With the final countdown to the release of the fantastic Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer? underway, Of Montreal are packing their bags for an insanely long road trip.

Tonight, the Athens gang will kick things off in Memphis. If all goes according plan (read: no exhaustion-induced collapses), the trek will run through early April. According to Of Montreal's publicist, the band's live show will include "three projection screens, a giant animal...that [bandleader] Kevin [Barnes] will climb in and out of, a ten-foot-high dress that he sings in, [and] costume changes." Holy smokes.

In other Of Montreal news, remember that limited edition "She's a Rejecter" seven inch? Those not into wax can now gank cyber trax from eMusic, where an exclusive digital release of the three-song single is currently available. Like its vinyl predecessor, it features two Hissing Fauna numbers, as well as B-side "Little Rock".

Of Montreal will also record a KEXP session on February 9.

Hissing Fauna drops on both CD and 2XLP on Tuesday (January 23), sharing a due date with Of Montreal's previously reported Icons, Abstract Thee EP. Both are being released courtesy of Polyvinyl. You can stream the album here.

Dates:

01-19 Memphis, TN - HiTone Café *
01-20 New Orleans, LA - Republic *
01-21 San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit *+
01-22 Lubbock, TX - Jake's Backroom *+
01-23 Albuquerque, NM - Launch Pad *
01-24 Tempe, AZ - Clubhouse #
01-25 Park City, UT - Music on Main (Sundance)
01-26 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey ^
01-27 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon ^
01-28 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour |
01-30 San Diego, CA - SOMA |
01-31 Santa Cruz, CA - Attic
02-01 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
02-02 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall |
02-03 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall ^
02-05 Arcata, CA - Kate Buchanan Hall at Humboldt State University
02-06 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
02-07 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards =
02-09 Seattle, WA - Showbox |
02-10 Eugene, OR - WOW Hall |
02-12 Sacramento, CA - Union Ballroom at Sacramento State University ^
02-13 Las Vegas, NV - Art Bar
02-14 Tucson, AZ - Rialto ^
02-16 Austin, TX - Emo's %
02-17 Houston, TX - Numbers %
02-18 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Ballroom %
02-19 Norman, OK - Meacham Auditorium at University of Oklahoma %
02-20 Lawrence, KS - Granada %
02-21 Columbia, MO - Blue Note %
02-22 Springfield, MO - Remington's Downtown %
02-23 Birmingham, AL - BottleTree %
02-24 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse %
03-05 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle &@
03-06 Falls Church, VA - State Theatre &@
03-07 Clinton, NY - Annex at Hamilton College &@
03-08 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero &@
03-09 New York, NY - Irving Plaza &@
03-10 New York, NY - Irving Plaza $
03-11 Boston, MA - Avalon &$
03-12 Montreal, Quebec - Le Tulipe &
03-13 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House &
03-14 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick &
03-15 Chicago, IL - Metro &
03-16 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue $
03-17 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre $
03-19 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom $
03-20 Newport, KY - Southgate House $
03-21 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge $
03-22 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle $
03-23 Columbia, SC - Headliners $
03-29 Gainesville, FL - Abbey Road $!
03-30 Miami, FL - Studio A $!
03-31 Orlando, FL - Club at Firestone $!
04-01 Jacksonville, FL - Freebird Live $!
04-02 Tallahassee, FL - Moon $!

* with A Hawk and a Hacksaw
+ with DJ Jester the Filipino Fist
# with Peachcake
^ with Ariel Pink
| with the Blow
= with DJ Trevor Risk
% with Elekibass
& with Grand Buffet
@ with Mixel Pixel
$ with Loney, Dear
! with Pigeon John

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wee wee shot
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Of course if you are under 18 kittyradio strongly urges you not too look at a penis as body parts hidden behind undies are evil.

Hello, Kevin Barnes! Jesus.

I want to get tickets to that Toronto show. Does anyone know if they're good live?



And death to Pitchfork.

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I want to go to an NYC date but I don;t think I can get away that soon...and youd think that nudity would induce me to make time to go but it scares me instead.

Of Montreal's Kevin Barnes Explains Nudity
He was just trying to bring about world peace, see

So, Kevin Barnes of Of Montreal. Why'd ya do it? Why'd ya go and strip naked (except for fishnet stockings and a red cummerbund, of course) on stage in Las Vegas last week?

Well, according to an interview with Dan Moore that aired on WITR, the Rochester Institute of Technology's college radio station, on February 20, he was just trying to get us all to free our minds. (Our asses would, presumably, follow).

Barnes said, "I always wanted to perform naked...it's kind of my concept, to bring world peace to the Earth if everyone had to stand naked in front of their peers once a month. I think it's good because it forces you to sort of come to terms with any sort of body issues that you might have and it sort of like cleanses your emotional palette.

"A lot of people get this anxiety that's like 'I was naked in front of an audience!' and stuff, but I think it's kind of cool for people to be able to face that without going to jail. That's the thing, too, I had to pick Vegas because that's the only 21+ venue we're playing on this whole tour, and I didn't want to become a sex offender, because that would be pretty dreadful."

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