Wolf Parade/Handsome Furs/Divine Fits member Dan Boeckner formed Operators in 2013 with New Bomb Turks/Divine Fits drummer Sam Brown and multi-instrumentalist Devojka. The band then released EP1 in 2014. Today, Operators have announced their debut album, Blue Wave, and shared its first single, "Cold Light," which you can hear above. The album is out April 1 via Last Gang Records, and it was produced by Holy Fuck's Graham Walsh (Metz, Alvvays, Viet Cong). Check out the album art below.
Operators have also announced that they'll head out on tour in support of Blue Wave. See the tour dates below, too.
In other Boeckner news, his band Wolf Parade are back after an indefinite hiatus that began in 2011. They're working on new music and will play their first shows in five years.
Operators:
02-17 Waterloo, Ontario - Starlight Social Club
02-18 Hamilton, Ontario - The Casbah
02-19 Toronto, Ontario - Call the Office
02-20 Saint Catherine, Ontario - Detour Music Hall
02-24 Saint Therese, Quebec - Cha Cha
02-25 Ottawa, Ontario - Ritual
02-26 Petersborough, Ontario - Red Dog
02-27 Kingston, Ontario- The Grad Club
03-28 Chicago, IL - Schubas
03-29 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry
03-30 Omaha, NE - Reverb Lounge
04-01 Denver, CO - Lost Lake Lounge
04-03 Spokane, WA - The Bartlett
04-04 Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern
04-05 Vancouver, British Columbia - Fortune Sound Club
04-06 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge
04-08 San Francisco, CA - Social Hall SF
04-09 Los Angeles, CA - Bootleg Theatre
04-10 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar
04-11 Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
04-13 Austin, TX - The Sidewinder
04-14 Dallas, TX - Three Links
04-15 Houston, TX - The Raven Tower
04-16 New Orleans, LA - Gasa Gasa
04-17 Atlanta, GA - The Earl
04-19 Washington, DC - DC9
04-21 Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right
04-22 Philadelphia, PA - Boot & Saddle
04-23 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs
Watch Operators perform "True" at Pitchfork Nightcap in Portland:
from Latest News - Pitchfork http://ift.tt/20qW8Gr
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