Of Montreal to back new set with extensive roadwork
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Indie popsters Of Montreal will embark on a sprawling North American club tour in January to back their upcoming studio release, "Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?"
The Athens, GA, quintet (named after frontman Kevin Barnes' broken romance with a woman from Montreal) will kick things off Jan. 19 in Memphis. The outing currently comprises more than 50 dates and runs into April.
A variety of opening acts will join the group along the way, including A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Grand Buffet and Peachcake.
"Hissing Fauna," set for a Jan. 23 release, follows last year's "The Sunlandic Twins," and its download-only remix companion, "The Satanic Twins." The new album contains 12 tracks, and was recorded with "some thoroughly rad help" from James Huggins, the Late B.P. Helium, Nina Twin, Heather McIntosh, Georgie Fruit, and Alabee Blonde, according to a press release.
The group, which formed in the late '90s and became part of a second wave of Elephant 6 bands (a collective that featured Olivia Tremor Control and Neutral Milk Hotel), sports several songs from its previous pair of albums on its official website.
January 2007
19 - Memphis, TN - HiTone
20 - New Orleans, LA - Republic
21 - San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
22 - Lubbock, TX - Jake's Backroom
23 - Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
24 - Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse
25 - Park City, UT - Music On Main at Sundance
26 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey
27 - Los Angeles, CA - Avalon
28 - West Hollywood, CA - Troubadour
30 - San Diego, CA - SOMA
31 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Attic
February 2007
1 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
2, 3 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
5 - Arcata, CA - Kate Buchanan Hall @ Humboldt State University
6 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
7 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's On Richards
9 - Seattle, WA - Showbox
10 - Eugene, OR - W.O.W. Hall
12 - Sacramento, CA - Union Ballroom @ Sacramento State
13 - Las Vegas, NV - venue to be announced
14 - Tuscon, AZ - Rialto
16 - Austin, TX - Emo's
17 - Houston, TX - Numbers
18 - Dallas, TX - Gypsy Ballroom
19 - Norman, OK - Meacham Auditorium
20 - Lawrence, KS - Granada
21 - Columbia, MO - Blue Note
22 - St Louis, MO - Mississippi Nights
23 - Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
24 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
March 2007
5 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
6 - Fall's Church, VA - State Theatre
7 - Clinton, NY - The Annex @ Hamilton College
8 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
9, 10 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
11 - Boston, MA - Avalon
12 - Montreal, Quebec - La Tulipe
13 - Toronto, Ontario - Opera House
14 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
15 - Chicago, IL - Cabaret Metro
16 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
17 - Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre
19 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
20 - Newport, KY - Southgate House
21 - Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
22 - Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle
23 - Columbia, SC - Headliners
29 - Gainesville, FL - Abbey Road
30 - Miami, FL - Studio A
31 - Orlando, FL - The Club at Firestone
April 2007
1 - Jacksonville, FL - Freebird Live
2 - Tallahassee, FL - The Moon
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