Altsounds - Peaches announces new album and tour!

I Feel Cream is the new album from Peaches, due out May 5th on XL Recordings! Peaches will celebrate the release by kicking off a US tour (see dates below) in Philadelphia two weeks later on the 15th. Joining her on stage (as her backing band) will be German rock group Sweet Machine.

Peaches has always trafficked in subversion. On her fourth full-length, I Feel Cream, Peaches zeroes in on preconceived notions of who she is and what she does. Having held the attention of international audiences for a decade, now she reveals new dimensions of her artistry. These twelve new songs feature vocal performances of startling vulnerability and cool sophistication. And a fresh take on Peaches' fiercelyindependent approach to writing and production, with assistance from colleagues as formidable andinspired as the artist herself.

Although I Feel Cream is produced by Peaches, she did enlist a little assistance this time around from some of her most celebrated peers: Soulwax, Simian Mobile Disco, Drums of Death, Digitalism, Shapemod to help her realize the myriad of ideas she had. And for the first time, she tried her hand at writing with her old friend Gonzales; the duo found themselves creating songs at a rate of one or two a day.

While these collaborations may have tested the boundaries of her artistic comfort zone, Peaches did not reach outside her creative universe when seeking input. I Feel Cream is a wholly organic exercise. "When
I play DJ gigs, these are people I DJ beside," she emphasizes. "We perform on the same bills, headline the same venues. We move through the same world. These are my friends, and they want to work with me, the same way I want to work with them."

And work they did. In Berlin and London, in pairs and trios. And sometimes alone. The evolution of each track was unique, but its genesis always began with Peaches. "I never just sent someone a file and said, 'Write something.' I never gave up creative control. I was working with strong people, and I also have very strong opinions."

http://www.myspace.com/peaches

5/15 Philadelphia, PA Theater of the Living Arts

5/16 New York, NY Webster Hall

5/17 Boston, MA Paradise Theater

5/18 Montreal, PQ Club Soda

5/20 Toronto, ONT Phoenix

5/21 Detroit, MI Majestic Theater

5/22 Chicago, IL Metro

5/23 Madison, WI Majestic Theater

5/25 Denver, CO Gothic Theater

5/26 Salt Lake City, UT In the Venue

5/27 Boise, ID Knitting Factory

5/29 Edmonton, ALB Starlight

5/30 Calgary, ALB Ballroom

5/31 Vancouver, BC Commodore

6/1 Seattle, WA Showbox

6/2 Portland, OR Wonder Ballroom

6/4 Reno, NV 211 North

6/5 San Francisco, CA Regency Ballroom

6/6 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda

6/7 Los Angeles, CA Henry Fonda

6/8 Joshua Tree, CA Pappy's

6/11 Austin, TX Emo's

6/12 Dallas, TX Granada

6/13 New Orleans, LA House of Blues

6/15 Atlanta, GA Masquerade

6/16 Chapel Hill, NC Cat's Cradle

6/17 Washington, DC 9:30