The group will launch the club tour in Chicago at the Empty Bottle July 8, with a dozen more dates planned over the next two weeks. The trek is to finish in Philadelphia July 21 at The Pageant Gallery.

Icy Demons is led by bassist/producer Griffin Rodriquez, a veteran of Bablicon and Need New Body, and Man Man drummer Chris Powell. The group started as an improvisational project and has evolved into a five-piece maelstrom of spastic electro-jazz.

The band’s sophomore album, Tears Of A Clone, is set for release September 12 on Eastern Developments, the label run by Guillermo Scott Herren, a.k.a. Prefuse 73.