Pitchfork: !!! Launch World Tour in Support of New Album

!!! Launch World Tour in Support of New Album
Record to be released in both AAA, DDD

Perhaps to honor the passing of Ronald Reagan, who we must assume has by now forgotten ever having lived, dancepunk crazies !!!-- aka "Chik Chik Chik", for those of us who like our bandnames pronounceable, or The Exclamation Points for anyone who's not buying into the gimmick-- have finally announced a major, world-spanning summer tour in support of their new full-length, Louden Up Now. The too-long-awaited album is due, at last, today in the UK on Warp Records, and tomorrow in North America via Touch & Go. In addition to the standard 10-track version, Warp is also issuing a limited edition release of the record in the UK only with a second disc featuring a non-album track titled "Sunday 5:17 AM", and remixes by legendary producer Maurice Fulton, whose remixes also grace two tracks on the album proper. Here's the full tracklist:

>> Louden Up Now [standard edition]
01 When the Going Gets Tough the Tough Get Karazzee
02 Pardon My Freedom
03 Dear Can
04 King's Weed
05 Hello? Is This On? (Maurice Fulton Mix)
06 Shit Scheisse Merde Pt.1 (Maurice Fulton Mix)
07 Shit Scheisse Merde Pt.2
08 Me & Giulani Down by the School Yard (A True Story)
09 Theme from Space Island
10 Shit Scheisse Merde Pt.1

>> Louden Up Now [UK bonus disc]
11 Sunday 5:17 AM
12 Dear Can (Maurice Fulton Vocal Mix)
13 When the Going Gets Tough the Tough Gets Karazzee (Serious Bonus Beats Mix)
14 Pardon My French (Maurice Fulton Instrumental Mix)

Indeed, for once, it's been a wildly prolific year for the notoriously bong-hitting band: In addition to releasing their album, they've played Coachella, toured Europe, and issued a single, "Pardon My Freedom", that featured an instrumental Maurice Fulton remix of the title track, and "Shit Scheisse Merde Pt.2". The band is also primed to drop the album's second single, "Hello, Is This Thing On?", in July. Both singles are exclusively available in a 12-inch vinyl format.

And did we mention they're touring? We did? Well, don't let us forget again. The band's recent live shows have garnered rave reviews, as they destroyed both Spain's Primavera Sound Festival and London 93 Feet East. The U.S. dates kick off late next week at Boston's Middle East, and wrap up in Chicago at the end of the month at the stupid old Logan Square Auditorium, a recent beneficiary of our prestigious Pitchfork Seal of Hate. After that, it's back across the mighty seas to visit all the cool places in Europe that our parents won't pay for us to visit. Particularly of note will be a July 16th performance at London's Fabric, alongside Two Lone Swordsmen's Andrew Weatherall and Jimmy Edgar. And there's that festival in Japan, too. Okay, you can read:

>> U.S. Shows:
06-16 Boston, MA - The Middle East (w/Chinese Stars)
06-17 Providence, RI - The Call (w/Chinese Stars)
06-18 New York City, NY - Bowery Ballroom (w/White Magic)
06-19 Baltimore, MD - The Otto Bar (w/White Magic)
06-20 Washington, DC - The Black Cat (w/White Magic)
06-22 Louisville, KY - Uncle Pleasants
06-23 Detroit, MI - The Magic Stick
06-24 Bloomington, IN - The Blue Bird
06-25 St Louis, MO - Creepy Crawl
06-26 Columbia, MO - Mojo's
06-27 Milwaukee, WI - Mad Planet
06-28 Minneapolis, MN - The Triple Rock
06-29 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium

>> European Shows:
07-02 Belfort, France - Eurockeenes
07-03 Groeningen, Holland - Holland Vismarkt
07-04 Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival
07-05 Hamburg, Germany - Logo
07-07 Kristiansand, Norway - Quart Festival
07-10 Arezzo, Italy - Wave Festival
07-11 Turin, Italy - Extra Festival
07-12 Munich, Germany - Atomic Cafe
07-13 Montreux, Switzerland - Montreux Jazz Festival
07-15 Dour, Belgium - Dour Festival
07-16 Amsterdam, Holland - Melkweg
07-17 London, England - Fabric Live

>> And Japan:
07-31 Fugi, Japan - Fugi Rock Festival
08-01 Fugi, Japan - Fugi Rock Festival

Final notes: !!! have just launched a new website that automatically plays their music at you. And Warp is hocking some t-shirts for the band, too, for a mere �16.99. Yes, we know they're outrageously expensive. Don't shoot the messenger, kids.

.: !!! [US]: http://www.brainwashed.com/!!!
.: !!! [UK]: http://www.warprecords.com/!!!