Thirteen Steps is the newest release from New York's Pop. 1280. It picks up right where last year's "The Grid" left off, and is guaranteed to satisfy those waiting patiently for their new LP (due out 2012 on Sacred Bones). For the uninitiated, these New York creeps take the sonic palate of bands like Cop Shoot Cop, Swans, or even the Contortions and put it through a cyberpunk blender; somehow in the process managing to make catchy songs out of dissonant noise, scrap metal, synths, and drums. It's paranoid, potent, and packs a healthy dose of swagger. Thirteen Steps was recorded by Ben Greenberg at Python Patrol [RIP] and is limited to 500 handnumbered copies (first 100 on red vinyl). Be sure to catch Pop 1280 on tour this October!

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Pop. 1280 2011 US tour dates:

9/14: New York, NY w/ K-Holes, Grave Babies @ Cake Shop
10/19: Buffalo, NY w/ Fatal Figures @ TBA
10/20: Detroit @ TBA
10/21: Chicago w/ Running @ Mortville
10/22: Chicago w/ Sex Church @ TBA
10/23: Milwaukee @ TBA
10/24: Bloomington w/ Circuit de Yeux @ House Show
10/25: Columbus w/ Sex Church, Cheaterslicks, Unholy Two @ Cafe Bourbon St
10/26: Dayton, Ohio @ TBA
10/27: Cleveland w/ Puffy Areolas, Unholy Two @ Now That's Class
10/28: Pittsburgh w/ Unholy Two, Passengers @ Gooski's
10/29: Brooklyn, NY w/ Sex Church, The Men, Unholy Two, Dead Farmers @ Shea Stadium

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