The Magnetic Fields announce new album, tour
The Magnetic Fields will be returning to Merge Records and releasing a new album, the band announced today.The record is titled Love at the Bottom of the Sea and is due out March 6th, 2012. The band says the album marks a return to the band's more synthesizer-oriented sound, after their self-described "synth-free" trilogy of records: 2004's I, 2008's Distortion, and last year's Realism.
The band will be supporting the album with a tour of North America and Europe. You can click Read More for the dates.
| Date | City | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| March 6 | HUDSON, NY | Helsinki Hudson |
| March 7 | PHILADELPHIA, PA | Union Transfer |
| March 11 | MINEHEAD, UK | All Tomorrow's Parties |
| March 14, 15, 16 | AUSTIN, TX | SXSW |
| March 18 | VANCOUVER, BC | The Vogue |
| March 19 | SEATTLE, WA | Neptune Theater |
| March 2 | SEATTLE, WA | Neptune Theater |
| March 21 | PORTLAND, OR | Roseland Theater |
| March 23 | LOS ANGELES, CA | Orpheum Theater |
| March 24 | OAKLAND, CA | Fox Theater |
| March 26 | CHICAGO, IL | Vic Theater |
| March 27 | CHICAGO, IL | Vic Theater |
| March 28 | IOWA CITY, IA | Englert Theater |
| March 3 | TORONTO ONT | Sound Academy |
| March 31 | MONTREAL, QUE | Le National |
| April 3 | NEW YORK, NY | Beacon Theater |
| April 6 | BOSTON, MA | Berklee Performance Center |
| April 7 | BOSTON, MA | Berklee Performance Center |
| April 9 | WASHINGTON, DC | The 930 Club |
| April 11 | CARRBORO, NC | Cat's Cradle |
| April 12 | CARRBORO, NC | Cat's Cradle |
| April 14 | ATLANTA, GA | Variety Playhouse |
| April 24 | BRIGHTON, UK | Komedia |
| April 25 | LONDON, UK | Royal Festival Hall |
| April 27 | MANCHESTER, UK | Royal Northern College of Music |
| April 28 | DUBLIN, IRELAND | Olympia |
| April 29 | CORK, IRELAND | Cork Opera House |
| May 1 | PORTO, PORTUGAL | TBA |
| May 2 | LISBON, PORTUGAL | TBA |
| May 9 | OSLO, NORWAY | Rockefeller (Tickets on sale 17 Dec.) |
| May 11 | GOTHENBURG, SWEDEN | Annedalskyrkan |
| May 12 | STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN | Filadelfiakyrkan |
| May 14 | BERLIN, GERMANY | Passionskirche |
| May 15 | HAMBURG, GERMANY | Kampnagel K6 |
| May 16 | AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS | De Duif |