Psych-pop band Of Montreal have announced their next studio album Aureate Gloom (that's the album cover up above), which will be their 13th overall and their first since 2013's country-flavored Lousy With Sylvianbriar. According to an interview with Stereogum, frontman Kevin Barnes said that the album was inspired by the "mid to late '70s music scene in New York," though if you were expecting punk, the disco-tinged lead single "Bassem Sabry" would beg to differ. The album is set for release on March 3 through Polyvinyl.
You can check out Of Montreal's funky new single "Bassem Sabry" right here:
"I was going through a very stormy period in my life and felt like I was just completely trashed," Kevin Barnes said about the album in a press release (via Pitchfork). "I might be guilty of sharing or exposing too much of my private life, but to me the best albums are those that help people connect with an artist on a deep, human level and that do so without too much artifice or evasiveness."
You can check out the tracklist for Aureate Gloom right here:
01. Bassem Sabry
02. Last Rites At The Jane Hotel
03. Empyrean Abbatoir
04. Aluminum Crown
05. Virgillian Lots
06. Monolithic Egress
07. Apollyon Of Blue Room
08. Estocadas
09. Chthonian Dirge For Uruk The Other
10. Like Ashoka's Inferno of Memory
You can check out Of Montreal's upcoming tour dates right here, including Kevin Barnes' solo set at Baby's All Right in New York this Thursday, Dec. 11:
12/11: New York, NY @ Baby's All Right (Kevin Barnes solo)
01/13: Tallahassee, FL @ The Moon
01/14: Pensacola, FL @ Vinyl Music Hall
01/15: Gainesville, FL @ High Dive
01/16: Orlando, FL @ The Social
01/17: Tampa, FL @ Crowbar
01/18: Miami, FL @ Grand Central
01/19: Jacksonville, FL @ Freebird Live
01/20: Macon, GA @ Cox Capitol Theatre
01/21: Charleston, SC @ The Pour House
01/22: Greensboro, NC @ The Blind Tiger
01/23: Nashville, TN @ Mercy Lounge
01/24: Chattanooga, TN @ Rhythm and Brews
What do you think of Of Montreal's new song "Bassem Sabry"? Let us know down in the comments section below!
