The Brighton trio will release Wash the Sins Not Only The Face in 2013.

Esben and the Witch, whose self-styled brand of “nightmare pop” is a goth-tinged blend of folk and pop, have announced their follow-up to 2011’s Violet Cries. Wash the Sins Not Only The Face takes its name from a Greek palindromic phrase, in the same way that the band’s name is derived from a Danish fairy tale.

The band’s second album on Matador is due out on January 21, 2013. Until then, stream ‘Deathwaltz,’ a more immediate, percussive song than their shoegazey debut. The album art and the band’s European tour dates follow.

07 Feb Birmingham – Hare & Hounds
08 Feb Glasgow – School Of Art
09 Feb Manchester – Bunker
15 Feb Brussels – Botanique
16 Feb Munster – Gleiss 22
17 Feb Hamburg – Knust
18 Feb Berlin – Bi Nuu
20 Feb Munich – 59to1
21 Feb ZÜrich – Rote Fabrik
22 Feb Cologne – Gebaude 9
23 Feb Utrecht – Tivoli Oudegracht Spiegelbar
26 Feb London – Scala