Pitchfork

A Chicago-based "glam/thrash/afro-beat" trio (if you believe their MySpace-- we're skeptical), Pit Er Pat return October 10 with their latest longplayer to bear the respected Thrill Jockey stamp: Pyramids. The 11-track set follows up last year's debut Shakey LP and limited edition 3D Message EP and finds our onomatopoeic friends quaking out more of that nervous, jazzy, refreshingly askew pop we love when we're in the mood for something just a bit 'out there.'

Comprised of keyboardist/vocalist Fay Davis-Jeffers, bassist Rob Doran, and drummer Butchy Fuego, the band recorded Pyramids at Chicago's Soma Electronic Music Studios, with man-about-town and Tortoise drummer extraordinaire John McEntire at the controls.

Pit Er Pat go tit for tat with audiences across America this autumn. It all begins with a record release party tonight at Chicago's Empty Bottle, and continues in Grand Rapids and beyond toward the end of the month. Call it a Pyramids scheme. Or don't, you killjoys.

Pyramids:

01 Brain Monster
02 Seasick (Hang Ten)
03 Time Monster
04 Baby's Fist
05 Swamp
06 Pyramid
07 No Money = No Friend
08 Solstice
09 Rain Clouds
10 Skeletons
11 Moon Angel

Pit Er Tour:

10-06 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
10-26 Grand Rapids, MI - DAAC
10-29 Buffalo, NY - Kitchen Distro
11-02 New York, NY - Tonic (CMJ)
11-10 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge
11-11 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge
11-15 Seattle, WA - Chop Suey *
11-16 Portland, OR - Holocene
11-18 Oakland, CA - Lobot Gallery
11-19 San Francisco, CA - 12 Galaxies
11-20 San Luis Obispo, CA - SLO Art Center
11-21 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland

* with Asobi Seksu, Tokyo Police Club