Dead Leaf Echo has announced their sophomore LP, ‘Beyond.Desire,’ out October 13th via PaperCup Music. A follow-up to their ‘Strawberry.Skin‘ EP, released earlier this year, the new album was recorded at Mexican Summer’s studio in Greenpoint, Brooklyn with legendary My Bloody Valentine engineer Guy Fixsen and Jorge Elbreht (Ariel Pink, No Joy.) The album’s artwork (shown below) is courtesy of 4AD design alumnus Timothy O’Donnell.
Dead Leaf Echo plays self-described “nouveau wave” — a dark, shimmering mix of shoegaze and layered guitar pop — and new single Temple embodies their signature sound with hazy, reverb-soaked guitars and haunting vocals. Take a listen to the track via SoundCloud below.
‘Beyond.Desire‘ once again finds the Brooklyn-based band exploring high-arching themes of maturation and growth beyond the basic needs of lust. Its tracks range from shimmering to scorching, operating as both pretty, blissed-out narratives and pure white-noise nihilism.
Track Listing
1. Desire
2. Temple
3. Strawberry.Skin
4. Lemonheart
5. Tear.the.Heart.in.Two
6. Beyond.Desire
7. Cloudancing
8. Sunlessoul
9. Drifting.Inside
10. It’s Starting To Happen
The band has toured extensively over the past few years, playing festivals like SXSW, CMJ, and NXNE and supporting bands like Swervedriver, A Place to Bury Strangers, Beach Fossils, and Weekend. They’ll tour in support of ‘Beyond.Desire‘ this fall — see below for a list of upcoming shows.
Tour dates
9.15: New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa
9.16: Hattiesburg, MI @ The Thirsty Hippo
10.7: Kingston, NY @ O Positive Festival
10.13: Brooklyn, NY @ Knitting Factory (record release party)
10.27: Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
11.2: Barnsville, OH @ Albert S George Youth Center
11.3: Chicago, IL @ Quenchers
11.4: Kalamazoo, MI @ Bell’s Brewery
11.5 Milwaukee, WI
11.7 Salt Lake City, UT @ Diabolical Records
11.8 San Fransisco, CA @ The Knockout
11.9: San Jose, CA @ TBA
11.10: San Diego, CA @ Whistle Stop
11.12: Los Angeles, CA @ Part Time Punks
