Xerxes ‘Our Home is a Deathbed’ Album Due in March, New Track Streaming

by | Dec 16, 2011

Xerxes will release its forthcoming debut album, Our Home is a Deathbed, on March 13th via No Sleep Records.

The effort was produced by Kevin Ratterman (Coliseum, My Morning Jacket).

A track dubbed “Tide/This Place is a Prison” can be heard on SoundCloud.

The band’s itinerary follows:

w/ Code Orange Kids

Jan 02 Columbus, OH @ Carabar (Xerxes only)
Jan 03 Lancaster, PA @The Lizard Lounge
Jan 04 Allston, MA @ Trouble Ahead
Jan 05 Wallingford, CT @ The Mannor
Jan 06 Brooklyn, NY @ Acheron
Jan 07 Philadelphia, PA @ The Barbery
Jan 08 Bethlehem, PA @ Secret Art Space
Jan 09 Baltimore, MD @ Charm City Art Space
Jan 10 Blackburg VA @ 130 Jackson
Jan 11 Greensboro, NC @ Tba
Jan 12 Greensville, SC @ Circle A Ranch
Jan 13 Augusta, GA @ 7G
Jan 14 Tampa, FL @ Transitions Art Gallery
Jan 15 Pembroke Pines, FL @ The Talent Farm
Jan 16 Jacksonville, FL @ Burro Bar
Jan 17 Birmingham, AL @ The Fire House
Jan 18 Hattiesburg, MS @ The Tavern
Jan 19 San Antonio, TX @ The Ten Eleven
Jan 20 Fort Worth, TX @ 1919 Hemphill
Jan 21 Midland, TX @ The Pine Box
Jan 22 Albuquerque, NM @ The Gasworks
Jan 23 Tuscan, AZ @ Skrappys
Jan 24 San Diego, CA @ Che Cafe
Jan 25 Pomona, CA @ Aladdin Jr
Jan 26 Fresno, CA @ China Youth Center
Jan 27 Sacramento, CA @ The Dough Joe
Jan 28 Santa Rosa, CA @ Transient Lounge
Jan 29 Portland, OR @ Punk Tank
Jan 30 Tacoma, WA @ The Red Room
Jan 31 Boise, ID @ Studio 9
Feb 01 Salt Lake City, UT @ TBA
Feb 02 Denver, CO @ Blast-O-Mat
Feb 03 Kansas City, MO @ Asshole Castle
Feb 04 Omaha, NE @ TBA
Feb 05 Cedar Falls, IA @ 1108 House
Feb 06 Peoria, IL @ Washington Illinois VFW
Feb 07 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
Feb 08 Grand Rapids, MI @ Dacc
Feb 09 Ashtabula, OH @ West End Art Space
Feb 10 Louisville, KY @ Chestnut House

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