As anticipated, Shudder to Think is extending its current reunion with its first U.S. tour since 2008. The group will play 9 reveals this fall, starting Sept. 19 at Riot Fest in Chicago, and can wind its means again to Los Angeles for a Nov. 11 finale. Tickets go on sale Friday (Aug. 22).

Beloved for its influential, distinctive mix of post-hardcore, different rock and glam, Shudder to Think returned to the stage in March with two performances for family and friends at Los Angeles’ tiny Everlasting Data. A clip of “X French T-Shirt” from these reveals might be seen under. The group’s present lineup consists of frontman Craig Wedren, guitarist Nathan Larson, drummer Adam Wade, guitarist Clint Walsh and bassist Jherek Bischoff.

After rising on legendary D.C. indie label Dischord Data with classics resembling Funeral on the Films and Get Your Goat, Shudder to Think signed to Epic and in 1994 launched one of many strangest major-label debut albums of all time, Pony Categorical File. Following an uneven response to its 1997 follow-up, 50,000 B.C., the band cut up up. However as Wedren advised SPIN earlier this yr, new music can be within the works to enrich the reside reveals.

“We’re attempting to do that in a really natural means that works for everyone’s particular person lives and collective well being,” he stated. “We’re going to maintain engaged on new music collectively in a room and every in our separate corners. Now we have shared ProTools periods the place we file demos collectively, however then all people can tweak concepts on their very own. It’s a extra multi-dimensional, accordion-esque artistic course of moderately than simply being in a room, engaged on the music, enjoying the songs reside and recording the songs. The intention is to hopefully have a file completed inside a yr from now — subsequent summer season or fall or one thing like that. If it winds up being a collection of EPs or singles, it doesn’t actually matter. We simply wish to make new Shudder to Think music collectively, and we’re documenting all of it.”