Canadian art rock band Braids have unveiled their first string of dates in support of their forthcoming album Euphoric Recall, and they’re doing something a bit different for these shows.

Announced on Thursday, Braids will embark on a trek across North America with the assistance of a string ensemble. The tour kicks off on May 27 at Los Angeles’ Knitting Factory NoHo, and it’ll feature stops in Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, and New York City. On June 10, Braids will bring the string ensemble performance to London’s Kings Place Hall One.

The band said this about their special headlining shows:

“This upcoming concert series will be our most ambitious live shows yet, as we are joined on stage by string ensembles and immersive live visuals. Our new album Euphoric Recall sees us writing and arranging for strings for the very first time. As the album took shape we knew that we wanted to have the lush, cinematic textures of a real string ensemble. We set out teaching ourselves how to compose for strings - in the room all 3 of us throwing melodic and textural ideas back and forth - a real creative sandbox approach. Having the arrangements come to life in the studio was an absolute highlight for us and as we heard the songs elevated to new levels, we knew that we had to present a version of the live show with the full ensemble.
These six shows, in some of our favorite music cities, will be the very first taste of that, and the first time we’ve ever played live with expanded orchestration. We have also been working with installation/digital media artist Nima Navab on creating immersive AI generated visuals to accompany our album. We’ve been sharing this over the past couple months online and it's been fun to see people as intrigued by the uncanny visuals as we are. These immersive and sometimes overwhelming videos will even further elevate the shows into the most holistic presentation of our musical world. Over the past 10 years we have been lucky enough to play over 500 concerts all around the world, so we see this performance series as an exciting new journey for us. These will certainly be shows not to miss. We look forward to seeing you out there!”

Tour dates can be seen below. Tickets are on sale to the general public right now here.

Euphoric Recall will be released on April 28th via Secret City Records. Pre-orders for the record can be made here.

Braids tour dates

05/27 - Los Angeles, CA @ Knitting Factory NoHo

05/30 - Toronto, ON @ Paradise Theatre

06/01 - Ottawa, ON @ Club SAW

06/02 - Montreal QC @ Society for Arts & Technology

06/04 - New York, NY @ Racket

06/10 - London, UK @ Kings Place Hall One