Tarantula A.D. Evolve Into Priestbird, Tour

Tarantula A.D. have traded in their spider legs for a pair of wings. According to a press release, the band's sound "[had] been constantly evolving to the point where [its] members felt an overall change was in order," leading to a name switch inspired by "a character in one of [its] songs that looks after the bird spirits on the afterlife." Folks, we present to you the shiny, new Priestbird!

The band, which features the same members as before playing both old and new tunes, will release their debut LP (under the Priestbird moniker), titled In Your Time, on April 17 via Kemado Records. The album was recorded in the Kemado Studios with Black Crowes engineer Chris Ribando. So birdy!

In support of the disc, they'll play three NYC shows in the coming weeks before launching tours of America and Europe in the spring. Priestbird will spend much of the trek's U.S. leg alongside labelmates the Sword, who they logged tour hours with last year.

Tracklist:

01 Life Not Lost
02 Season of the Sun
03 Guest Room
04 Hand That Draws
05 Smoke & Pain
06 In Your Time
07 Jackyl
08 Last to Know
09 Kliminz
10 Mandog
11 Killer Whales

Dates:

02-22 New York, NY - Cakeshop
03-01 Brooklyn, NY - Union Pool
03-05 New York, NY - Cakeshop
03-09 Albuquerque, NM - Lauchpad *
03-10 Tempe, AZ - Big Fish Pub *
03-11 San Diego, CA - Brick By Brick *
03-12 West Hollywood, CA - Troubadour *
03-13 San Francisco, CA - Slim's *
03-14 Oakland, CA - Uptown *
03-15 Portland, OR - Berbati's Pan *
03-16 Seattle, WA - Neumos *
03-17 Boise, ID - Neurolux *
03-18 Salt Lake City, UT - Burt's Tiki Lounge *
03-19 Denver, CO - Marquis Theatre *
03-20 Colorado Springs, CO - Black Sheep *
03-21 Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck *
03-22 Oklahoma City, OK - Conservatory *
03-23 Dallas, TX - Double Wide *
04-07 Manchester, England - Phoenix
04-08 Sheffield, England - Corporation
04-09 Nottingham, England - Social
04-10 London, England - Luminaire
04-11 Reims, France - Centre Culturel du Crous (Carphanaëum Festival)
04-13 Rotterdam, the Netherlands - Motel Mozaique Festival
04-14 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg - Kulturfabrik out of the Crowd Festival
04-15 Brussels, Belgium - Ancienne Belgique Domino Festival
04-16 Bielefeld, Germany - Kamp
04-17 Dortmund, Germany - FZW
04-18 Munich, Germany - Rote Sonne
04-19 Krems an der Donau, Austria - Danube Festival
04-21 Leipzig, Germany - UT Connewitz

* with the Sword

Stream: Priestbird: Various Tracks