Shoegaze black metallers Deafheaven have announced the release date of their sophomore album, Sunbather, which is June 11th, 2013 via Deathwish Inc. Also, the brand new album cover artwork and tracklist can be viewed below along with the band's upcoming tour dates.

Recorded and engineered by Jack Shirley (Funeral Diner, Comadre) and designed by Nick Steinhardt (Touche Amore), Sunbather "deals with the profound sadness found in the quest for one's personal perfection. Serving as an artistic lucid dream of warmth despite the stinging pain of life's cruel idealism."




Sunbather tracklist:

01. Dream House
02. Irresistible
03. Sunbather
04. Please Remember
05. Vertigo
06. Windows
07. The Pecan Tree

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Upcoming tour dates:

Deafheaven / The Secret - 2013
Apr 18, 2013 - Karlsruhe, Germany - Stadtmitte
Apr 19, 2013 - Durbuy, Belgium - Durbuy Rock Fest
Apr 20, 2013 - Rouen, France - 106
Apr 21, 2013 - Paris, France - Le Fleche D'or
Apr 22, 2013 - Delemont, Switzerland - SAS
Apr 23, 2013 - Munich, Germany - Feierwerk
Apr 24, 2013 - Bologna, Italy - Freakout
Apr 25, 2013 - Milan, Italy - Lo Fi Club
Apr 26, 2013 - Slovenia Nova Gorica - Mostovna
Apr 27, 2013 - Budapest, Hungary - Durer Kert
Apr 29, 2013 - Berlin, Germany - Magnet
Apr 30, 2013 - Lyngby, Denmark - Templet
May 01,2013 - Oslo, Norway - Revolver
May 02, 2013 - Stockholm, Sweden - IOGT-huset i Skarpnäck
May 03, 2013 - Rostock, Germany - Alte Zuckerfabrik
May 04, 2013 - Arnhem, Holland - Willemeen
May 06, 2013 - Nottingham, UK - Rock City Basement
May 07, 2013 - Glasgow, UK- Ivory Blacks
May 08, 2013 - Leeds, UK - The Library
May 09, 2013 - London, UK - Borderline
May 10, 2013 - Cologne, Germany - MTC

Deafheaven only
May 13, 2013 - Moscow, Russia - Plan B
May 14, 2013 - St. Petersburg, Russia - Arktika

Boris & Deafheaven
May 22, 2013 - San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop
May 23, 2013 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echoplex also w/ Marriages
May 24, 2013 - Los Angeles, CA - The Echoplex

Source:	deathwishinc.com
Band profile:	Deafheaven