Once and future(?) Sonic Youth frontman Thurston Moore will release the self-titled debut album from his new band Chelsea Light Moving on March 5, Matador Records announced this morning, and will follow that release with a 20-date U.S. tour that has a conspicuous South By Southwest-sized gap in the schedule.
The new band, which began dropping MP3s and playing sporadic live dates last summer, finds Moore joined by guitarist Keith Wood, bassist Samara Lubelski and drummer John Moloney, aka “Pegasus.” The label did not reveal a tracklist, but did offer up yet another free download in the form of “Empire of Time,” which you can stream or grab below.
The band’s tour opens March 2 in Hoboken, N.J., and runs through April 7 in Boston. Moore and Co. presumably will hit SXSW during the March 11-18 gap in the touring schedule.
Chelsea Light Moving tour dates:
March 2: Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ
March 4: The Southern, Charlottesville, VA
March 5: Grey Eagle, Asheville, NC
March 6: Kings Barcade, Raleigh, NC
March 7: Savannah Stopover, Savannah, GA
March 8: The Earl, Atlanta, GA
March 10: 35 Denton, Denton, TX
March 19: Echoplex, Los Angeles, CA
March 20: Great American Music Hall, San Francisco, CA
March 22: Doug Fir, Portland, OR
March 23: Neumo’s, Seattle, WA
March 27: Triple Rock, Minneapolis, MN
March 29: Empty Bottle, Chicago, IL
March 30: Magic Stick, Detroit, MI
March 31: Lee’s Palace, Toronto, ONT
April 2: Mr. Smalls, Pittsburgh, PA
April 3: Union Transfer, Philadelphia, PA
April 4: Black Cat, Washington, D.C.
April 5: Bowery Ballroom, New York, NY
April 7: The Sinclair, Boston, MA
PREVIOUSLY ON SLICING UP EYEBALLS
- Free MP3: Chelsea Light Moving, ‘Frank O’Hara Hit’ — 3rd track from Thurston Moore project
- Sonic Youth prepping ’85 live album, unseen ’86 concert film, possible ‘Sister’ reissue
- Free MP3: Chelsea Light Moving, ‘Groovy & Linda’ — 2nd track from Thurston Moore project
- Free MP3: Thurston Moore debuts first track from new band Chelsea Light Moving
- Lee Ranaldo on Sonic Youth: ‘Somehow I can’t imagine it’s really the end of it’
- Video: Sonic Youth in Sao Paulo, Brazil — watch what could be band’s final concert
