Crystal Fighters have announced details of their highly anticipated second album.
Entitled 'Cave Rave', the album will be released on Zirkulo/PIAS on 27th May 2013 and one of the stand out tracks 'Separator' is now available on soundcloud, do sroll down to listen.
'Cave Rave' was written in the Basque hills, a region that has been integral to Crystal Fighters' sound and that inspired their first album 'Star Of Love'. Crystal Fighters then decamped to Los Angeles and recorded the album with Grammy nominated producer Justin Meldal-Johnsen (Beck/Air/M83/Paramore).
Crystal Fighters have established themselves as one of the UK's most exciting live acts and they'll be embarking on a world tour in 2013.
Most of the shows in May have already sold out with their London show at Koko selling out a full six months in advance. The last leg of the tour features a homecoming show at London's Brixton Academy as well as 8 other UK shows.
The band will play the following dates across the world, with more to be announced in due course.
Full listings as follows (UK shows in bold)
3rd May – Murcia, Spain – SOS 4.8 Festival (Tickets)
17th May – Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso (sold out)
21st May – Paris, France - La Machine (Tickets)
22nd May – Brussels, Belgium – AB (Tickets)
23rd May – London, UK - Koko (sold out)
24th May – Berlin, Germany - Lido (sold out)
25th May – Warsaw, Poland - Palladium (sold out)
1st June - San Diego, CA, US – Casbah (Tickets)
4th June - Los Angeles, CA, US - El Rey (Tickets)
5th June - San Francisco, CA, US - Great American Music Hall (Tickets)
7th June - Portland, OR, US – Holocene (Tickets)
8th June - Vancouver, BC, Canada - Electric Owl (Tickets)
9th June - Seattle, WA, US - The Crocodile (Tickets)
11th June - Salt Lake City, UT, US - Urban Lounge (Tickets)
12th June - Denver, CO, US - Larimer Lounge (Tickets)
14th June - Chicago, IL, US - Lincoln Hall (Tickets)
15th June - Toronto, ON, Canada - The Hoxton (Tickets)
17th June – Montreal, QC, Canada - SAT (Tickets)
18th June - Cambridge, MA, US - The Sinclair (Tickets)
19th June - New York, NY, US - Webster Hall (Tickets)
6th September – San Sebastian, Spain – Kutxa Kultur Festibala (Tickets)
9th September – Madrid, Spain – But (Tickets)
11th September – Valencia, Spain - LA 3 (Tickets)
12th September – Barcelona, Spain - Pepe Jeans singular music festival at Apolo Sal (Tickets)
14th September – Santiago, Spain – Capitol (Tickets)
28th October – Renne, France – Ubu (Tickets)
29th October – Paris, France – Bataclan (Tickets)
30th October – Lyon, France - Ninkasi Kao (Tickets)
1st November – Amsterdam, Holland - Heineken Music Hall (Tickets)
3rd November – Hamburg, Germany - Ubel and Gefarlich (Tickets)
4th November – Koln, Germany - Live Music Hall (Tickets)
5th November – Frankfurt, Germany - Sankt Peter (Tickets)
6th November – Zurich, Switzerland - Komplex Klub (Tickets)
7th November – Dornbirn, Austria - Conrad Sohm (Tickets)
8th November – Munich, Germany – Theaterfabrik (Tickets)
9th November – Berlin, Germany – Astra (Tickets)
11th November – Warsaw, Poland – Stodola (Tickets)
12th November – Krakow, Poland – Studio (Tickets)
13th November – Budapest, Hungary - A38 (Tickets)
14th November – Prague, Czech Republic - Meet Factory (Tickets)
15th November – Vienna, Austria – Arena (Tickets)
16th November – Salzburg, Austria – Rockhouse (Tickets)
18th November – Lausanne, Switzerland – Les Docks (Tickets)
19th November – Strasbourg, France – Laterie (Tickets)
21st November – Brighton, UK - Concorde 2 (Tickets)
22nd November – London, UK - Brixton Academy (Tickets)
23rd November – Manchester, UK - Academy 2 (Tickets)
25th November – Leeds, UK – Stylus @ Leeds University (Tickets)
26th November – Glasgow, UK – Arches (Tickets)
27th November – Newcastle, UK - Newcastle University (Tickets)
28th November – Liverpool, UK - East Village Arts Club (Tickets)
29th November – Bristol, UK – Trinity (Tickets)
30th November – Birmingham, UK – Institute (Tickets)