SHOUT OUT LOUDS RETURN ON FEBRUARY 26 WITH NEW ALBUM, OPTICA
Merge Records is excited to announce that the Swedish five-piece Shout Out Louds will be releasing their fourth album, Optica, on February 26, 2013. The album marks 10 years since Shout Out Louds released their debut, Howl Howl Gaff Gaff. Last week, the band gave away the first taster from Optica, “Blue Ice” as a 7″ actually made of ice. Only 10 ice kits exist worldwide. The official music video for “Blue Ice” is now available to see below. The video was directed and animated by Johan Toorell.
Shout Out Louds’ first show in support of Optica will take place in Brooklyn, NY, at the Music Hall of Wiliamsburg on March 11, and they have confirmed a full stateside tour for May 2013, beginning May 7 in Washington, DC, and ending on May 23 at the El Rey in Los Angeles, CA.
Optica Track Listing
1. Sugar
2. Illusions
3. Blue Ice
4. 14th of July
5. Burn
6. Walking In Your Footsteps
7. Glasgow
8. Where You Come In
9. Hermila
10. Chasing the Sinking Sun
11. Circles
12. Destroy
March
11 – Brooklyn, NY – Music Hall of Williamsburg
May
7 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
8 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
11 – Boston, MA – Paradise
13 – Montreal, QC – La Sala Rosa
14 – Toronto, ONT – The Opera House
15 – Detroit, MI – The Magic Bag
16 – Chicago, IL – Metro
17 – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater
22 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
