ONE LAST POST ABOUT THE ATLAS MOTH BEFORE THEIR NEW ALBUM COMES OUT TOMORROW

Axl and I have both been raving about The Atlas Moth’s new record for a couple of months now (here, here and here), and Grim Kim even named it as of one of her favorites of the first half of 2011, which should tell you just how broad the appeal of An Ache For the Distance is (Having said that, at least one if not several MS commenters are now sure to come out of the woodwork to tell us that our beta taste in metal blows). If you’re not yet hip to what The Atlas Moth are doing, I highly encourage a listen of the three songs from the new record that are posted over at Brooklyn Vegan along with an interview. Each of them is strong their own way, yet they’re all clearly of the same album; dark, powerful, expansive, atmospheric and brutal all at once. There really isn’t any other band in metal right now I can compare them to that would paint an apt description of what they sound like; just go listen.

An Ache For the Distance comes out tomorrow.The Atlas Moth will be touring with Ken Mode in its support; dates after the jump.

KEN MODE, THE ATLAS MOTH – 2011 TOUR DATES

SA – Sept 24 – Madison, WI – The Wisco

SU – Sept 25 – Indianapolis, IN – Vollrath Inn

MO – Sept 26 – Detroit, MI – Lager House

TU – Sept 27 – Columbus, OH -KOBO

TH – Sept 29 – Allston, MA – O’Brien’s

FR – Sept 30 – Providence, RI – Castlevania

SA – Oct 1 – Brooklyn, NY – Union Pool

SU – Oct 2 – Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie

MO – Oct 3 – Harrisonburg, VA – TBA

TU – Oct 4 – Chapel Hill, NC – Nightlight

WE – Oct 5 – Ashville, NC – The Get Down

TH – Oct 6 – Jacksonville, FL – Burro Bar

FR – Oct 7 – Gainesville, FL – The Atlantic

SA – Oct 8 – Orlando, FL – Will’s Pub

SU – Oct 9 – Miami, FL – Churchills

TU – Oct 11 – New Orleans, LA – Siberia

WE – Oct 12 – Austin, TX – Emo’s

TH – Oct 13 – San Antonio, TX – The Korova Basement

FR – Oct 14 – Dallas, TX – Phoenix Project

SA – Oct 15 – Columbia, MO – TBA

Su – Oct 16 – Chicago – Ultra Lounge