Yakuza Confirms More Tour Dates, Posts New Song, "Congestive Art Failure," Online

Chicago's YAKUZA has confirmed more dates on the band’s upcoming tour down to South By Southwest, featuring a showcase alongside Serj Tankian, and up the West Coast into Canada, culminating in a hometown show in April supporting Disfear. Additionally, the band has posted the track “Congestive Art Failure,” which joins the previously posted new tracks “Egocide” and Praying For Asteroids” on the band’s MySpace page.

YAKUZA continues to support the critically-acclaimed "Transmutations," which saw a summer 2007 release through Prosthetic Records. The follow-up to "Samsara," "Transmutations" was recorded with producer and multi-instrumentalist Sanford Parker (Rwake, Pelican, Minsk) in Chicago and has spawned a video for the track “Black Market Liver” which was directed by Sara Jean and is available online on YouTube.

Here are the latest YAKUZA tour dates:

3/09 St. Louis, MO – APOP Records (in store performance, all ages)
3/09 St. Louis, MO – Creepy Crawl
3/10 Memphis, TN – Black Lodge Video
3/11 Fayetteville, AR – Old Post Office (with Deadbird)
3/13 Austin, TX – La Zona Rosa (SXSW with Serj Tankian)
3/14 Austin, TX – Mugshots (SXSW day show)
3/15 Austin, TX – SXSW TBA
3/16 San Antonio, TX – The Crossing (post-SXSW BBQ and bands)
3/17 El Paso, TX – KOAQ St. Patrick’s Fest
3/18 Tempe, AZ - Clubhouse
3/19 Glendale, CA – The Scene Bar
3/20 Los Angeles, CA – The Key Club
3/21 San Diego, CA - Chasers
3/22 Long Beach, CA – Skate Bar
3/24 San Francisco, CA – Elbo Room
3/25 Portland, OR – Rotture
3/27 Vancouver, BC – The Cobalt (with Anonymous)
3/28 Kamloops, BC – Chili’s Bar And Grill
3/29 Calgary, Alberta – The Underground
3/30 Edmonton, AB – New City Compound
3/31 Saskatoon, SK – Le Relais
4/02 Winnipeg, Manitoba – The Royal Albert
4/04 Chicago, IL – The Hideout (with Rabid Rabbit, Kommandant)
4/08 Davis, IL – ILDM Clubhouse
4/22 Chicago, IL – Subterranean (with Disfear, The Revitalized Sweet Cobra)

Yakuza with Behold…The Arctopus
5/13 London, ONT – Call The Office
5/15 St. Catherines, ON – L3
5/16 Hamilton, ONT – Absinthe
5/17 Windsor, ONT – Coach And Horses

Yakuza's "Black Market Liver" music video: