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Chairlift To Release New Album and Kickoff World Tour

After recording for over a year between New York and London, Chairlift will release their sophomore album Something on Colombia records on Tuesday.

This electropop duo, interestingly categorized as flamenco, industrial and Japanese classic music, will open their tour at the Bowery Ballroom in New York tomorrow night.

For Something, Polachek and Wimberly combined talents with Dan Carey, who worked with Franz Ferdinand.  Two songs were mixed by Alan Moulder, who has worked with My Bloody Valentine.

The duo was once a trio.  Singer and keyboardist Caroline Polacheck founded the group out of Boulder, Colorado in 2005 with Aaron Pfenning, who played guitar and synth, and contributed vocals.

The two moved to New York in 2006, and by 2007 Patrick Wimberly joined the band on base and drums.  The trio self-released an EP, Daylight Savings, in June that year.

 In 2008, the band released their debut, Does You Inspire You.  Their publicity widened when their song Bruised was used in a iPod Nano ad and their video for song “Evident Utensil” was nominated for a “Breakthrough” at the MTV Video Music Awards.

After their debut, Pfenning left Chairlift to pursue his own solo career with a project titled Rewards.

“Evident Utensil,” featuring a remix by MGMT, was released on 7” vinyl via Kanine Records.

In 2011, the talented multi-instrumentalist Patrick Wimberly produced the full-length album Relax as a member of Das Racist.

2012 Tour Dates

1/23 — Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY with Violens
1/28 — Brisbane Laneway Festival– Brisbane QLD with Elizabeth Rose
1/31 — Oxford Arts Factory — Darlinghurst NSW with Elizabeth Rose
2/04 — Melbourne Laneway — Melbourne VIC with Elizabeth Rose
2/05 — Sydney Laneway — Sydney NSW with Elizabeth Rose

2/07 — East Brunswick Club — Melbourne with Elizabeth Rose
2/10 — Adelaide Laneway — Adelaide SA with Elizabeth Rose

2/11 — Perth Laneway — Perth WA with Elizabeth Rose

2/12 — Singapore Laneway — Singapore, China
2/14 — Stockholm, Sweden — Debaser
2/15 — Gothenburg, Sweden — Parken
2/16 — Aarhus, Denmark — Voxhall
2/17 — Copenhagen, Denmark — Vega
2/19 — Utrecht, Holland — Tivoli
2/21 — Gent, Belgium — Charlatan
2/23 — Hamburg, Germany — Knust
2/24 — Berlin, Germany — Gretchen
2/25 — Munich, Germany — Atomic Café
2/26 — Zurich, Switzerland — Abart
2/28 — Strasbourg, France — La Laiterie
2/29 — Paris, France — La Maroquinerie
3/2 — Rennes, France — Ubu Club
3/3 — Tourcoing, France — Le Gd Mix
3/4 — Brussels, Belgium — Botanique Rotunde
3/6 — London, UK — Borderline
3/14-3/18 — Austin, TX – South by Southwest 2012
03/26 — Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall*
03/27 — Montreal, QC – Il Motore *
03/28 — Toronto, ON – Horseshoe Tavern *
03/29 — Detroit, MI – Magic Stick *
03/30 — Chicago, IL – Empty Bottle *
03/31 — Minneapolis, MN – Triple Rock Social Club *
04/03 — Denver, CO – Larimer Lounge *
04/04 — Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge *
04/06 — Vancouver, BC – Electric Owl *
04/07 — Seattle, WA – The Crocodile *
04/08 — Portland, OR – Doug Fir *

04/10 — San Francisco, CA – The Independent *

04/11 — Los Angeles, CA – Troubadour *

04/12 — San Diego, CA – Casbah *

04/14 — Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom *
04/16 — Dallas, TX @ Club Dada *

04/17 — Austin, TX @ The Mohawk *
04/18 — New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks *
04/19 — Atlanta, GA @ The Earl *
04/20 — Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506 *
04/21 — Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall *
04/22 — Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s *
* with Nite Jewel

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