Literature shares video for “Kites,” extends fall tour

Sophomore album ‘Chorus’ out now via Slumberland Records

VIDEO: “Kites”

Philadelphia indie-pop outfit Literature recently released their sophomore album‘Chorus’ via Slumberland Records. Today the band shares the kaleidoscopic music video for album standout “Kites.” Stream the video over at Stereogum.

‘Chorus’ is now available for purchase on CD/LP via Slumberland and digitally on iTunes.

Tour Dates:

09/05 Bethlehem, PA – Nancy Run Fire Company w/Slow Warm Death
09/06 Baltimore, MD – Holy Underground w/Expert Alterations
09/07 Washington DC – George Washington University
09/08 Marietta, OH – Project Active Media
09/09 Cleveland, OH – Dag House w/Heart Attack Man, Sunmouth, Two Hand Fools
09/10 Dayton, OH – South Park Tavern
09/11 Nashville, TN – Betty’s
09/12 Athens, GA – Hi Lo Lounge w/Gold-Bears & Deep State
09/13 Savannah, GA – The Bomb Shelter w/Gold-Bears
09/14 Charlotte, NC – Snug Harbor (early show)
09/15 Philadelphia, PA – Underground Arts w/The Drums & Beverly

09/16 New Brunswick, NJ – Paradise Lost

09/17 Brooklyn, NY – Death by Audio w/Expert Alterations, Gingerlys, Kissing Is A Crime
09/18 New York, NY – Cake Shop w/Grand Resort, Crazy Pills, Big Quiet
09/20 NYC, NY – Bowery Ballroom w/The Drums & Beverly
09/21 Albany, NY – Low Beat w/Neighborhood of Make Believe, Drgn King
09/22 Cleveland, OH – Happy Dog w/Cheap Clone
09/24 Grand Rapids, MI – Mulligan’s Pub
09/25 Chicago, IL – Quenchers
09/26 Milwaukee, WI – Quarters w/ROM, Soul Low, Lost Spirit
09/28 Omaha, NE – Sweatshop Gallery w/Nathan Ma & The Rosettes
09/30 Boise, ID – The Crux

10/01 Spokane, WA – The Bartlett w/Sebadoh

10/02 Portland, OR – Foggy Notion
10/03 Sacramento, CA – Witch Room w/Soft Science

10/04 San Francisco, CA – Hemlock Tavern
10/05 Los Angeles, CA – The Echo w/ The Shivas
10/06 San Diego, CA – The Hideout

Bio:

Philadelphia, PA’s Literature features Kevin Attics, Nathaniel Cardaci, Chris Schackerman, and Seth Whaland. Attics, who’d written for numerous music trades as a teen, met Cardaci and Whaland at the house venue they both operated in Austin, TX. Cardaci and Whaland each ran small imprint labels and, a million adventures later, the trio decided to form a band. Upon moving to Philadelphia the group befriended Schackerman who also joined the fold.

In 2012, following a well-received single and a track on Gerard Cosloy’s “Casual Victim Pile II” compilation they released their debut album, Arab Spring, which became a cult hit within the indiepop community. That album is sharp and immediate, almost mod-ish in its attack, but always tuneful and going for melody where it counts. They toured the US in support, and have performed with the likes of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Eternal Summers, Ted Leo, Sic Alps, White Fence, Gentlemen Jesse, Hospitality, and Brown Recluse. They also appeared on Terre T’s Cherry Blossom Clinic.

In 2013 they released a follow-up 7″, “Tie Dye” and contributed a track to Esopus Magazine alongside artists like Jens Lekman and The Shins. They also played at that year’s NYC Popfest, which helped cement the buzz that was steadily growing amongst savvy pop fans. Arab Spring was treated to a re-mastered re-press, which followed the first pressing and quickly sold out.

Autumn of 2013 saw the band begin work on their second album, Chorus, with lauded engineer Gary Olson (whose body of work includes records by Crystal Stilts, Mad Scene and The Beets) at his Marlborough Farms studio in Brooklyn, NY. As a beautiful autumn turned into one of the harshest winters in recent memory, Olson and the band began stretching out, enhancing the album with studio techniques dating back to the late 60s including true-tape flanging, sending vocals through Leslie speaker cabinets, and the same analog style of automatic double-tracking created at Abbey Road Studios.

The result is an album that is as immediate as it is timeless, full of effortlessly catchy and well-crafted tunes that echo pop legends like Smiths and Orange Juice. All of that time in the studio has resulted in a rich, considered sound that puts the band’s arranging and playing front and center. Chorus is one of the most exciting pop records in years, and marks Literature at true contenders.