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We're starting to think Jagjaguwar might require its bands to put equine creatures on their album covers, because Alex Delivery's debut full-length, Star Destoyer, is the second album to feature a horse-like animal on its cover in as many months for the label. Technically, it's a unicorn, but whatever...it still fits under a saddle.

Star Destroyer isn't all cover, however. The package also features a compact disc of recorded musical sounds. The aforementioned Brooklyn quintet Alex Delivery made those sounds, and Jagjaguwar will release those sounds April 24.

The next month, Alex Delivery will join Frog Eyes on a tour of the U.S., though their first date is a solo show in Chicago on April 26. Canadian dates are in the works.

Star Destroyer:

01 Komad
02 Rainbows
03 Milan
04 Scotty
05 Sheath-Wet
06 Vesna

Special Delivery:

04-26 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle
05-01 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe *
05-02 Portland, OR - Holocene *
05-04 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill *
05-05 Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland *
05-06 San Diego, CA - TBA *
05-07 Phoenix, AZ - Paper Heart Arts Venue *
05-08 Tucson, AZ - Plush *
05-10 Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves *
05-11 Austin, TX - Emo's *
05-12 Houston, TX - Proletariat *
05-13 Baton Rouge, LA - TBA *
05-14 Atlanta, GA - Drunken Unicorn *
05-15 Chapel Hill, NC - Local 506 *
05-16 Washington, DC - The Rock and Roll Hotel *
05-17 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's *
05-18 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge *
05-19 New York, NY - Union Hall *
05-20 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs *

* with Frog Eyes