Over the last few years, Palberta has mastered the art of the bitesize. Their specialty is snapshot tracks that would come across like sketches if anyone else performed them but feel fully developed in their hands, a distillation of the most powerful part of a song. Early last year, the New York-bred trio released Bye Bye Berta, the first of their disparate releases that was a full-length, and they’re following that up with a new album called Roach Goin’ Down later this year. It’s 22 tracks worth of wigged-out experimentation, and the first one they’re sharing from it is its title track. “Roach Goin’ Down” is a snotty rage against domesticity and stasis: “A new life, sitting in a new house/ A new house sitting in a new life,” they sing with fervor, the music knotty and prickled and jutting out at irregular angles. Listen to it below.

TOUR DATES:

04/28 New York, NY @ The Glove

05/01 Providence, RI @ AS220

05/02 Portland, ME @ The Apohadion Theater

05/03 Ithaca, NY @ Chanti Loft

05/04 Montreal, QC @ La Vitriola

05/05 Toronto, ON @ Owl’s Club

05/06 Guelph, ON @ Silence

05/07 Hamilton, ON @ This Ain’t Hollywood

05/08 Detroit, MI @ Trumbullplex

05/09 Chicago, IL @ Flood House

05/10 Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club

05/11 Minneapolis, MN @ Moon Palace

05/12 Fargo, ND @ The Red Tavern

05/14 Missoula, MT @ Union Ballroom

05/15 Spokane, WA @ Baby Bar

05/16 Seattle, WA @ Werewolf Vacation

05/17 Vancouver, BC @ Pretty Good Not Bad Fest

05/18 Victoria, BC @ Pretty Good Not Bad Fest

05/19 Tacoma, WA @ Space Planet

05/20 Portland, OR @ Turn Turn Turn

05/21 Reno, NV @ The Holland Project

05/22 San Francisco, CA @ Balboa Theater

05/23 Oakland, CA @ Sgrafitto

05/24 Santa Cruz, CA @ Subrosa

05/25 Los Angeles, CS @ The Y

05/26 San Diego, CA @ Space

05/27 Tucson, AZ @ TBA

05/28 Albuquerque, NM @ Sister Bar

05/29 Marfa, TX @ The Lost Horse

05/30 Austin, TX @ Cheer Up Charlies

05/31 Denton, TX @ Silverleaf

06/01 Dallas, TX @ Texas Theatre

06/02 New Orleans, LA @ Poor Boys

06/03 Tallahassee, FL @ Wolfs Den

06/04 Macon, GA @ Fresh Produce Records

06/05 Atlanta, CA @ 529 Bar

06/06 Savannah, GA @ Quolab

06/07 Philadelphia, PA @ Philamoca

Roach Goin’ Down is out 6/15 via Wharf Cat Records. Pre-order it here.