Animal Collective Single and Tour Dates Announced

23/08/05

Animal Collective return to the fray with a brand new three-track single, Grass, released on September 26th. The single will be available on both 7� and CD single formats, and precedes a new album, Feels, which will arrive three weeks later (17th October), and a full European tour. Lifted from that album, the title track of the single is a brilliant three-minute slice of feral, infectious pop, driven by pounding drums and yelping and hollering vocals.
Two further tracks – ‘Must Be Treeman’ and ‘Fickle Cycle’ are exclusive to this single. The former is a derailed slice of acid ambience – all mushroomed, munchkin vocals and collapsing veils of treated electronics, whilst ‘Fickle Cycle’ - a live favourite – is another stunning rhythmic piece that perfectly complements ‘Grass’, making this an incredibly strong single.

You can check out MP3 clips of these songs and find more info on the Records page.

The other good news is that a whole bunch of shows are now confirmed for the band's European tour and whilst some of these are still TBC, there are going to be dates in those countries on that day. As soon as we get more details they will be posted in the Events section.

OCTOBER:
18/10 – Portugal: Coimbra: TBC
19/10 – Portugal: Porto: Casa da Musica
20/10 – Portugal: Lisbon: TBC
22/10 - UK: Glasgow: ABC2
23/10 - UK: Nottingham: Rescue Rooms
24/10 - UK: Bristol: The Fleece
25/10 - UK: London: Scala
27/10 - Amsterdam: Paradiso
28/10 - Belgium: Brussels: AB
29/10 - Belgium: Ghent : Kraak Pauze Festival
30/10 - France: Soy Festival: Nantes
31/10 - France: Paris: Nouvelle Casino

NOVEMBER:
3/11 - Italy: Rome: Circolo Degli Artisti
4/11 - Italy: Bologna: Il Covo
5/11 - Spain: Castellón: Tanned Tin festival
8/11 - Germany: Frankfurt: Brotfabrik
9/11 - Germany: Munich: Zerwirk-Saal
10/11 - Germany: Berlin : Volksbuhne
11/11 - Germany: Hamburg: Weltbuehne
12/11 - The Netherlands: Utrecht: Theatre Kikker
13/11 - Denmark: Arhus: Voxhall
14/11 - Scandinavia Goteborg: Nefertiti
15/11 - Scandinavia: Stockholm: Sodra Teatern
16/11 - Scandinavia : Malmo: Chokladfabriken

Following the European dates, the band will then head home for a few select US dates as follows:

20/11 - New York City, NY, Webster Hall
21/11 - San Francisco, CA, Great American Music Hall
22/11 - Los Angeles, CA, El Rey Theatre