GRIZZLY BEAR TO RELEASE NEW AUGUST 18, THEIR FIRST FOR RCA RECORDS

GLOBAL HEADLINING TOUR BEGINS OCTOBER 5

LISTEN TO NEW SONG “MOURNING SOUND” HERE: http://smarturl.it/MOURNINGSOUNDps

(New York – May 17, 2017) Today, Grizzly Bear has announced the August 18 release of PAINTED RUINS, their highly anticipated fifth full-length album, and first for RCA Records. In addition, the band has shared new album track “Mourning Sound.” That song follows “Three Rings,” another track from PAINTED RUINS released earlier this month and hailed as “spellbinding” (), “insistent” (The New York Times), and “a sonically ambitious return” (Pigeons & Planes).

Listen to “Mourning Sound” here: http://smarturl.it/MOURNINGSOUNDps

Listen to “Three Rings” here: http://smarturl.it/THREERINGSps

Grizzly Bear – Chris Bear, , and Chris Taylor – spent the better part of two years writing and recording the eleven new compositions on PAINTED RUINS. Taylor produced the album with sessions taking place primarily at Allaire Studios in upstate New York, and at various locations around Los Angeles, including his own Terrible Studios (Three members of Grizzly Bear now live in Los Angeles; Rossen lives in Santa Fe, NM).

Grizzly Bear will embark on a worldwide headlining tour following the release of PAINTED RUINS - full itinerary below.

PAINTED RUINS follows 2012’s Shields, which was a critical and commercial breakthrough. Debuting at #7 on the Billboard 200 and named the #1 Album of the Year by Apple iTunes, Shields earned the band Pitchfork Best New Music and four star Rolling Stone reviews; performances on Colbert, Fallon, Letterman, Austin City Limits and Ellen; and sold out shows at Radio City Music Hall in New York City and the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles.

PAINTED RUINS Track Listing 1. Wasted Acres 2. Mourning Sound 3. Four Cypresses 4. Three Rings 5. Losing All Sense 6. Aquarian 7. Cut-Out 8. Glass Hillside 9. Neighbors 10. Systole 11. Sky Took Hold

Grizzly Bear Tour Dates Oct 5 – Dublin, IE – Vicar Street Oct 6 – Manchester, UK – Albert Hall Oct 8 – Glasgow, UK – O2 ABC Oct 9 – London, UK – O2 Academy Brixton Oct 12 – Berlin, DE – Columbiahalle Oct 13 – Utrecht, NL – TivoliVredenburg Oct 14 – Brussels, BE – Ancienne Belgique Oct 16 – Paris, FR – L’Olympia Nov 1 - Boston, MA - House of Blues Nov 2 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel Nov 3 - Brooklyn, NY - Brooklyn Steel Nov 7 - Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore Nov 9 - Knoxville, TN - The Mill & Mine Nov 12 - New Orleans, LA - Civic Theatre Nov 14 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle Nov 15 - Orlando, FL - House of Blues Nov 16 - Miami Beach, FL - The Fillmore Nov 19 - Mexico City, MX - Corona Capital Nov 26 - Montreal, QC - Metropolis Nov 27 - Toronto, ON - Massey Hall Nov 28 - Royal Oak, MI - Royal Oak Music Theatre Dec 1 - St. Paul, MN - Palace Theatre Dec 3 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre Dec 7 - Vancouver, BC - Orpheum Theatre Dec 8 - Seattle, WA - Moore Theatre Dec 9 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre Dec 11 - San Francisco, CA - Warfield Theater Dec 13 - Los Angeles, CA - The Wiltern

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