Pitchfork

The Besnard Lakes will continue to spread the gospel of their excellent new Are the Dark Horse LP on tour this summer. The Montreal sextet have announced quite a few new U.S. dates for the month of July to follow some previously scheduled Canadian dates, the first of which takes place June 20 in Ottawa.

The band will then release the "Casino Nanaimo" 12" via Jagjaguwar on September 11. The single features the title track on the A-side and "Devastation (alternate version)" on the B. The latter is the unedited, nine-minute, straight-to-two-track version of the Are the Dark Horse standout.

Dates:

06-20 Ottawa, Ontario - Zaphod's
06-21 London, Ontario - Call the Office
06-22 Toronto, Ontario - Horseshoe
06-23 Hamilton, Ontario - Underground
07-05 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis
07-12 Cambridge, MA - T.T. the Bear's Place
07-13 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge
07-14 New York, NY - City Sol *
07-15 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's #
07-16 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's #
07-17 Washington, DC - Black Cat (backstage) #
07-18 Chapel Hill, NC - Blend #
07-20 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center for the Arts #
07-21 Bloomington, IN - Uncle Fester's #
07-23 Chicago, IL - Schubas ^
07-24 Chicago, IL - Schubas ^
07-25 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
07-26 Cleveland, OH - Beachland
07-27 Buffalo, NY - Big Orbit's Soundlab

* with Les Savy Fav, Land of Talk
# with Dirty on Purpose
^ with Handsome Furs