DOWNLOAD: Crocodiles - "Sunday (Psychic Conversation #9)"

San Diego, CA's Crocodiles are confirmed to support The Temper Trap on a set of North American tour dates in June. Beginning on the 10th at the House of Blues in Dallas, TX, the run will continue up the west coast before wrapping up on the 19th at the Malkin Bowl at Stanley Park in Vancouver, BC. The band is also performing twice in New York this month: on April 11th at Glasslands in Brooklyn and on the 12th at the Mercury Lounge in Manhattan. A current itinerary is below and more Crocodiles touring news will be announced soon.

Last week, Crocodiles premiered an album teaser video for upcoming release Endless Flowers, which will be out in the US on June 5th via Frenchkiss Records, on AOL Music's Spinner. The Max Petrich-directed infomercial - which debuts clips of LP tracks "My Surfing Lucifer", "No Black Clouds For Dee Dee", and "Welcome Trouble".



Recorded in Berlin last summer, Endless Flowers is the first album to feature Crocodiles' full five-piece line up, which has evolved from their 2008 genesis as the core duo of singer/guitarist Brandon Welchez and guitarist Charles Rowell to now include keyboardist Robin Eisenberg, bassist Marco Gonzalez, and drummer Anna Schulte. Endless Flowers follows in the footsteps of the band's stellar two previous releases (2010's Sleep Forever and 2009's debut Summer of Hate), while adding a refined cohesion and unmistakable sunnyness to their glorious noise- and echo-cloaked pop. The title track opener is four and a half minutes of soaring, alarm-ringing guitars, while "Sunday (Psychic Conversation #9)" comes next with a resounding, punk-inflected charge. The 7-plus minute "My Surfing Lucifer" begins with two minutes of grimy, hissed spoken word before ascending to glammy, distorted heights; the bass-heavy and buzzing "Dark Alleys" is a motorik march; and the swirling "Bubblegum Trash" has a sweet, dirty charm. Nearly all are single-worthy, and are embellished with Welchez's newly forward-mixed croon.

Crocodiles on tour:
APR. 11 -- BROOKLYN, NY -- GLASSLANDS (Tickets are $15)
APR. 12 -- NEW YORK, NY -- MERCURY LOUNGE (Tickets are $15)
JUN. 10 -- DALLAS, TX -- HOUSE OF BLUES*
JUN. 11 -- AUSTIN, TX -- STUBB'S (outdoors)*
JUN. 13 -- SAN DIEGO, CA -- HOUSE OF BLUES*
JUN. 15 -- LOS ANGELES, CA -- HOLLYWOOD PALLADIUM*
JUN. 16 -- SAN FRANCISCO, CA -- WARFIELD THEATRE*
JUN. 17 -- PORTLAND, OR -- ROSELAND THEATRE*
JUN. 18 -- SEATTLE, WA -- SHOWBOX AT THE MARKET*
JUN. 19 -- VANCOUVER, BC -- MALKIN BOWL AT STANLEY PARK*
* supporting The Temper Trap

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