Following the release of their debut album, I Become A Shade, Seoul is ready to share more music with their fans, and take their songs on the road. This week, the group released their second mix tape, entitled White Lily, and announced their first headlining North American tour. They will also hit the road with Young Ejecta, STARS, and Rich Aucoin on select dates this fall. Full details are below. Don't miss their shows in Rouyn-Noranda at FME on September 6th, in Quebec City at Le Cercle on October 28th and in Montreal at Bar Le Ritz P.D.B. on October 29th!
Of the new mix, Seoul comments: This mix is a hazy half-hour nod to our most inspiring listens of this year – an eclectic mash of Spoken Word, NYC Industrial, Millennial R&B and Ambient Experimental, featuring an Aaliyah edit.
The Montreal-based trio released I Become A Shade on June 9th via Last Gang Records. The album is separated into three distinct suites, equal parts gauzy dream-pop, reverberant R&B, and speculative ambient, making for an impressive and intoxicating debut. Despite the overwhelming praise that met the group’s first two online releases — Stay With Us and White Morning — and despite the industry chatter that surrounded their first live performance at Pop Montreal 2013, kindergarten classmates Nigel Ward and Julian Flavin, and art school transplant Dexter Garcia remained resolute in fine tuning the dozen songs that would become their official debut: I Become A Shade.
I Become A Shade is available now on iTunes, Amazon, Grand Jury and Last Gang.
North American Tour Dates
09/06 Rouyn-Noranda, QC // Agora des Arts & (tickets)
09/09 Winnipeg, MB // The Goodwill (tickets)
09/10 Saskatoon, SK // Amigo's
09/11 Edmonton, AB // The Mercury (tickets)
09/12 Calgary, AB // Palomino (tickets)
09/17 Vancouver, BC // Fortune (tickets)
09/18 Victoria, BC // Rifflandia Festival (tickets)
09/20 Seattle, WA // The Vera Project
09/21 Portland, OR // Mississippi Studios ^
09/23 San Francisco, CA // Bottom Of The Hill ^
09/24 Los Angeles, CA // The Echo
09/25 La Jolla, CA // UC San Diego - The Loft ^
09/26 Phoenix, AZ // The Rebel Lounge ^
09/29 Dallas, TX // DADA ^
09/30 Austin, TX // North Door ^
10/03 Atlanta, GA // Drunken Unicorn ^
10/04 Chapel Hill, NC // Local 506 ^
10/05 Washington, DC // U Street Music Hall ^
10/07 Pittsburgh, PA // Spirit ^
10/08 Philadelphia, PA // The Barbary ^
10/09 Allston, MA // Great Scott ^
10/10 Brooklyn, NY // Rough Trade ^
10/12 Cleveland, OH // Beachland Tavern ^
10/13 Chicago, IL // Empty Bottle ^
10/16 Windsor, ON // Grand Ball Room @ Water’s Edge * (tickets)
10/17 Hamilton, ON // Dundas Montessori * (tickets)
10/18 Waterloo, ON // Starlight * (tickets)
10/19 London, ON // Music Hall * (tickets)
10/23 Halifax, NS // Halifax Pop Explosion * (tickets)
10/24 Halifax, NS // Halifax Pop Explosion * (tickets)
10/25 St. John’s, NL // Mighty Pop * SOLD OUT
10/26 St. John’s, NL // Mighty Pop * (tickets)
10/28 Quebec City, QC // Le Cercle $ (tickets)
10/29 Montreal, QC // Bar Le Ritz P.D.B. (tickets)
10/30 Toronto, ON // Adelaide Hall ^ (tickets)
& With Safia Nolin and Louis-Jean Cormier
^ With Young Ejecta
* With STARS
$ With Rich Aucoin