Broken Water has announced a string of dates throughout the western United States surrounding the release of their third effort, Tempest, which drops on May 29th on Hardly Art Records. The tour kicks off just one week from today. The group has also released a second single entitled “Underground” from the collection of ten songs. The first single, “Drown,” featured vocals by Kanako Pooknyw (who simply goes by Kanako in the band), while the newest song utilizes the voice of guitarist Jon (Hanna). The track is all crunchy distorted guitar and even-keel, growly vocals that give erupts into a swirling tornado of guitar and drums half way through. Epic. A rowdy three-piece from Olympia that alternates male and female on vocals and goes by only their first names—will Beat Happening’s influence ever die? We hope not.
Full tour dates, track listing for Tempest, and an mp3 stream/download follow.
Tour dates:
05.18.12 – Olympia, WA – Dumpster Values
05.21.12 – Portland, OR – In Other Words Books+
05.22.12 – Eureka, CA – The Shanty *
05.23.12 – San Francisco, CA – Luggage Store Gallery ^ $
05.24.12 – Oakland, CA – TBD
05.25.12 – Sacramento, CA – TBD
05.26.12 – Santa Cruz, CA – Pioneer $
05.27.12 – Santa Barbara, CA – TBD #
05.28.12 – Los Angeles, CA – The Smell %
05.29.12 – Riverside, CA – Life Arts Building #
05.30.12 – Tempe, AZ – Cornish Pastry!
05.31.12 – Flagstaff, AZ – TBD
06.01.12 – Las Vegas, NV – Yayo Taco
06.02.12 – Reno, NV – Holland Project
06.03.12 – Eugene, OR – The Wandering Goat
06.04.12 – Portland, OR – The Laughing Horse
+ – w/ Hausu, Reynosa
* – w/ Monster Women
^ – w/ Grass Widow, American Splits
$ – w/ Wild Moth
# – w/ Heavy Flow
% – w/ Dunes
! – w/ Gun Outfit
Tracklisting for Tempest:
01. Drown
02. Coming Down
03. Orange Blossom Stains
04. Yanka Dyagileva
05. Underground
06. Thread to Connect
07. Paranoid
08. River Under River
09. Chantal Seder
10. When You Said
