Tune into LA’s KXLU this afternoon 4pm pacific time to check out our in-studio performance! Then next week we will be performing again at KEXP in Seattle! More details soon.

We have wrapped up our European tour. What an amazing time! It was so good. So good. Now we have our sites on the US and we can’t wait! We have an in-studio with KEXP in Seattle and KXLU will be putting on our LA show so we are very excited about that. We will make a formal announcement in the next day or two about those. In the meantime, we have upload “Royal Colors” to our soundcloud site so you can download it there. See you at the show!

Our new album Echo Ono comes out next week – Feb, 20 in the UK and the 21st in the US and EU. We couldn’t be more excited.

Here is some pre-reviews of our upcoming album:

“You should pay attention to them because they rule.” Stereogum

– “With nine releases in seven years, Pontiak has established itself as one of the most prolific, genre-proof and original bands on the American rock scene. With Echo Ono, they only up the ante. Nine songs over 33 minutes and change. All analog. No bullshit. Just organic heaviness cobbled out of guitar, bass, drums, subtle washes of keyboard and droning vocals. This music is performed, not Pro-Tooled.” – Creative Loafing 4/5 stars

– “‘Lions of Least’ screeches into view positively brandishing its heavy metal iron-on patches … leonine pomp and a classic, sledgehammer riff. Riffs are important, impressive and assertive, too, on ‘The North Coast’, ‘Left With Lights’ … This being Pontiak, though, even at these heaviest moments there are always subtleties to be found – a lightness or deft switch in texture or mood, a silence or softness as counterpoint to the sturm und drang.” – The Liminal

– “They’ve always had serious power and unmistakeable mojo, but based on the taste this video offers, we suspect we’re gonna get our head snapped back proper by Echo Ono.” Dirty Impound

– “… this is Pontiak distilled into tear-shaped dots, taken on the tongue for instant rush and gratification. It’s an album that is just as addictive too – you will be rotating this one ad nauseum. And don’t get me started on the closing motorik monster ‘Panoptica’… Which means…if you like balls to the wall blues rock that has been lost in the Texan desert and is suffering from hallucinations, dehydration and snakebites, you’ll be queuing up to let this record salve the wounds.” Sonic Masala

– “Ma è la seconda parte del disco a riservare le sorprese maggiori, svelandoci un lato della band che solo i più attenti avranno già assaporato: riprendendo la lezione di Comecrudos, i Pontiak disegnano paesaggi acustici mozzafiato, con The Expanding Sky che traduce i Pink Floyd al Nuovo Mondo, la luccicante Silver Shadow che sembra aggiustare il tiro verso i Black Mountain.” (Italy) Music Zoom

– “… donde dan un vuelco completo al sonido para retorcerlo y volverlo completamente crudo y áspero, pero ante todo completamente psicodélico, sin tener nada que envidiar a los dinosaurios del estilo, demostrando ser unos excelentes pupilos.” (Spain) Tomb of God

We are happy to announce three final shows for our upcoming European Tour!

Stereogum premiered our new video for “Lions of Least”. You can read the story and watch the video here or down below in the video section.

We have three more European shows to announce!

2/28/2012 CH Zurich @ Rote Fabrik
3/4/2012 CH Geneva @ Le Kab
3/17/2012 UK Birmingham PST Club with White Hills

We are happy to announce our first round of dates for our upcoming European tour to support the release of Echo Ono. We have a few more dates to announce soon, and we will have US dates to announce for later in the Spring. We look forward to getting back to Europe and seeing all of you at the shows!

See the dates in our Shows listing.

Our new studio album “Echo Ono” will be released by Thrill Jockey February 21, 2012. We are very excited about its release and will be touring Europe and North America to support it. We have dates to announce for both continents very soon. We’ve posted a video preview of the album and the single “Lions of Least“. We look forward to seeing you at the show!

Our new single “Lions of Least” has been released by Thrill Jockey. You can read about it here at Stereogum. We will be playing our new material from Echo Ono next week when we hit the road with White Hills. Show schedule below. See you at the show!

We are happy to announce several shows confirmed for December with White Hills. We will be performing new material from our upcoming album which has a February US release date. We look forward to seeing you at the shows!

12/7/ Philadelphia PA @O’Reily’s Pub
12/8/ Hudson NY @ Jeandeux
12/9/ New Haven CT @ Rudy’s
12/10/ Brooklyn NY @ Littlefield