Pitchfork

Fans of the no-nonsense indie rock sound of the nineties, rejoice! Danish/German trio 18th Dye, John Peel favorites and unsung heroes of Matador Records' roster during the decade before this one, are back in the saddle with a new album and a North American tour that's drawing nigh.

Amorine Queen is the band's first proper album since 1995's Tribute to a Bus, and it's available in the U.S. as of this week thanks to Crunchy Frog. The set collects 12 new tracks from the recently reunited trio of Heike Marie Rädeker, Piet Breinholm Bendtsen, and Sebastian T. Büttrich, and finds them more or less picking up right where they left off.

18th Dye's love for this continent doesn't stop there, either: beginning November 25 they'll sweep across the States and Canada with Ba Da Bing troubadour Devon Williams in tow. 18th Dye, welcome to the 21st century.

Amorine Queen:

01 Island vs Island
02 Soft the Hard Way
03 Chinese Spoon
04 Go 'n' Go
05 Big Sky
06 Amorines
07 On Waking Up
08 Is
09 Backdoor
10 Text Is My Killer
11 Song for Helen
12 Air

18th Dye:

11-13 Aarhus, Denmark - Musikcaféen
11-14 Randers, Denmark - Hatten
11-15 Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen
11-25 Baltimore, MD - Talking Head *
11-26 Philadelphia, PA - M Room *
11-28 New Haven, CT - TBA
11-29 New York, NY - Santos Party House #
11-30 Cambridge, MA - T.T. the Bear's Place *
12-01 Montreal, Quebec - Club Lambi *
12-02 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe Tavern *
12-03 Pontiac, MI - The Pike Room *
12-04 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop *
12-05 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
12-06 Minneapolis, MN - 7th St Entry *
12-09 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey *
12-10 Portland, OR - Holocene *
12-12 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill *
12-13 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland *

* with Devon Williams
# with Gang Gang Dance, Marnie Stern