aaamusic | On 14, Jun 2011

Dirty Beaches Releases Debut Album in UK/EU This Week, Unveils NSFW ‘Speedway King’ Video + UK/EU Tour

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San Diego independent ZOO MUSIC is pleased to announce Dirty Beaches’ critically acclaimed debut album ‘Badlands’ is now available in the UK and Europe as of this week (13th June 2011).
The record is limited to a first pressing of 500 rare black vinyl records and distributed in the UK and EU by Italian Beach Babes for an exciting new partnership that will make ZOO’s releases more affordable outside of the United States. The record can currently be purchased for a bargain price of £10 from Rough Trade and also directly from ZOO MUSIC

To celebrate the release, Dirty Beaches has unveiled his latest NSFW video for album lead track ‘Speedway King’ over at Pitchfork.

In addition, Dirty Beaches will also be making his live UK and European debut as he embarks on a month-long tour, kicking off 13th July in Copenhagen and taking in dates in Manchester and London. The full list of shows is below.
Dirty Beaches is the sound of waves against a picturesque and putrid shore, the silent rumble of a Chevy as it speeds by in slow motion. Sparse but condensed, relentlessly edging forward: this is music for locomotive travel, for racing your weary motorcycle through neon archways and into dusky tunnels. The man behind Dirty Beaches is Alex Zhang Hungtai; solo performer, sound-smith, and trans-Pacific nomad.
Born in Taiwan, Hungtai has made Toronto, Honolulu, Montreal, and Vancouver his homes. Like Bo Didley or minimalist synth provocateurs Suicide, Dirty Beaches’ compositions are not so much stripped down as refined to their essence. Drum loops entrance, Hungtai’s croon enchants, and the yearning melodies draped over the top belie as much a sense of haunting mystery as they do romanticism and wry humor.

Track Listing :

01 ‘Speedway King’
02 ‘Horses’
03 ‘Sweet 17’
04 ‘A Hundred Highways’
05 ‘True Blue’
06 ‘Lord Knows Best’
07 ‘Black Nylon’
08 ‘Hotel’

Tour Dates:

13.Jul.11 Bakken, Copenhagen (Denmark)
14.Jul.11 Hultsfred Festival, Hultsfred (Sweden)
15.Jul.11 Sleazefest, Amsterdam (Netherlands)
16.Jul.11 Great Bridgewater Street, Manchester (UK)
18.Jul.11 De Affaire Festival, Njimegen (Netherlands)
19.Jul.11 The Dalston Victoria, London (UK)
21.Jul.11 ZDB, Lisbon (Portugal)
22.Jul.11 Festival Milhoes de Festa, Porto (Portugal)
23.Jul.11 Midi Festival, Toulon (France)
26.Jul.11 Espace B, Paris (France)
27.Jul.11 Skate Park des Chartrons, Bordeaux (France)
31.Jul.11 Creepee Teepee Festival, Kutná Hora Nr Prague (Czech Republic)
01.Aug.11 Giovinazzo Rock Festival, Giovinazzo (Bari) (Italy)
03.Aug.11 Giardini Sospesi, Padova (Italy)
04.Aug.11 Hanna Bi, Marina di Ravenna (Italy)
06.Aug.11 Soundlabs Festival, Roseto degli Abruzzi (Italy)
07.Aug.11 La Casa Encendida, Madrid (Spain)
09.Aug.11 Heliogà bal, Barcelona (Spain)
10.Aug.11 Luchador In-Store Records, Barcelona (Spain)
13.Aug.11 La Route De Rock, St Malo (France)