For their first new music since 2014’s Daughter of Everything, California’s Vertical Scratchers present “Song of Earth,” a number that twists and turns as hypnotically as any from the minds of John Schmersal (Brainiac, Enon, Crooks on Tape, live-band Caribou) and Christian Beaulieu (Modern Limbs, Triclops!, Anywhere). The new track comes just as the band hits the road for select dates with Mike Krol and a week in Texas during SXSW. Catch them at one of their shows (full dates below), but check out that new VRT SCRTCH right now!

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Daughter of Everything was released in early 2014, a pop juggernaut that was promptly described by NPR’s Ken Tucker as “music that is at once tightly composed, whimsical and anarchic.” Schmersal and Beaulieu will be joined on the road this year by Nick Reinhart of Tera Melos, who plays that lovely solo during “Song of Earth,” and Jonathan Hischke.

Vertical Scratchers on tour:
Feb 15 San Diego, CA – Soda Bar*
Feb 16 Los Angeles, CA – Bootleg Theater*
Feb 20 San Francisco, CA – Bottom of the Hill*
Feb 22 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios*
Feb 23 Seattle, WA – Crocodile Back Bar*
Mar 13–17 Austin, TX – SXSW
Mar 15-18 Hot Springs, AK – Valley of the Vapors
Mar 19 Denver, CO – Globe Hall*
Mar 20 Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court*
Mar 21 Boise, ID – Treefort Music Fest
Mar 22 Reno, NV – Holland Project*
Mar 23 Visalia, CA – Cellar Door*
* w/ Mike Krol