Kate Boy Announces U.S. Tour

Critically acclaimed electro-pop ensemble Kate Boy are set to embark on their first U.S. run beginning June 6 in New York City headlining Neon Gold's Pop Shop. To celebrate the tour, the group has released a new song "The Way We Are"-streaming now at http://bit.ly/10C0hWo. See below for tour routing.

Northern Lights, the debut and self-produced EP from Kate Boy (out now via IAMSOUND Records) has received high praise-Billboardexplains it as "swoon-worthy" while V Magazine calls it "infectious." The title track has already garnered the attention of NME, while The Fader hails the song as "emotionally honest." The latest video for "In Your Eyes" is streaming at http://pitchfork.com/features/rising/9081-kate-boy/.

Kate Boy, the one part Australian and three parts Swedish group, is Kate Akhurst (vocals), Hampus Nordgren, Oskar Engström, and Markus Dextegen. In addition to the title track, the EP includes a B-side, "In Your Eyes," as well as two different remixes of the former. The first remix is a collaboration between Swedish solo act Taken By Trees and Los Angeles beat-maker Belief while the second is by the group Superhumanoids, also from Los Angeles.

Directed by the band, the video for the title track "Northern Lights" has received over 450,000 views. Full track listing below.

NORTHERN LIGHTS TRACKLIST

1. Northern Lights

2. In Your Eyes

3. Northern Lights (Taken By Trees x Belief Remix)

4. Northern Lights (Superhumanoids Remix)

Kate Boy Tour Dates

June 6 New York, NY Santos Party House

June 8 Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Bowl*

June 9 Toronto, ON Wrong Bar

June 10 Chicago, IL Schubas Tavern

June 11 Los Angeles, CA Echo

June 13 San Francisco, CA Rickshaw Stop

*with Haim