In less than two weeks the psychedelic pop group of Montreal will release its 11th album, titled Paralytic Stalks. Before the group drops the album on February 7th through Polyvinyl, you can listen to an exclusive album stream at SPIN.com.
The album was recorded in front man Kevin Barnes’s home studio in Athens, Georgia and was mainly produced by Barnes himself. Several session musicians were hired to help the band create the precise sound they wanted.
In promotion of Paralytic Stalks, the band has planned a nationwide tour that will begin mid February and end in April. Of Montreal will be accompanied by Kishi Bashi, Cults, Deerhoof, Loney Dear, and Hard Nips and Computer Magic. Check out the track list and tour dates below.
Paralytic Stalks Tracklist:
1. Gelid Ascent
2. Spiteful Intervention
3. Dour Percentage
4. We Will Commit Wolf Murder
5. Malefic Dowery
6. Ye, Renew the Plaintiff
7. Wintered Debts
8. Exorcismic Breeding Knife
9. Authentic Pyrrhic Remission
of Montreal 2012 Tour Dates:
02/17 – Athens, GA @ Georgia Theatre
03/07 – Jacksonville, FL @ Freebird Live
03/08 – Orlando, FL @ The Plaza Live
03/09 – Mobile, AL @ Alabama Music Box
03/10 – New Orleans, LA @ Howlin Wolf
03/11 – Houston, TX @ Fitzgeralds
03/12 – Oklahoma City, OK @ ACM @ UCO Performance Lab
03/13 – Dallas, TX @ Tree’s
03/14 – McAllen, TX @ Sofie’s Saloon
03/15 – Austin, TX @ Emo’s East (South by Southwest)
03/18 – El Paso, TX @ Tricky Falls
03/19 – Tucson, AZ @ Rialto
03/20 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Wiltern
03/21 – San Francisco, CA @ Slim’s
03/22 – San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore
03/23 – Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom
03/24 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox at the Market
03/25 – Boise, ID @ Treefort Music Festival
03/27 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue
03/28 – Chicago, IL @ Metro
03/29 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
03/30 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
03/31 – New York, NY @ Webster Hall
04/01 – Boston, MA @ The Paradise
04/02 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
04/03 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
04/04 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
04/05 – Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
04/06 – Chattanooga, TN @ Track 29
04/07 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
04/16 – Helsinki, FI @ Tavastia
04/17 – Oslo, NO @ Rockefeller
04/18 – Arhus, DK @ Train
04/19 – Cologne, DE @ Werkstatt
04/20 – Rotterdam, NL @ Motel Mozaique
04/21 – Brussels, BE @ Orangerie
04/22 – Manchester, UK @ Ritz
04/23 – Leeds, UK @ Irish Centre
04/25 – London, UK @ Koko
04/26 – Brighton, UK @ Concorde 2
04/27 – Paris, FR @ Trianon
04/29 – Nantes, FR @ Stereolux
04/30 – Madrid, ES @ Joy Eslava
05/02 – Nice, FR @ Theatre Lino Venture
05/03 – Rome, IT @ Circolo degil artisti
05/04 – Milan, IT @ Magnolia
05/07 – Tel Aviv, IL @ Barby Club
05/09 – Istanbul, TR @ Babylon