BATTLES PREMIERES VIDEO FOR
“MY MACHINES” FEAT. GARY NUMAN FROM CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED GLOSS DROP

12” SINGLE OUT NOW ON WARP RECORDS

NORTH AMERICAN TOUR SET FOR FALL

“Creepy, surreal, hyper-real. It’s an art of implausibilities” —New York Times

Battles is currently premiering the video for “My Machines” which features synth-pop pioneer Gary Numan. A collaboration with The Creators Project’s The Studio, which produces and distributes works from artists representing a cross-section of creative disciplines, the video can be viewed and shared at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkgQ88G8Hj8.

“My Machines” is available as a 12” colored vinyl single via Warp Records; the printing is extremely limited due to the recent Sony DADC warehouse fire in the U.K. The track—off of the band’s critically acclaimed sophomore record Gloss Drop (available now via Warp Records)—has been hailed by SPIN as “a triumphant moment, an experimental outburst both ingenious and accessible.” Numan notes that “working with Battles was an easy choice for me. They have a unique approach to making music and a clear idea of what they want. They are inventive, adventurous, unpredictable and I’m proud to be involved.”

Gloss Drop has received praise from the New York Times, Entertainment Weekly, New York Magazine, Washington Post, and Pitchfork, among many others. NPR’s “Fresh Air” called the record “one of the oldest fascinations of rock ‘n’ roll: You don’t quite know what it is, but you like it,” while Filter proclaimed the record “…as delightfully fucked up as it is musically seamless.” USA Today posited, “This shrewd and vigorous follow up to 2007 debut Mirrored finds Battles winning the war against convention.” Upon the album’s release the band performed “Futura” on “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon,” which prompted ?uestlove to hail the band saying, “They’re a living car chase scene from an updated “Streets of San Francisco” sequel. Yikes!” The group is set to embark on an extensive tour this fall, see below for a list of confirmed dates.

In addition to Numan the three-piece outfit collaborates with guest vocalists on the record including Chilean-born Kompakt minimal techno producer Matias Aguayo, cult indie rocker Kazu Makino of Blonde Redhead and Yamantaka Eye, the messianic dreadlocked front man of Japanese cosmiche future beat unit, the Boredoms.

For more information, please contact Joe Cohen or Carla Sacks at Sacks & Co., 212.741.1000.

BATTLES TOUR DATES

October 1 /// Asbury Park, NJ /// All Tomorrow’s Parties
October 2 /// Boston, MA /// Royale Nightclub
October 3 /// Montreal, QC /// Le National
October 4 /// Toronto, ON /// Phoenix Concert Theatre
October 5 /// Cleveland, OH /// Grog Shop
October 6 /// Pittsburgh, PA /// VIA Festival
October 7 /// Chicago, IL /// Vic Theatre
October 8 /// Minneapolis, MN /// Fine Line Music Café
October 11 /// Missoula, MT /// The Wilma Theatre
October 12 /// Seattle, WA /// Neptune
October 13 /// Portland, OR /// Wonder Ballroom
October 15 /// San Francisco, CA /// Treasure Island Festival
October 16 /// Pomona, CA /// Glasshouse
October 17 /// Los Angeles, CA /// Mayan Theater
October 18 /// Scottsdale, AZ /// The Venue
October 20 /// Houston, TX /// Fitzgerald’s
October 21 /// Austin, TX /// Emo’s
October 22 /// Dallas, TX /// Grenada
October 24 /// Nashville, TN /// Exit In
October 25 /// Birmingham, AL /// Work/Play
October 26 /// Tampa, FL /// Crowbar
October 27 /// Miami, FL /// Grand Central
October 28 /// Atlanta, GA /// Masquerade
October 29 /// Asheville, NC /// Moogfest
October 30 /// Washington, D.C. /// 9:30 Club
October 31 /// Philadelphia, PA /// Theater of the Living Arts
November 1 /// New York, NY /// Webster Hall

Official site: http://bttls.com