In April 2026 Williams shared a new song, “Doctor Octopus” on East Village Radio ; Stanier subsequently confirmed a new Battles album would be released in the near future .
In December 2021, it was announced the band would tour North America in April and May 2022 as the opening act on Primus ‘ A Tribute to Kings tour. In September 2023, the band was the opening act for Mr. Bungle ‘s seven-date North American tour.
Konopka left the band in 2018, although the news was not confirmed until May 2019. The band played their first show as a duo in July 2019, at the Dour Festival in Belgium. Their fourth album, Juice B Crypts , was released on October 18, 2019. It features collaborations with…
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In 2014, their third album, La Di Da Di , was released on September 18, 2015. This was preceded by a live session through Warp Records of them performing four new songs in New York City. The stream was up for 24 hours only, and was set on a constant…
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Battles’ second album, Gloss Drop , was released on June 6, 2011, featuring guests including Matias Aguayo , Gary Numan , Kazu Makino , and Yamantaka Eye . The band announced a spring tour in support of the record. In December 2011, the band curated the All Tomorrow’s Parties “Nightmare…
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Braxton left the group in August 2010, indicating that he did not wish to tour, although Battles already had a touring schedule lined up for the upcoming year. Speaking about the split in 2013 to The Brag , Braxton pointed to a “long standing divide” between himself and his bandmates.
Their first studio album, Mirrored , was recorded by Keith Souza at Machines with Magnets, and released on May 14, 2007, preceded by a single, ” Atlas “. The single was the NME ‘s Single of the Week, and went on to reach number one in the Dandelion Radio Festive…
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Battles released two EPs , EP C , B EP , and the single “Tras” before signing to Warp Records . Warp compiled these early recordings and released them as an album, titled EP C / B EP , in February 2006.