Mason Proper New Album, Tour w/Cloud Cult

Michigan's half-post-punk, half-emo indie rockers Mason Proper will release their sophomore album Olly Oxen Free on September 23. Produced both by the band and by Chris Coady (TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Blonde Redhead), the album reportedly "bristles with a ghostly ambience...[it] beams with otherwordliness and reaches towards transcendence." Quite a lofty description, but I expect good things. Their 2006 debut There Is a Moth in Your Chest was worth the flattering feedback it received, though it wasn't exactly my cup of tea. The descriptions of their coming album play up to my gloomy post-rock tastes though, so perhaps they'll win me over yet. Check out the video for "My My (Bad Fruit)" from There Is a Moth in Your Chest below.



Additionally, the band will be on a quick tour this fall--including some dates with Minneapolis experimental outfit Cloud Cult. Dates below.

09/25: Ann Arbor, MI @ The Blind Pig (CD Release Party)
10/21: New York, NY @ Rehab (Dovecote Records CMJ Showcase)
10/31: Mt. Pleasant, MI @ Rubbles Bar
11/01: East Lansing, MI @ Small Planet
11/10: Washington, DC @ Black Cat*
11/11: New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom*
11/12: Danbury, CT @ Herloom Arts Theater*
11/13: Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Downstairs*
11/15: Rochester, NY @ Bug Jar

*Dates with Cloud Cult