Formed in 2015, Austin-based dream pop trio PALE DIAN ride the ashes of their previous project, Blackstone Rngrs, into smudgier, esoteric terrains. Their debut LP Narrow Birth is set for a June 3rd release via Manifesto Records, the current home of Dead Kennedys, legendary psyche-pop band the Turtles, and modern signees Puro Instinct, Cellars, Band Aparte, and Drinking Flowers. This week the band shares the moody album track “Pas De Duex.” “This song was my experiment with dub,” Ruth Ellen Smith tells BlackBook. “The recording was all an idea that I had from a demo that just needed to be fine tuned with studio love. With the help of our amazing producer Alex Bhore (This Will Destroy You), we hashed it out.”

Pale Dian
Narrow Birth
[Manifesto]
LP, CD, Digital, CS Release Date: June 3rd, 2016

1. Intro
2. Evan Evan
3. In A Day
4. Pas De Duex
5. Lonesome Waste
6. Diana
7. The Avenue
8. Feral Bloom
9. Judy Garland Is Dead
10. Mimi’s Magnolias

TOUR DATES:

06/03 – Austin, TX – Swan Dive *LP Release Party*
06/07 – Albuquerque, NM – The Bungalow (house show)
06/08 – El Paso, TX – Lowbrow Palace
06/09 – Tucson, AZ – The Flycatcher
06/10 – San Diego, CA – Whistle Stop
06/12 – Los Angeles, CA – The Echo *Part Time Punks & LP Release*
06/13 – San Francisco, CA – Elbo Room
06/15 – Sacramento, CA – The Starlight
06/16 – Eugene, OR – The Boreal
06/17 – Portland, OR – High Water Mark
06/18 – Seattle, WA – Salmon Town
06/19 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theatre
06/21 – Olympia, WA – Obsidian
06/22 – Spokane, WA – Baby’s Bar
06/23 – Missoula, MN – Palace Lounge
06/24 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Borough
06/25 – Grand Junction, CO – The Electric Ballroom
06/26 – Denver, CO – Syntax Physic Opera
06/27 – Omaha, NB – Milk Run
06/28 – Lincoln, NB – Duffy’s
06/29 – Des Moines, IA – Vaudeville Mews
06/30 – Minneapolis, MN – Licorice Beach
07/01 – Milwaukee, WI – Quarters Rock Palace *
07/02 – Champaign, IL – Institute For Creativity *
07/03 – Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle *
07/05 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Tavern *
07/06 – Wilkes-Barre, PA – The Otherside *
07/07 – Brooklyn, NY – Shea Stadium *
07/08 – Cambridge, MA – Lilypad *
07/09 – Providence, RI – News Cafe *
07/10 – New York, NY – Pianos
07/11 – Philadelphia, PA – Bourbon & Branch *
07/12 – Baltimore, MD – The Windup Space
07/14 – Richmond, VA – Strange Matter *
07/15 – Charlotte, NC – Snug Harbor *
07/16 – Atlanta, GA – 529 *
07/17 – Nashville, TN – Queen Ave Collective *
07/19 – New Orleans, LA – The Siberian *
07/20 – Houston, TX – The Satellite ^ *
07/21 – Dallas, TX – Double Wide ^ *
07/22 – Austin, TX – Empire Control Room ^ *
07/23 – San Antonio, TX – K23 ^ *

* w/ Stargazer Lilies
^ * w/ Ringo Deathstarr & Stargazer Lilies

Ruth Ellen Smith – vocals, synths, drum machine
Derek Kutzer – guitar
Nicholas Volpe – bass