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Smart Brooklyn duo High Places have shaken hands with Thrill Jockey with whom they plan to a release a brand new debut album this year.

The latter is self-titled titled and an arrival date of September 23rd has been confirmed by Thrill Jockey. The release follows last year’s fine singles compilation 03/07 - 09/07, which will be re-issued by Thrill Jockey in July.

A single, entitled ‘Vision’s the First’, comes out through Upset! The Rhythm on the 26th of May, before these live shows, some of which are with Deerhunter, one of which is with Telepathe:

May
31 London Cafe Oto *

June
1 Clermont-Ferrand, France Raymond Bar
2 Lyon, France Grrrnd Zero
4 Lausanne, Switzerland Le Romandie
5 Munich, Germany Feierwerk
6 Ebensee, Austria Kino
7 Milan, Italy Music Drome
9 Kortrijk, Belgium Theatre Antigone
10 The Hague, Netherlands Paard Von Troje
11 Groningen, Netherlands Vera
12 Helsinki, Finland Kuudes Linja
14 Dublin Vicar
15 Glasgow Stereo
16 Leeds Brudenell Social Club
20 Brighton Barfly
21 London Bush Hall ^

July
26 Hyeres, France MIDI Festival ^

* = w/Telepathe
^ = not w/Deerhunter

You can download High Places’ ‘New Grace’ from our Drownloads ‘blog here.