Pitchfork: Lungfish's Higgs Signs to Thrill Jockey

Thrill Jockey will release Lungfish frontman Daniel A.I.U. Higgs' Atomic Yggdrasil Tarot on June 5. The second in a series of full-color, 6" X 8" hardcover book/CD packages that so far includes Aki Tsuyuko's Hokane, Tarot features six tracks and 48 pages of Higgs' visual art.

According to the Thrill Jockey website, "The yggdrasil is the great tree of Norse myth that connects all worlds of cosmology... In his relentless pursuit of the indivisible, Higgs travels up and down this spine and hatches a new transubstantiation of sound and image into life form."

We smell a tour opening for Mastodon!

In addition to the book and CD, Thrill Jockey will also transubstantiate the album into a limited edition vinyl version.

Higgs is currently on tour in the UK, and he will return to the U.S. with Brightblack Morning Light in April.

Tracklist:

01 Luminous Carcass Ornament
02 Cocoon on the Cross
03 Spectral Hues
04 Subatomic Yggdrasil Tarot
05 Creation Moan
06 Hems and Seams

Dates:

03-13 North Yorkshire, England - Christchurch Skipton
03-14 Newcastle, England - Star and Shadow Cinema
03-15 Glasgow, Scotland - The Captain's Rest
03-16 Manchester, England - Platt Chapel
03-17 London, England - The Mucky Pup
04-20 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks *
04-25 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle Tavern *
04-26 Bloomington, IN - Landlocked Music *
04-27 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle *
04-30 Buffalo, NY - Soundlab *
05-02 Middletown, CT - Eclectic House *
05-04 Annandale-on-Hudson, NY - SMOG *
05-05 New York, NY - Mercury Lounge *
05-06 Brooklyn, NY - Southpaw *

* with Brightblack Morning Light