Is your calendar marked for June 2 yet? Do people still mark calendars? Am I the only one? Well, set a reminder or, I don’t know, get a preorder in or something, because June 2 is the release date for Elder‘s fourth album, Reflections of a Floating World, and I know that for a lot of you as well as for me, it’s a potential album of the year. The follow-up to 2015’s Lore (review here), it will be released by Armageddon Shop and Stickman Records, and to support it this summer, the four-piece have announced a stretch of European tour dates on which they’ll be supported by King Buffalo.

Hard to think of better company for King Buffalo on their first Euro run than their labelmates in Elder, who by now have moved themselves to the forefront of the American heavy sphere. This tour will find them at fests like Stoned from the Underground, Red Smoke, Bukta, Lake on Fire and SonicBlast, and they’ll come back to the US for a corresponding run in October — they also play Stumpfest in Oregon this month — as they support the record, for which the righteous Adrian Dexter cover art has newly been unveiled. You can check that out below, followed by the tour announcement, and the previously-posted album teaser Reflections of a Floating World.

From the social medias:

ELDER – REFLECTIONS OF A FLOATING WORLD ALBUM ART / TOUR ANNOUNCEMENT!

We can’t wait any more to start rolling out some more news regarding the new album and upcoming tours so… we won’t.

Here is the cover for our upcoming album “Reflections of a Floating World”, handled by our resident visual magician Adrian Dexter, who again used album’s double LP format in a unique and beautiful way. We’ll reveal some more of his stunning work for the album and format details later.

To kick off the release, we will hit Europe for a tour in July/August, playing for the first time as a four-piece. We are happy to announce that labelmates King Buffalo will be joining us. They released their killer debut album “Orion” last year and we’re looking forward to their jams live.

A US tour is in the works for October, as well as some other tours being planned. Can’t wait to share the album with you all and see some new and old faces on the road soon.

Elder / King Buffalo European Tour 2017:

14.07.2017 GER – Erfurt, Stoned From The Underground

15.07.2017 PL – Pleszew, Red Smoke Festival

16.07.2017 GER – Hannover, Chez Heinz

17.07.2017 DK – Copenhagen, Pumpehuset

18.07.2017 TBA

20.07.2017 NOR – Tromsö, Bukta Festival

21.07.2017 NOR – Oslo, Blå

22.07.2017 NOR – Fekkefjord, Fjellparkfestivalen

24.07.2017 GER – Hamburg, Hafenklang

25.07.2017 GER – Wiesbaden, Schlachthof

26.07.2017 GER – Berlin, Lido

27.07.2017 NL – Nijmegen, Merleyn

28.07.2017 GER – Siegen, Vortex

29.07.2017 TBA

30.07.2017 F – Paris, Glazart

31.07.2017 GER – Munich, TBA

01.08.2017 I – Milan, Magnolia

02.08.2017 RUS – Moscow, Volta*

03.08.2017 RUS – St.Petersburg, MOD*

04.08.2017 A – Waldhausen, Lake On Fire Festival

05.08.2017 GER – Beelen, Krach Am Bach

06.08.2017 UK – Bristol, The Fleece

07.08.2017 UK – Edinburgh, Studio 24

08.08.2017 UK – Manchester, Soup Kitchen

09.08.2017 UK – London, Underworld

10.08.2017 UK – Bournemouth

11.08.2017 P – Moledo, Sonic Blast Festival*

* only Elder

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Elder, Reflections of a Floating World teaser