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Top­shelf to Release Rooftops Album on Vinyl

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

–Mark

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