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As the one "crystal" band who didn't make one of Pitchfork's top 50 albums of 2008 (besides the Crystal Method, that is), L.A. spazz-prog upstarts Crystal Antlers have a lot to prove, but they're not being lazy about it. Original guitarist Errol Davis has rejoined the band, jumping on board to help record Tentacles, the band's first full-length. The band recorded the follow-up to their self-titled EP over one week in San Francisco's Closer studios, and it'll be out April 7 (April 6 in Europe) on Touch & Go.

Before the album drops, Crystal Antlers have an absolutely ridiculous number of live shows coming up, including their first-ever European trip and an appearance on the Pitchfork-curated stage at Barcelona's Primavera Sound Festival.

Here's the Tentacles album cover:

Tentacles:

01 Painless Sleep
02 Dust
03 Time Erased
04 Andrew
05 Vapor Trail
06 Tentacles
07 Until the Sun Dies (Part One)
08 Memorized
09 Glacier
10 Foot of the Mountain
11 Your Spears
12 Swollen Sky
13 Several Tongues

Dates:

01-20 Los Angeles, CA - The Smell
01-26 London, England - Luminaire
01-27 London, England - Borderline
01-28 London, England - The Lexington
01-30 Glasgow, Scotland - Nice N' Sleazy
01-31 Belfast, Northern Ireland - Pavilion
02-01 Galway, Ireland - Róisín Dubh
02-02 Dublin, Ireland - Whelan's Upstairs
02-03 Cork, Ireland - Quad
02-05 London, England - Bloomsbury Bowling Alley
02-06 Diksmuide, Belgium - 4AD
02-07 Hasselt, Belgium - Muziek-O-Droom
02-09 Munich, Germany - 59:01
02-10 Duisburg, Germany - Steinbruch
02-11 Hamburg, Germany - Hafenklang
02-12 Copenhagen, Denmark - Loppen
02-13 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser
02-14 Malmö, Sweden - Debaser
02-15 Aarhus, Denmark - Voxhall
02-16 Berlin, Germany - Magnet
02-17 Cologne, Germany - Sonic Ballroom
02-18 Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie Club
02-19 Lille, France - L'Aeronef
02-20 Paris, France - La Flèche d'Or
02-26 Bologna, Italy - Locomotiv
02-27 Verona, Italy - Club Interzona
02-28 Florence, Italy - Flog
03-01 Vienna, Austria - Arena
03-02 Lausanne, Switzerland - Le Romandie
03-04 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique
03-05 Groningen, Netherlands - Vera
03-06 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
03-07 Utrecht, Netherlands - Ekko
03-08 Rotterdam, Netherlands - Rotown
03-10 London, England - White Heat
03-11 Sheffield, England - Harley
03-12 Manchester, England - Retro Bar
03-26 San Diego, CA - 4th and B Theatre *
03-27 Los Angeles, CA - Orpheum Theatre *
04-21 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom *
04-22 Seattle, WA - Showbox at the Market *
04-23 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *
04-28 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore *
05-29 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival (Pitchfork stage)
08-13 Oslo, Norway - Oya Festival

* with Cold War Kids