Pelican is back with a new song and album. The new album called Nighttime Stories is slated for release on June 7 via Southern Lord Recordings. It’s second single, “Cold Hope” has also been released, which is described as “an unrepentant crusher imbibed with moments of atramentous psychedelia and arguably the heaviest track on the album.”It follows its lead single “Midnight and Mescaline,” released earlier this year. The title of the song came from the name of a new “biere de garde” the band, who are known beer enthusiasts, in collaboration with Chicago brewery Metropolitan.  Take a listen to the new song below.

Nighttime Stories will mark the band’s first release in six years, following 2013’s Forever Becoming. The band will also be supporting the new album on a US and European tour this year. It is set to begin June 20 in Ferndale, MI. It will then continue in Toronto, New York, and Baltimore before concluding the US leg Sept.16 in Grand Rapids, MI. Europe will shortly follow, beginning October 5 in Nijmegen, NL and will then proceed on to Lido, Prague, Milan, London, and Manchester, before concluding October 19 in Antwerp, BE. See the full itinerary below.

NIGHTTIME STORIES Tracklist 

1. WST 
2. Midnight and Mescaline 
3. Abyssal Plain 
4. Cold Hope 
5. It Stared at Me 
6. Nighttime Stories 
7. Arteries of Blacktop 
8. Full Moon, Black Water
 

PELICAN 2019 Tour Dates

06/20 – Ferndale – Loving Touch*
06/21 – Toronto – Lee’s Palace*
06/22 – Montreal – Bar de Ritz*
06/23 – Boston – Great Scott* 
06/24 – New York – Brooklyn Bazaar*
06/25 – Philadelphia – Boot & Saddle* 
06/26 – Baltimore – Ottobar*
06/27 – Pittsburgh – Club Cafe* 
06/28 – Cincinnati – Northside Yacht Club*
06/29 – Chicago – Metro*
09/13 – Tolono, IL – Loose Cobra
09/14 – Columbus, OH – The Shrunken Head
09/15 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop 
09/16 – Grand Rapids, MI – The Pyramid Scheme
10/05 – Nijmegen, NL – Soulcrusher fest
10/06 – Berlin, DE – Lido
10/07 – Dresden, DE – Beatpol
10/08 – Prague, CZ – Futurum
10/09 – Munich, DE – Feierwerk
10/10 – Milan, IT – Legend Club
10/11 – Athens, GR – Fuzz Club
10/12 – Barcelona, ES – AM fest
10/13 – Porto, PT – Amplifest
10/15 – London, UK – Islington Assembly Hall 
10/16 – Manchester, UK – Gorilla
10/17 – Glasgow, SCO – Classic Grand
10/18 – Birmingham, UK – Asylum
10/19 – Antwerp, BE – Desertfest
 *w/ Cloakroom

Photo Credit: Raymond Flotat