Today Montreal’s Duchess Says have announced the release date for their forthcoming third LP, Sciences Nouvelles, with the premiere of their single “I Repeat Myself”. The album, their follow up to to their 2011 effort, In a Fung Day T!, is set to be released on Bonsound and Slovenly Recordings on October 14th.

Recorded in their newly built Montreal studio, the track typifies the LP’s tightly-wound, goth-influenced synth punk, with vocalist Annie-Claude Deschênes delivering a ferocious performance, over a frenetic analog synth arrangement that’s as indebted to the aesthetics of John Carpenter and Dario Argento as it is to the primordial new wave of Devo, the esoteric electronics of DAF, and the anarchic no wave of Teenage Jesus & The Jerks.

In support of the release the band have announced tour dates in North America and Europe with Guerilla Toss, Future Punx and Belgian new wavers Le Prince Harry. Details can be found below.

Duchess Says was formed in Montreal by members of an obscure religious organization known as the Church of Budgerigars. Composed of Annie-Claude Deschênes (vocals, guitar, keytar), Ismael Tremblay (keyboard, guitar), Phillipe Clément (guitar, gass) and Simon Besré (drums), the group aspire to ensure the faithful representation of the message of The Duchess, their spiritual leader, through “a precise artistic dialogue.”

Tracklist
1. Inertia
2. Inertia Part II
3. I Repeat Myself
4. Negative Thoughts
5. Poubelle
6. Travaillez
7. Talk In Shapes
8. I’m an Idea
9. Pink Coffin
10. The Family Physicians

Upcoming Shows
10/10/2016 O’Briens, BOSTON, MA ~
11/10/2016 Goldilocks, PHILADELPHIA, PA ~
13/10/2016 TBA, WASHINGTON, DC ~
14/10/2016 Shea Stadium, BROOKLYN, NY ~
15/10/2016 Elvis Guesthouse, NEW YORK
20/10/2016 Latulipe, MONTRÉAL, QC
22/10/2016 Sous Bois, CHICOUTIMI, QC
26/10/2016 DSTRCT, GUELPH, ON
27/10/2016 The Garrison, TORONTO, ON
28/10/2016 Call The Office, LONDON, ON
29/10/2016 This Aint Hollywood, HAMILTON, ON
04/11/2016 House Of Targ, OTTAWA, ON
05/11/2016 Le Cercle, QUÉBEC, QC
10/11/2016 Urban Spree, BERLIN, GERMANY
14/11/2016 Le Botanique, BRUXELLES, BELGIUM *
17/11/2016 Pôle étudiant, NANTES, FRANCE °
18/11/2016 Petit Bain, PARIS, FRANCE °
19/11/2016 Les Trinitaires, METZ, FRANCE °
21/11/2016 Electrowerkz, LONDRES, UK
23/11/2016 Marché Gare, LYON, FRANCE
24/11/2016 Fri-Son, FRIBOURG, SWITZERLAND
25/11/2016 Nov Komma, ESSLINGEN AM NECKAR, GERMANY
26/1/2016 Venster 99, VIENNE, AUSTRIA

~ w/ Future Punx
* Avec Prince Harry
° Avec Guerilla Toss