Following a sold out run of reunions shows earlier this year, City of Caterpillar now announce their first new recording in 15 years, plus additional tours of America and Europe.

Previously unreleased, 'Driving Spain Up A Wall' was tracked earlier this year in Richmond, Virginia and NYC, then mixed by Jack Shirley at The Atomic Garden. The song has long held mystique as one of the band's most revered songs, made popular among fans from powerful live performances but not properly recording before City of Caterpillar disbanded in 2003.

This new recording will be released on a 12" EP alongside the Self-Titled outtake track 'As the Curtains Dim (Little White Lie)', which surfaced earlier this year as a digital-only single. The two-track vinyl package will be released this summer through Repeater Records & Adagio830. A digital release by The Archivist will follow.

Vinyl Pre-orders are now available:

USA - Repeater Records - [ Ссылка ]
Europe - Adagio 830 - [ Ссылка ]

Alongside the new record City of Caterpillar have planned further live shows, with the first ever European tour to correspond with the 12" EP's availability:

12.07. Leipzig / Plaque - Event: [ Ссылка ]
13.07. Berlin / Tiefgrund (with Me & Goliath) - Event: [ Ссылка ] - Tickets: [ Ссылка ]
14.07. Kopenhagen / kraftværket (with Harasser) - Event: [ Ссылка ] - Tickets: [ Ссылка ]
15.07. Hamburg / Goldener Salon (with Cetacea) - Event: [ Ссылка ]
16.07. Antwerp / Kavka - Event: [ Ссылка ] - Tickets: [ Ссылка ]
17.07. NL - Amsterdam / Occii (with Skylark, Lawine, Zahrada) - Event: [ Ссылка ] - Tickets: [ Ссылка ]
18.07. Paris / Point Éphémère - Event: [ Ссылка ]
19.07. Darmstadt / Oettinger Villa (with Birds in Row, Mercy Ties) - Event: [ Ссылка ]
20.07. A - Vienna / Bach (with Hauna) - Event: [ Ссылка ] - Tickets: [ Ссылка ] of caterpillar
21.07. CZ - Fluff Fest - Event: [ Ссылка ]

Further US tour dates will occur in the Fall, first as a string of anticipated West Coast shows, plus a short run of East Coast dates (including an appearance at The Fest) with longtime friends and tour-mates Majority Rule peforming for the first time in over a decade, as follows:

Thurs. 10/19: San Diego, CA @ The Soda Bar w/ Thou $15 - Tickets (on sale 5/26): [ Ссылка ]
Fri. 10/20: Santa Barbara, CA @ The Hard To Find w/ Dangers $10. Tickets: [ Ссылка ]
Sat. 10/21: Santa Rosa, CA @ Arlene Francis Center w/ Litany for the Whale, Sabertooth Zombie, Holy Wood $15
Sat. 10/28: Gainesville, FL @ The Fest w/ Hum, Majority Rule, Iron Reagan - Tickets & Info: [ Ссылка ]
Sun. 10/29: Atlanta, GA @ The Earl w/ Majority Rule, Deep State $15 - Tickets: [ Ссылка ]
Mon. 10/30: New Orleans, LA @ Zeitgeist w/ Majority Rule, Thou - Info: [ Ссылка ]

City of Caterpillar formed as a quartet in Richmond, Virginia in 2000, carving out a handful of demos and EPs before releasing their sole, self-titled album in 2002. Renown for an innovative combination of punk rock, emotional hardcore and dramatic instrumental crescendos, the group disbanded in late 2003 but went on to endure a postmortem legacy shared by few of their peers.

In a lengthy retrospective feature ( [ Ссылка ] ) on the band, Noisey states that City of Caterpillar "encompassed an era" and "strangled...stretched, and mutated screamo until it reflected both the shattering chaos and the eerie quietude of its time".

Relevant Links:

Vinyl pre-orders USA - [ Ссылка ]

Vinyl pre-orders Europe - [ Ссылка ]

European Tour Dates - [ Ссылка ]

Reunion show coverage & photos by Reid Haithcock - [ Ссылка ]

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