Japan’s architects of drone and balls-heavy psychedelic, post-doom rock, BORIS, have announced their return to North America by way of a summer tour that will last from the end of July through the month of August.  The opening leg will feature support from RUSSIAN CIRCLES and the second leg will feature RED SPARROWES.  The tour will conclude with a very special appearance at the third annual All Tomorrow’s Parties Festival in upstate New York.  SUNN O))) will be joining BORIS for a very special performance of their 2006 Altar album in its entirety!

7/24/2010 The Casbah - San Diego, CA 7/25/2010 Plush - Tucson, AZ 7/27/2010 The Loft @ Palladium Ballroom - Dallas, TX w/ RUSSIAN CIRCLES 7/28/2010 The Mohawk - Austin, TX w/ RUSSIAN CIRCLES 7/30/2010 Spanish Moon - Baton Rouge, LA w/ RUSSIAN CIRCLES 7/31/2010 The Engine Room - Tallahassee, FL w/ RUSSIAN CIRCLES 8/01/2010 The Masquerade - Atlanta, GA w/ RUSSIAN CIRCLES 8/02/2010 Cat’s Cradle - Carrboro, NC w/ RUSSIAN CIRCLES 8/03/2010 930 Club - Washington DC w/ RUSSIAN CIRCLES 8/04/2010 Starlight Ballroom - Philadelphia, PA w/ RUSSIAN CIRCLES 8/07/2010 The Middle East - Cambridge, MA w/ RUSSIAN CIRCLES, CAVE IN 8/08/2010 Le Tulipe - Montreal, QC w/ RUSSIAN CIRCLES 8/09/2010 Lee’s Place - Toronto, ON w/ RUSSIAN CIRCLES 8/10/2010 Magic Stick - Detroit, MI w/ RUSSIAN CIRCLES 8/11/2010 Southgate House - Newport, KY w/ RUSSIAN CIRCLES 8/13/2010 Metro - Chicago, IL w/ RUSSIAN CIRCLES 8/14/2010 Firebird - St. Louis, MO w/ RUSSIAN CIRCLES 8/15/2010 Granada Theatre - Lawrence, KS w/ RUSSIAN CIRCLES 8/16/2010 Marquis Theater - Denver, CO w/ RED SPARROWES 8/17/2010 *TBA - Salt Lake City, UT w/ RED SPARROWES 8/19/2010 Republik - Calgary, AB w/ RED SPARROWES 8/20/2010 The Starlite - Edmonton, AB w/ RED SPARROWES 8/22/2010 Rickshaw Theater - Vancouver, BC w/ RED SPARROWES 8/23/2010 Neumo’s - Seattle, WA w/ RED SPARROWES 8/24/2010 Hawthorne Theatre - Portland, OR w/ RED SPARROWES 8/26/2010 Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA w/ RED SPARROWES 8/27/2010 El Rey - Los Angeles, CA w/ RED SPARROWES 8/28/2010 The Glass House - Pomona, CA w/ RED SPARROWES 9/05/2010 Kutsher’s Country Club - Monticello, NY @ ATP Fest - “Altar set” w/ SUNN O)))

Also, as a tour of this length might suggest, there is indeed new BORIS material coming down the pipeline.  Details to come.