Grizzly Bear Officially Announce Their First Major Label Album, ‘Painted Ruins’

The return of Grizzly Bear is long overdue — the band’s last album, Shields, came out in 2012 — but at least now, it’s finally here. Earlier this month, the group shared “Three Rings,” their first new song in five years. Today, they further solidified their comeback with the announcement of a new album, Painted Ruins. The record is slated to come out on August 18th, and as Stereogum notes, the album art is based on a painting by artist Chyrum Lambert.

The band unveiled the record on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 Radio show this afternoon, and while there, they also premiered the second new song from the album, titled “Mourning Sound.” The group also announced that they’ll head out on the road for the first tour dates since they were supporting Shields in 2013 — although the band did perform at a Bernie Sanders rally last year.

Check out the Painted Ruins art above, and listen to “Mourning Sound” and find the band’s tour dates below.

10/05 — Dublin, Ireland @ Vicar Street
10/06 — Manchester, England @ Albert Hall
10/08 — Glasgow, England @ O2 ABC
10/09 — London, England @ O2 Academy Brixton
10/12 — Berlin, Germany @ Columbiahalle
10/13 — Utrecht, Netherlands @ TivoliVredenburg
10/14 — Brussels, Belgium @ Ancienne Belgique
10/16 — Paris, France @ L’Olympia
11/01 — Boston, MA @ House of Blues
11/02 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
11/03 — Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel
11/07 — Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore
11/09 — Knoxville, TN @ The Mill & Mine
11/12 — New Orleans, LA @ Civic Theater
11/14 — Atlanta, GA @ Tabernacle
11/15 — Orlando, FL @ House of Blues
11/16 — Miami, FL @ The Fillmore
11/18-19 — Mexico City, Mexico @ Corona Capital
11/26 — Montreal, Quebec @ Metropolis
11/27 — Toronto, Ontario @ Massey Hall
11/28 — Park Township, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre
12/01 — St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theatre
12/03 — Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre
12/07 — Vancouver, British Columbia @ Orpheum Theatre
12/08 — Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre
12/09 — Portland, OR @ Roseland Theatre
12/11 — San Francisco, CA @ Warfield Theatre
12/13 — Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern