Today, Parquet Courts share a new single/video, “Black Widow Spider,” from their forthcoming album, Sympathy For Life, out October 22nd on Rough Trade Records. In conjunction, they announce extensive touring plans for 2022, starting with a run of North American shows in the spring. Following their highly-praised lead single “Walking at a Downtown Pace,” “Black Widow Spider” kicks off with scorching guitar.

In A Savage’s words, “I told [producer] Rodaidh McDonaldthat I wanted to find a sound that was equal parts Can, Canned Heat and This Heat. He was really into that and probably took some glee in having such a bizarre challenge.” It’s one of the many songs on the new album that began with the band improvising onto tape, after which they started editing and cutting up, leading to the verse.

Alongside the release of their first single last month, the band also announced the Power of Eleven –eleven global happenings that will occur around the release of the album. The first of these took place in Manhattan with the Gay & Lesbian Big Apple Corp marching band debuting “Walking At A Downtown Pace”. The second of these is happening in Tokyo in conjunction with Big Love Records, with an extremely limited “Black Widow Spider” 7” and t-shirt. More info for this event and the others has been revealed on the band’s website. Sign up to their mailing list for updates.

PARQUET COURTS TOUR DATES (TICKETS)

Sat. Sept. 18 – Augustine, FL @ Sing Out Loud Festival

Wed. Sept. 22 – Morrison, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheatre *

Fri. Sept. 24 – Marfa, TX @ Trans-Pecos Festival

Sun. Sept. 26 – Accord, NY @ Woodsist Festival

Sat. Oct. 2 – Tampa, FL @ Gasparilla Music Festival

Fri. Oct. 29 – Richmond, VA @ The National

Sat. Oct. 30 – Baltimore, MD @ Ottobar

Sun. Oct. 31 – Lancaster, PA @ Tellus360

Wed. Nov. 03 – Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground

Thu. Nov. 04 – Portland, ME @ State Theatre

Fri. Nov. 05 – Holyoke, MA @ Gateway City Arts

Sat. Nov. 06 – Asbury Park, NJ @ The Stone Pony

Wed. Nov. 17 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall

Fri. Nov. 19 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheatre

Sun. Feb. 27 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel *

Mon. Feb. 28 – Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre *

Wed. March 2 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse

Thu. March 3 – Birmingham, AL @ Saturn *

Fri. March 4 – Nashville, TN @ Cannery Ballroom

Sat. March 5 – St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant *

Mon. March 7 – Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall *

Tue. March 8 – Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room *

Thu. March 10 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue *

Fri. March 11 – Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall *

Sat. March 12 – Chicago, IL @ The Riviera Theatre *

Sun. March 13 – Detroit, MI @ MOCAD

Tue. Mar. 15, 2022 – Millvale, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre *

Wed. Mar. 16, 2022 – Cleveland, OH @ Agora Theatre

Thu. March 17 – Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre *

Fri. March 18 – Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre *

Thu. March 31 – Boston, MA @ Royale #

Fri. April 1 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel

Sat. April 2 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel #

Mon. April 4 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club #

Tue. April 5 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Fillmore %

Fri. April 22 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbo at the Market

Sat. April 23 – Vancouver, BC @ The Imperial

Mon. April 25 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom

Wed. April 27 – Oakland, CA @ Fox Theater

Thu. April 28 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern Theatre

Fri. April 29 – Pomona, CA @ The Glass House

Sat. April 30 – San Diego, CA @ The Observatory North Park

Sat. May 21 – Paris, FR @ La Trianon

Sun. May 22 – Antwerp, BE @ Trix

Tue. May 24 – Cologne, DE @ Stollwerck

Wed. May 25 – Berlin, DE @ Heimathafen Neukölln

Fri. May 27 – Hamburg, DE @ Uebel & Gefährlich

Sat. May 28 – Nijmegen, NL @ Doornroosje

Mon. May 30 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso

Tue. May 31 – Lille, FR @ Le Grand Mix

Wed. June 1 – Lyon, FR @ Epicerie Moderne

Fri. June 3 – Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound

Wed. June 8 – Brighton, UK @ Chalk

Thu. June 9 – London, UK @ Brixton O2 Academy

Sat. June 11 – Dublin, IE @ Helix

Sun. June 12 – Manchester, UK @ Albert Hall

Mon. June 13 – Leeds, UK @ Stylus

Wed. June 15 – Glasgow, UK @ The Barrowland Ballroom

Thu. June 16 – Birmingham, UK @ O2 Institute