Pitchfork

Assembled from the splinters of little-heard, much-beloved Bostonites the Stairs, recent Misra signees Hallelujah the Hills will issue their full-length debut, Collective Psychosis Begone, on June 5.

Matching the Thermals' Big Gulp pop ebullience with Bob Pollard's gift for claustrophobic harmonies and the Wrens' beauteous brood, the stalwart six-piece will hit the road for a few weeks spinning around the right side of the U.S. this summer. Those who miss the band on this tour are in luck; Hallelujah the Hills have (either ambitiously or facetiously, we're not sure) promised their new label 32 more albums before splitting, which should result in at least another tour or two.

Collective Psychosis Begone:

01 Sleeper Agent (Just Waking Up)
02 Wave Backwards to Massachusetts
03 Hallelujah the Hills
04 The House Is All Lit Up
05 Raise the Flag of Your Sibling's Favorite Daydream
06 (The Crux of the Cameraman)
07 Slow Motion Records Broken at Break Neck Speeds
08 Effie's on the Other Side
09 The Trap
10 Collective Psychosis Begone
11 It's All Been Downhill Since the Talkies Started to Sing
12 To All My Scientist Colleagues I Bid You Farewell

Hallelujah, the tour bus:

05-26 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs
06-16 Allston, MA - Great Scott
06-18 New York, NY - The Annex
06-19 Philadelphia, PA - The Khyber
06-20 Baltimore, MD - Lo-Fi Social Club
06-21 Chapel Hill, NC - TBA
06-22 Louisville, KY - Rupyard Kipling
06-23 Nashville, TN - TBA
06-24 DeKalb, IL - Otto's
06-25 Chicago, IL - The Note
06-26 Milwaukee, WI - Points East Pub
06-27 Minneapolis, MN - Triple Rock
06-28 Chicago, IL - South Union Arts
06-29 Cleveland, OH - Parish Hall
06-30 Pittsburgh, PA - Bloomfield Bridge Tavern
07-01 Albany, NY - Valentine's
07-02 Northampton, MA - The Eagle's Nest
07-13 Cambridge, MA - The Brattle Theater (Ryan Walsh solo) *
07-27 Allston, MA - O'Brien's

* with Will Sheff