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“A Forest Of Polarity” on vinyl available to pre-order through Topshelf Records

April 2nd, 2010

CLICK HERE TO PRE-ORDER (comes w/ T-Shirt!)
VIA Top­shelf Records:
We’re now tak­ing pre-orders for Rooftops A For­est Of Polar­ity LP over at TsR-Store.com. We have a new shirt, aLP/Shirt Pack­age Deal, and sin­gle LPs avail­able on our web­store. The LP is lim­ited to a first press­ing of 500 split between 200 Clear Gold and 300 Solid White. Every­thing is expected to ship the week before release date so you’ll get your copies early. Don’t for­get that the LP will be released on May 18th in the States and May 17th in the UK and Europe.

Rooftops are cur­rently head­ing back across the coun­try on their US tour with The Amer­i­cas. We were lucky enough to host their show on March 27th @ Dad City and it was awe­some! Here are the rest of their dates:

APR 02 — Napa, CA @ Slack Ranch w/ Goodriddler
APR 03 — Berke­ley, CA @ Cloyne Co-Op w/ Goodriddler
APR 04 — Santa Rosa, CA @ North Bay Film and Art Col­lec­tive w/ Goodriddler
APR 05 — Chico, CA @ Cafe Coda w/ Goodrid­dler, Surrogate
APR 06 — Red­ding, CA @ Down­town Eatery w/ Goodriddler
APR 07 — Seat­tle, WA @ TBA
APR 08 — Seat­tle, WA @ Mars Bar w/ THE AMERICAS and HERO COP
APR 09 — Belling­ham, WA @ Jinx Art Space w/ The Amer­i­cas, Goodrid­dler, and Todos Somos Lee
APR 10 — Port­land, OR @ The Par­lour w/ THE AMERICAS and Total Bros!
APR 11 — Port­land, OR @ Every­day Music (Sandy Store) FREE & All-Ages 3pm
APR 11 — Port­land, OR @ Rot­ture w/ Strange Hol­i­day (ex-Tristeza), Secret Codes, Goodriddler
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Tour Update

March 17th, 2010

Hey all! We’re cur­rently relax­ing in a hotel in Mitchell, South Dakota. So far we’ve played Seat­tle, Olympia, Mis­soula, and Rapid City. We’ve seen some incred­i­ble scenery and met some really great peo­ple. A shout goes out to Jerry from Rapid City for being the most gen­er­ous and hos­pitable dude on the planet! A few key moments so far:
–Mt. Rush­more and some “crazy Third Reich shit”*
–Deserted-ass creepy Wall Drug tourist attrac­tion**
–Jonny took a shower

There are a lot more pic­tures here

*-Jerry

**

We also had a chance to finally visit the rest­ing place of a dear old friend.  We miss you, Phil.

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Glorious TOURture Has Begun!

March 14th, 2010

Tour kick-off show at Plan B was a blast! Almost as fun as the house show at Ali’s house the day after! Thanks to every­one who came out and sup­ported. Now it’s break­fast, cof­fee, and then off to Olympia!!!

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Top Shelf Record to release “A Forest of Polarity” on vinyl on May 18 (May 17th in the UK/Europe)

March 4th, 2010

VIA —->TOP SHELF RECORDS

New Sign­ing:

Hey friends! We are thrilled to announce that we’ll be releas­ing A For­est of Polarity_, the debut album from Belling­ham, Washington’s Rooftops on vinyl. Pre-orders for the album will go up April 1st (heh, no joke) with copies hit­ting store shelves around the globe on May 18th.

Rooftops take its brand of intri­cate math pop and layer it gen­er­ously with acoustic gui­tars, horns, strings and per­cus­sion. The result­ing arrange­ments cre­ate an impres­sive sound unit­ing math rock and post rock into some­thing bold, new and excit­ing. The band adds vocals to the mix only spar­ingly but at bril­liantly timed inter­vals for max­i­mum effect. It is the bold, unbri­dled enthu­si­asm of math rock har­nessed only by the restraints and sub­tle nuances of post rock. A For­est of Polar­ity is the sound of two becom­ing one. Can you hear it?

The band is stream­ing songs from A For­est of Polar­ity on its Myspace page. Addi­tion­ally, you can down­load an mp3 for the song “Raft Eas­ily” here.

Begin­ning next Fri­day, Rooftops will embark on a month-long trek across the US with good friends The Amer­i­cas. Check the dates below:

MAR 12 — Belling­ham, WA @ Plan B. w/ Dog Shredder
MAR 13 — Seat­tle, WA @ Ali Masterson’s House w/ Throne of Bone, Dog Shredder
MAR 14 — Olympia, WA @ Le Voyeur w/ Chung Antique
MAR 15 — Mis­soula, MT @ ZACC BSMT w/ Tyson Ballew and The Juveniles
MAR 16 — Rapid City, SD @ Budd Ugly’s w/ Old
MAR 18 — Min­neapo­lis, MN @ Star Bar w/ Foun­tain Heads
MAR 19 — LaCrosse, WI @ JB’s Speakeasy w/ This Mach­ing, Idle Ecstatic
MAR 20 — Chicago, IL @ Trea­sure Town (House) w/ Bad Words, Suf­fix, Socially Retarded, The Midwestern
MAR 21 — Chicago, IL @ Ronny’s (Logan Square)
MAR 22 — Grand Rapids, MI @ Divi­sion Avenue Arts Coop­er­a­tive (DAAC all-ages)
MAR 23 — Detroit, MI @ The Berkley Front w/ The Sum­mer Pledge, Devilfish
AR 24 — Cleve­land, OH @ The Happy Dog
MAR 25 — New York, NY @ The Delancey w/ Ghastly City Sleep
MAR 26 — New York, NY @ Good­bye Blue Mon­day w/ Anna Weng, Madame Beak, The Suite Unraveling
MAR 27 — Amherst, MA @ Dad City w/ Yak Snot, Sleep Bel­lum Sonno TOPSHELF PRESENTS…
MAR 28 — Boston, MA @ PA’s
MAR 29 — Philadel­phia or Pitts­burgh or Lan­caster, PA @ TBA
MAR 30 — Bloom­ing­ton, IN or Colum­bus, OH @ TBA
MAR 31 — Omaha, NE @ O’leavers
APR 02 — Napa, CA @ Slack Ranch w/ Goodriddler
APR 03 — Berke­ley, CA @ Cloyne Co-Op w/ Goodriddler
APR 04 — Santa Rosa, CA @ North Bay Film and Art Col­lec­tive w/ Goodriddler
APR 05 — Chico, CA @ Cafe Coda w/ Goodrid­dler, Surrogate
APR 06 — Red­ding, CA @ Down­town Eatery w/ Goodriddler
APR 07 — Seat­tle, WA @ TBA
APR 08 — Belling­ham, WA @ TBA
APR 09 — Seat­tle, WA @ TBA
APR 10 — Port­land, OR @ The Par­lour w/ Total Bros
APR 11 — Port­land, OR @ Rot­ture w/ Strange Hol­i­day (ex-Tristeza), Secret Codes, Goodriddler
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U.S. Spring Tour w/ THE AMERICAS!!

February 15th, 2010

Friends,
We are going on a tour of the United States with our friends from Cal­i­for­nia, The Amer­i­cas.  The Amer­i­cas are incred­i­ble and we urge all of you to check them out.  We are very excited and hope to see all of you in our trav­els.  Feel free to con­tact us with any ques­tions.  Full sched­ule with com­plete infor­ma­tion com­ing soon.  We can’t wait!

–Mark
RFTPS

3-12-2010: Belling­ham, WA  @ Plan B. w/ Dog Shredder

3-13-2010: Seat­tle, WA  @ Ali Masterson’s house w/ Throne of Bone and Dog Shredder
3-14-2010: Olympia, WA @ Le Voyeur w/ CHUNG ANTIQUE
3-15-2010: Mis­soula, MT Con­firm @ TBA
3-16-2010: @ TBA
3-17-2010: @ TBA
3-18-2010: Min­neapo­lis, MN @ Star Bar w/ Foun­tain Heads
3-19-2010: LaCrosse, WI @ JB’s Speakeasy w/ This Mach­ing and Idle Ecsta­tic
3-20-2010: Chicago, IL @ Trea­sure Town w/ Bad Words, Suf­fix, Socially Retarded, and The Mid­west­ern
3-21-2010: Chicago, IL @ Ronny’s w/ TBA
3-22-2010: Detroit, MI @ TBA
3-23-2010: Detroit, MI @ The Berkley Front w/ The Sum­mer Pledge and Dev­il­fish
3-24-2010: Cleve­land, OH @ The Happy Dog w/ TBA
3-25-2010: New York, NY @ The Delancey w/ ghastly city sleep
3-26-2010: New York, NY @ Good­bye Blue Mon­day w/ Anna Weng, Madame Beak, and The Suite Unrav­el­ing
3-27-2010: Amherst, MA @ Dad City w/ Yak Snot, Sleep Bel­lum Sonno and TBA
3-28-2010: Boston, MA @ PA’s w/ TBA
3-29-2010: @ TBA
3-30-2010: @ TBA
3-31-2010: Omaha, NE @ O’leavers w/ TBA
4-02-2010: Napa, CA @ Slack Ranch w/ Goodriddler
4-03-2010: Berke­ley, CA @ Cloyne Co-Op w/ Goodriddler
4-04-2010: Santa Rosa, CA @ North Bay Film and Art Col­lec­tive w/ Goodriddler
4-05-2010: Chico, CA @ Cafe Coda w/ Goodrid­dler and Surrogate
4-06-2010: Red­ding, CA @ Down­town Eatery w/ Goodriddler
4-07-2010: Seat­tle, WA @ TBA
4-08-2010: Belling­ham, WA @ TBA
4-09-2010: Seat­tle, WA @ TBA
4-10-2010: Port­land, OR @ TBA w/ Total Bros
4-11-2010: Port­land, OR @ Rot­ture w/ Strange Hol­i­day (ex-Tristeza), Secret Codes, and Goodriddler
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Album Teaser

January 12th, 2010

The teaser video for our new album “A For­est Of Polar­ity” is avail­able for your view­ing pleasure:

It was made by our good friend Luke Chmura fea­tures clips from our per­for­mances and our record.

- Drew

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