Desolation Wilderness, everyone’s favorite Olympia, Washington-based shoegazers, have announced a fall tour of the US in support of its latest release, New Universe, released last month on K Records.

Call us lazy but, the band outfit describes itself as follows: “Desolation Wilderness is a West Coast band. They left the parking lots and the malls, the high schools and the valleys, and found their home at the summer night overlook. Taking the sounds of the cities below and amplifying them into a pitched resonance, they write slow burners and warped guitar/synthesizer/vibraphone ballads influenced by drone music, the photorealistic art of Robert Bechtle, and musique concrète; with a pulse included.”

They loved college, too.

Tour dates are as follows:
09.08.09 Rochester, NY @ Bug Jar
09.09.09 Syracuse, NY @ Spark Arts Space
09.10.09 Ithaca, NY @ 3rd floor Concert Hall, Community School of Music and Arts
09.11.09 Bennington, VT @ Bennington College
09.12.09 Brooklyn, NY @ Silent Barn
09.13.09 New York, NY @ Cake Shop
09.14.09 Brooklyn, NY @ Death by Audio
09.16.09 Charlottesville, VA @ Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar
09.17.09 Richmond, VA @ Gallery 5
09.18.09 Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor
09.19.09 Greensboro, NC @ the Green Bean
09.21.09 Chattanooga, TN @ JJ’s Bohemia
09.22.09 Nashville, TN @ Little Hamilton
09.24.09 Fort Smith, AK @ The Gallery
09.25.09 Dallas, TX @ Mountain House
09.26.09 Austin, TX @ Lambert’s
09.28.09 Tucson, AZ @ Hangart
09.29.09 Tempe, AZ @ Ye Olde Bike Saviour’s House
09.30.09 Irvine, CA @ UC Irvine
10.01.09 Los Angeles, CA @ Silverlake Lounge
10.02.09 Santa Barbara, CA @ Biko Garage
10.03.09 Santa Ana, CA @ Center for Non-Violence
10.04.09 Oakland, CA @ Mosswood Amphitheater
10.06.09 Arcata, CA @ The Green House
10.08.09 Portland, OR @ Punx
10.09.09 Olympia, WA @ The Northern