Pelican Sign to Southern Lord, Announce Tour

As announced to me personally through telepathy, instrumental metal band Pelican have left one respected indie-metal label and signed with a new respected indie-metal label. Pelican have up until this point released the bulk of their recordings through Hydra Head Records, including their amazing debut full-length Australasia and their most recent work City of Echoes. However, upon the release of their forthcoming EP (currently being recorded at Red Room studios in Seattle, WA), they will officially be under the Southern Lord label.

Guitarist Trevor De Brauw gives us a hint of what we can expect from the newest material: “The new material promises to be heavier, darker and very "riff-oriented." Well, butter me up and call me excited! I love riffs! The band further teases us that a “very special guest guitarist” who “has been very influential to the band” will be making an appearance on the EP. I’m betting that it’s a guy with a bunch of tattoos and some sort of interesting facial hair. That or Kevin Shields -- he’s everywhere these days.

In addition to the new label, Pelican are also heading out on a tour. Yay! The tour, alongside new label mates Wolves in the Throne Room (this is surely the best Wolf-related band name yet!), features a return to SXSW for the Southern Lord showcase. The band also assures us that, upon completion of the musical road-trip, the band will hunker down in their power cave and begin hammering out their fourth full-length.

Pelican March/April 2009 tour:
03.15.09 - Iowa City IA - The Picador *
03.16.09 - Kansas City, KS - Riot Room *
03.17.09 - Tulsa, OK - The Marquee *
03.18.09 - San Antonio, TX - Scout Bar * plus Tricky
03.19.09 - Little Rock, AR - Vino's **
03.20.09 - Austin, TX - Elmo's - SXSW
03.22.09 - Austin, TX - Red 7 **
03.25.09 - Tempe, AZ - The Sets **
03.26.09 - San Diego, CA - The Casbah **
03.27.09 - West Hollywood, CA - The Troubadour **
03.28.09 - San Francisco, CA - Slim's **
03.29.09 - Portland, OR - Hawthorne Theatre **
03.30.09 - Bellingham, WA - Nightlight **
03.31.09 - Seattle , WA - Neumo's **
04.02.09 - Salt Lake City, UT - Club Vegas **
04.03.09 - Denver, CO - The Marquis Theatre **
04.05.09 - Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle **

* Tombs, Dredg

** Tombs, Wolves In The Throne Room

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