Wrapping up an incredible year, Tanlines today release the self-directed, self-selfy video for “Not The Same” from their debut album Mixed Emotions (buy it here):

Also today, the “Not The Same” single went live on iTunes, featuring an extended version of the song (also utilized in the video) and a remix by DJ Spoko.

Next week, on Thursday December 3rd 6th, the band will make their late-night television debut on Jimmy Fallon. Set your TiVers.

Finally, the band wrap up a year of touring with a handful of upcoming shows, including a headline date at New York City’s Webster Hall:

11/28/2012 Boston, MA @ The Paradise // PLEASE NOTE VENUE CHANGE – tickets
11/29/2012 New York, NY @ Webster Hall – tickets
11/30/2012 Washington, DC @ The Black Cat – tickets
12/1/2012 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer – tickets

Sirius XM subscribers should make sure they’re tuned into XMU (channel 35) tonight at 9:00PM EDT to be assured of catching the premiere of an all-new session by Tanlines. If it’s not possible to do so (I get it, we’re all busy people), please be advised that the session will also air three more times this week:

Thursday, 11/1 at 4:00PM EDT
Friday, 11/2 at 9:00AM EDT
Sunday, 11/4 at 12:00 noon EDT

Go forth and listen.

As reported on the Turnstile and True Panther blogs:

Dear all,

This may come as a surprise to many & has been an issue of much thought for me. My decision was not easy to make.

I am leaving Girls. My reasons at this time are personal. I need to do this in order to progress.

I will continue to write & record music. More will be announced soon. I thank you all for everything.

Sincerely–Christopher

We are psyched up to show you the new video from Lemonade, “Softkiss”, from the awesome (and available to purchase) album Diver. The video was directed by David Franklin (full video credits below), and the band curated a YouTube playlist to accompany the video premiere. Enjoy “Softkiss”:

Lemonade have a couple of shows coming up:
Tue, June 19 – Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex (Check Yo Ponytail)
* with Grimes DJ set; Blood Diamonds; LE1F
Thu, June 21 – New York, NY – Brooklyn Museum
* with Small Black

Video credits:
Director: David Franklin
Cinematographer: Violetta D’Agata
Gaffer: Gautam Kadian
Grip: Felipe Rosa
Production Support: Rebecca An
Editor/VFX Artist: David Franklin
Produced by Artisanal Television
www.artisanaltelevision.com

“Diver traffics in cool, tropical-tinged electropop….bound to get stuck in your head for days.”
- TIME OUT NEW YORK

“pulls in elements from every genre imaginable until their music is just one overwhelmed stew of world-music-informed hedonistic insecurity. It’s a tricky line to walk, but on their sophomore album Diver they do it well. “
- THE FADER

Over the last few days, Lemonade have released the video for their incredible heartbreaker “Neptune”“, and the yearning, soulful freestyle ballad “Softkiss“. Now, without further ado, here is their majestic forthcoming album DIVER in its full glory. Thanks to Refinery 29 and Hype Machine for premiering it on their sites in tandem. Diver is out next week, 5.29.12!! (June 18 in UK) on True Panther Sounds:

Order the record RIGHT NOW and get an instant grat MP3 download of the record, plus if you buy the lp it comes on a special Ltd. ed cola-bottle clear blue vinyl available only for mailorder customers and at forthcoming live shows.

Buy DIVER HERE (get instant mp3 download of album and blue vinyl)
Lemonade- Softkiss (MP3)

TOUR DATES:
TOUR DATES
Sat 6.2 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg w/Teengirl Fantasy + Elite Gymnastics. Buy Tickets HERE
Fri 6.8 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle * Buy Tickets
Sun 6.10 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge * Buy Tickets
Tue 6.12 Seattle, WA @ Barboza * Buy Tickets
Wed 6.13 Vancouver, BC @ Electric Owl * Buy Tickets
Thu 6.14 Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar * Buy Tickets
Sun 6.17 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop * Buy Tickets
Mon 6.18 Santa Barbara, CA @ Soho *
Tue 6.19 – Los Angeles, CA @ Echoplex w/Grimes (DJ), Le1f, Blood Diamonds (Check Yr Ponytail) * Buy Tickets
Thu 6.21 – Brooklyn NY @ Brooklyn Museum w/Small Black . Buy Tickets
Tue 7.3 – London UK @ White Heat Buy Tickets
Wed 7.4 – Paris, FR @ Point Ephemere w/Frankie Rose Buy Tickets
Fri 7.6 – Barcelona, SP @ Razzmatazz
*= Le1f

Lemonade are just now getting back from their nationwide tour with Neon Indian

We’re happy to share Lemonade’s new video for “Neptune” directed by House Plants + Weird Days.

Also, the release of Diver is just about two weeks away. Although they’ve just come back from a nationwide tour with Neon Indian, they’ll be traveling around the states and UK/Europe again. The show has gotten wild….truly special. To add to it, they’re bringing their friend Le1f on the road with them.

Enjoy the vid! Buy tix to see the band play! Buy the record wahoo!!!!!!! If you’re in New York come and see them at their biggest headlining show to date, at Music Hall of Williamsburg with Teengirl Fantasy and Elite Gymnastics!! VOLTRON SHOW!!! ALBUM RELEASE!!!!
Much more awesome news to come very very shortly!!!

Buy Diver HERE (out on True Panther Sounds 5.29)

TOUR DATES
Mon 6.2 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg w/Teengirl Fantasy + Elite Gymnastics. Buy Tickets HERE
Fri 6.8 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle *
Sun 6.10 Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge *
Tue 6.12 Seattle, WA @ Barboza *
Wed 6.13 Vancouver, BC @ Electric Owl *
Thu 6.14 Portland, OR @ Bunk Bar *
Sat 6.17 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop *
Sun 6.18 Santa Barbara, CA @ Soho *
Mon 6.19 – Los Angeles, CA @ TBA
Thu 6.21 – Brooklyn NY @ Brooklyn Museum w/Small Black
Tue 7.3 – London UK @ White Heat
Wed 7.4 – Paris, FR @ Point Ephemere
Fri 7.6 – Barcelona, SP @ Razzmatazz
*= Le1f

UPDATE: Tanlines will now be playing live TOMORROW, April 25, at 3:00PM EDT/noon PDT.

Dear faithful radio listener,

Today on Seattle’s KEXP, available on the radio dial at 90.3FM or online at KEXP.org, we have a dynamic duo of artists performing for your edification and enlightenment.

In just under half an hour, Rohnert Park, CA’s Ceremony, fresh off opening for Refused and playing an UNPRECEDENTED 16+ show at Mercury Lounge last night, will be rocking and rolling the airwaves with soothing sounds from their latest opus, Zoo (available for purchase here). Tune in at 12:30PM EDT/9:30AM PDT.

Later today, at 4:30PM EDT/1:30PM PDT, Tanlines, who did not open for Refused last night but surely would have killed it if they had, will be performing live in the KEXP studios. Due to border issues (thanks a lot, Canada), Tanlines must needs reschedule their KEXP session. They will now take to the live airwaves tomorrow, April 25, at 3:00PM EDT/noon PDT. Their new album is called Mixed Emotions, the video for the song “All Of Me” is above, and you should make a point of purchasing the former and enjoying the latter.

There are a few more chances to catch Tanlines on tour, don’t sleep:

4/24/12 Seattle, WA @ Barboza
4/25/12 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
4/27/12 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
4/29/12 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
4/30/12 Los Angeles, CA @ Echo

Today public radio stars Tanlines give us the second video from their just-released album Mixed Emotions (buy it here). The video was directed by Julian Barratt of The Mighty Boosh (full credits below), and is brought to us by the fine folks at Adult Swim. This video is awesome:

The video, which marks the music video directorial debut of UK comedy legend Julian Barratt of The Mighty Boosh and was produced by Framestore, will be Tanlines’ second video off of the album (and the first not in 360 degrees). The collaboration between Barratt and the band was a combination of brazen wishful thinking and good luck. Tanlines, who are influenced by Barratt, toyed with the possibility of listing the Mighty Boosh as a creative partner in their liner notes. Word reached Barratt, who after listening to an early version of the album realized “All of Me” served as a perfect musical counterpoint to some of the imagery he was interested in exploring, and an opportunity to experiment making music videos. So shockingly, he dove in.

Barratt says, “At the time I wrote the treatment, I was watching a particular film by Fabrice Du Welz called ‘The Ordeal’ which is a really good, strange, macabre film with some really interesting movement and dance bits in that…I’m always trying to do anything between comedy and horror. Because you have such a strong flavor with Tanlines’ music, it’s quite fun to offset that with bleak imagery.”

The video stars the band performing on an old-timey late-night television show to an elderly crowd jiltedly moving together, doing something just short of dancing. It is mysterious, funny, macabre and a definite must-see.

Adult Swim is also presenting a behind-the-scenes featurette on the making of the “All Of Me” video, starring Mr. Barratt (short film directed by Matthew Bowron, edited by Richard Carter):

Tanlines hit the road in a few weeks:

4/11/12 Washington, DC @ DC9
4/12/12 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
4/13/12 Philadelphia, PA @ Making Time @ Voyeur
4/14/12 Middleton, CT @ Wesleyan University
4/16/12 Montreal, QC @ Il Motore
4/17/12 Toronto, ON @ Wrong Bar
4/18/12 Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
4/19/12 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle
4/20/12 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
4/23/12 Vancouver, BC @ Fortune Sound Club
4/24/12 Seattle, WA @ Barboza
4/25/12 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
4/27/12 San Francisco, CA @ Rickshaw Stop
4/29/12 San Diego, CA @ Casbah
4/30/12 Los Angeles, CA @ Echo

Video credits:
CREW
Director – Julian Barratt
Director of Photography – Erik Wilson
1st Assistant Director – Will Jasper
Executive Producer – Derrin Schlesinger, Simon Whalley, Phil Canning
Producer – Danielle Hardy
Production Assistant – Selena Stokes
Choreographer – Florence Peake
Gaffer – Andy Lowe
Electrician – Chris Stones
Electrician – Gareth Brough
Electrician Assistant – Greg King
Camera Assistant – Robbie Chapman
Art Director – Lucie Red
Stylist – Mischa Notcutt
Hair & Make Up Designer – Christine Cant
Make Up Artist – Nina Pratley
Make Up Artist – Liberty Haynes
Runner – Joe Williams
Runner – Sam Cunniffe
Art Director Assistant – Hela Dondertman
Art Director Assistant – Posy Dixon
Stylist Assistant – Tova Hasselblad
Stylist Assistant – Rosie McGuinness
Make Up Assistant – Polly Mossman
Make Up Assistant – Kylie McDonald
Colourist – Edwin Metternich
VFX Artist – Tim Greenwood

CAST
Booth Man – Stephen Evans
Delivery Man – Eric MacLennan
Dancers – Michelle Archer, David Bailey, David Burton, Ann Elsey, Imola Gaspa, Philip Harvey, Gordon Kenny, Lucien Morgan, Jennifer Munby, Barry Newton, Peter Nolan, Leslie Palmer, Sue Parker-Nutley, Jane Phillips, Jennifer Richards, Frank Scantori, Bobby Stevenson, Peter Thomas

We’re nearing the March 20th release of Mixed Emotions on True Panther Sounds. You’ve already spent some time wrapping your head around the album opener Brothers (and the progressive house rave r die, thizz yr brains out remix) so now here’s something new.

“All of Me” is the kind of spirited and soaring track Tanlines have somehow gotten really really really good at making. An intimate song about love and fear busted out into a digital stadium. It’s a SPRING song more than a summer song, maybe even a springtime in New York song…which is convenient because this spring is going to have some Tanlines tour dates that you can find below. Hope you enjoy the track and pre-order the record, which you can get on mailorder exclusive color vinyl for the time being.

Tanlines- All Of Me (Mp3)

Pre-order Mixed Emotions HERE (and get a limited edition tan-color vinyl version)

MAR 23RD – MANCHESTER, NIGHT AND DAY – TICKETS
MAR 24TH – DEATH DISCO @ THE ART SCHOOL, GLASGOW (WITH LONE, BLONDES + RESIDENTS) – TICKETS
MAR 27TH – LONDON, CARGO – TICKETS
WED, APR 11 – WASHINGTON, DC – DC9 TICKETS
THU, APR 12 – NEW YORK, NY – BOWERY BALLROOM TICKETS
FRI, APR 13 – PHILADELPHIA, PA – MAKING TIME @ VOYEUR TICKETS
SAT, APR 14 – MIDDLETON, CT – WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY
MON, APR 16 – MONTREAL, QC – IL MOTORE TICKETS
TUE, APR 17 – TORONTO, ON – WRONG BAR TICKETS
WED, APR 18 – CLEVELAND, OH – GROG SHOP TICKETS
THU, APR 19 – CHICAGO, IL – EMPTY BOTTLE TICKETS
FRI, APR 20 – MINNEAPOLIS, MN – 7TH STREET ENTRY TICKETS
MON, APR 23 – VANCOUVER, BC – FORTUNE SOUND CLUB
TUE, APR 24 – SEATTLE, WA – BARBOZA TICKETS
WED, APR 25 – PORTLAND, OR – DOUG FIR LOUNGE TICKETS
FRI, APR 27 – SAN FRANCISCO, CA – RICKSHAW STOP TICKETS
SUN, APR 29 – SAN DIEGO, CA – CASBAH TICKETS
MON, APR 30 – LOS ANGELES, CA – ECHO TICKETS
MAY 10TH – BRIGHTON, GREAT ESCAPE – TICKETS

Today, our friends at Team Coco have premiered the video for “My Ma”, in advance of Girls’ March 22 performance on Conan on TBS.

“My Ma” is the third video from Father, Son, Holy Ghost (still available to purchase), following the “Vomit” and “Honey Bunny” videos.

“My Ma” was directed and edited by Aaron Brown (Focus Creeps) and shot by Grant Singer and Aaron Brown:

Also, as a thank you to the stores that participated in Girls Across America (the first ever nationwide instore that took place in September 2011) Girls are pleased to announce the May 22 release of a “My Ma b/w Love Life” 7″ single.

This 7” will be a one-time pressing of 1000, available only at the 159 participating stores (more info to come on when and where you can find the 7″). A small gesture of appreciation to all those great stores that have supported the band.

Girls are on tour starting March 1 finishing up at the Coachella Music and Arts Festival:

Mar 01 Santa Cruz CA – Coconut Grove
Mar 02 San Diego CA – Birch North Park Theatre
Mar 03 Phoenix AZ – Crescent Ballroom
Mar 05 Albuquerque NM – Launchpad
Mar 07 San Antonio TX – White Rabbit
Mar 08 Austin TX – La Zona Rosa
Mar 09 Dallas TX – Granada Theatre
Mar 12 New Orleans LA – One Eyed Jacks
Mar 13 Houston TX – Fitzgerald’s Upstairs
Mar 16 Englewood CO – Gothic Theatre
Mar 17 Salt Lake City UT – In The Venue
Mar 18 Reno NV – Cargo At CommRow
Apr 13 & Apr 20 Indio CA – Coachella