Ames, Iowa's Poison Control Center have announced that they've signed to Minneapolis' Afternoon Records, and will be releasing their debut full-length, A Collage of Impressions, this fall. The label will also be releasing a limited edition EP on July 10 with the album's first single, plus five other tracks. I've been anxiously awaiting this debut for a long time.

And of direct interest to Optical Atlas is that the band will be covering some songs from Olivia Tremor Control's Music from the Unrealized Film Script: Dusk at Cubist Castle on a tour-only CD. As previously mentioned, the band will also be featured on a split 7" with The Apples in Stereo on Happy Happy Birthday to Me's upcoming Single of the Month Club.

The PCC will be hitting the road in July. Dates below. And you can hear their first single, "Glory Us," at the band's MySpace page.


Upcoming Shows

06.15.07 Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
06.16.07 Ames, IA @ Bali Satay
07.03.07 St. Paul, MN @ Big V's
07.04.07 Minneapolis, MN @ Hexagon bar
07.05.07 Chicago, IL @ The Darkroom
07.06.07 Dekalb, IL @ Otto's
07.07.07 Grand Rapids, MI @ The DAAC
07.12.07 Cincinnati, OH @ Northside Tavern
07.14.07 Indianapolis, IN @ Irving Theater
07.16.07 St. Louis, MO @ CBGB's
07.17.07 Kansas City, MO @ The Brick
08.10.07 Athens, GA @ Athens PopFest
08.12.07 Murfreesboro, TN @ Murfreesboro Pop Fest
09.21.07 Ames, IA @ Iowa State University
11.11.07 Northhampton, MA @ New England Popfest