Pitchfork

The Dears, Montreal's moody Gang of Losers, are firing back on their fourth album, Missiles. The 10-track set is due October 21 from new label Dangerbird.

The band, which now features a new seven-piece lineup centered around the core couple of Murray Lightburn and Natalia Yanchak, will show off all this newness on a fall tour. That jaunt kicks off tonight (September 30) in Waterloo, Ontario, and includes a bunch of dates further on into the fall with Secret Machines.

In other news, Lightburn and Yanchak have contributed a sign they created for Under the Radar's recent "Protest Issue" to the magazine's charity eBay auction, which is going on now. Bid on their simple but universal message here.

Missiles:

01 Disclaimer
02 Dream Job
03 Money Babies
04 Berlin Heart
05 Lights Off
06 Crisis 1 & 2
07 Demons
08 Missiles
09 Meltdown in A Major
10 Saviour

The Dears:

09-30 Waterloo, Ontario - Starlight Room
10-01 Hamilton, Ontario - The Casbah
10-02 Montreal, Quebec - Masonic Temple (Pop Montréal)
10-09 Toronto, Ontario - Music Gallery
10-10 Toronto, Ontario - Music Gallery   
10-16 London, England - Portchester Hall
10-21 Boston, MA - Great Scott
10-22 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
10-23 New York, NY - Hiro Ballroom (CMJ)
10-24 Chicago, IL - Metro *
10-25 Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre *
10-27 Denver, CO - Bluebird Theater *
10-28 Aspen, CO - Belly Up *
10-30 West Hollywood, CA - Keyclub *
11-01 Solana Beach, CA - Belly Up *
11-03 San Francisco, CA - The Independent *
11-05 Portland, OR - Berbati's *
11-06 Seattle, WA - Neumos *
11-07 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards *
11-21 The Hague, Netherlands - Koninklijk Theater (Crossing Border Festival)
11-24 Milan, Italy - La Casa
11-27 Paris, France - La Flèche d'Or

* with Secret Machines