The Assailant update and tour

Seattle's The Assailant have now hooked up with Black Matter Records for the release of their upcoming CD. Black Matter, a division of Hater Of God Records, will release the CD later this summer. The effort is currently being pressed and will consist of eight tracks. The label will also release a full-length by the band sometime next year. Additionally, The Assailant has lined up splits with both Slave Union and The Fire Walk With Me. In related news, the group will be touring extensively in August and September. Here's the latest: 8/6 Portland OR @ Solidstate w/ Rhythm of 84, more 8/7 San Francisco CA @ TBA 8/8 Long Beach CA @ Koos Cafe w/ Glass and Ashes, more 8/9 San Diego CA @ Che Cafe w/ Tafkata, more 8/10 Phoenix AZ @ Tribe House w/ In Absentia, more 8/11 Santa Fe TX @ The Red House w/ North Lincoln, more 8/12 Ft Worth TX @ 1919 Hemphill w/ North Lincoln 8/13 Houstin TX @ Polk St. Warehouse w/ Rosa, more 8/14 New Orleans LA @ Banks Street Warehouse w/ more 8/15 Birmingham AL @ Cave 9 w/ Magrudergrind 8/16 Daytona Beach FL @ The Union Hall w/ Die Young, more 8/17 Miami FL @ The Alley w/ Black Line Grind, more 8/18 Atlanta GA @ The Neutron Bomb 8/19 Athens GA @ Tight Pockets w/ Rats Into Robots, more 8/20 Myrtle Beach SC @ The Limelight 8/21 Harrisonburg VA @ The Crayola House w/ Aggrocrag, more 8/22 Baltimore, MD @ TBA 8/23 Altoona PA @ TBA 8/24 Newark DE @ Club Vegetable 8/25 Philadelphia PA @ TBA 8/27 Long Island NY @ TBA 8/28 New York NY @ ABC No Rio (matinee) w/ LIAV, more 8/28 Mahwah NJ @ TBA w/ Balboa, more 8/29 Wallingford CT @ Ward St. w/ Balboa, more 8/30 Boston MA @ TBA w/ Balboa 8/31 Taunton MA @ TBA 9/1 Albany NY @ Valentines Downstairs w/ more 9/2 Rochester NY @ TBA w/ Never Enough 9/3 Syracuse NY @ Westcott Center w/ Ed Gein, Anodyne, more 9/4 Columbus OH @ TBA w/ Rats Into Robots 9/5 Detroit MI @ Bottlerocket Fest 9/6 Indiana @ TBA w/ Phoenix Bodies, more 9/7 Chicago IL @ TBA 9/8 Madison WI @ Owl Sanctuary 9/9 Minnesota @ TBA w/ Icollide 9/10 Omaha NE @ TBA w/ Icollide 9/11 Lincoln NE @ TBA w/ Icollide 9/12 Des Moines @ TBA w/ Magrudergrind 9/13 Springfield MO @ TBA w/ Emergency Surgery 9/14 Wichita KS @ TBA 9/15 Denver CO @ TBA w/ The Great Redneck Hope 9/16 Provo UT @ TBA 9/17 Reno, NV @ TBA 9/18 San Francisco CA @ TBA