Merge, the NC-based indie label that celebrates its 20th birthday this year, will release a new 7” by Chapel Hill pop rockers Superchunk on July 7, and a 12” vinyl EP by Dan Bejar‘s Destroyer on August 18.
Both vinyls will include new songs, including “Bay of Pigs,” Destroyer’s 13-minute account of the 1961 American invasion of Cuba. It’s the band’s longest song to date, and its first foray into disco.
Bejar, who also records and performs with the New Pornographers, will take Destroyer on a short East Coast tour from the end of July until the beginning of August.
07.27.2009 Atlanta, GA The Earl
07.28.2009 Washington, DC Black Cat
07.29.2009 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
07.30.2009 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
07.31.2009 Boston, MA Paradise
08.02.2009 Sackville, NB Canada Sackville United Church
Destroyer: www.mergerecords.com/artists/destroyer
Superchunk: www.superchunk.com
Merge: www.mergerecords.com