American experimental pop group Animal Collective have announced their upcoming UK and European tour alongside the release of a new single. The tour will follow on from a spring US tour; the band will hit the road across UK and Europe, beginning on November 2nd at Dolan’s in Limerick, Ireland. They will then call in at venues in Dublin, Bristol, Manchester and Glasgow before heading across to mainland Europe for a run of dates that will wrap up on November 27th in Cologne.
On top of the announcement of their tour dates, Animal Collective have also shared the third track from their upcoming album following on from recent singles “Prester John” and “Walker” a tribute track to famous singer Scott Walker of The Walker Brothers who died around the time of the track’s writing (March 2019). Now they have released “Strung With Everything” an experimental, psychedelia-inspired record that runs at just under seven minutes. The track also comes alongside a colourful somewhat psychedelic animated video directed by Abby Portner.
Portner discussed her work with the band on the video, she said: “Recently for Animal Collective’s live shows I have been designing and animating all of the video content out of cut paper. I have been editing together symbols and coloured static silhouettes that match the music’s feeling and rhythm. The videos are like pictographs that tell a story organically and simply. For the ‘Strung With Everything’ video we wanted to continue with this process to match the style of the band’s live shows in a music video.”
The song will feature on the band’s upcoming record and 11th studio album, Time Skiffs (pictured below), on February 4 via Domino; it will be Avey Tare, Panda Bear, Geologist and Deakin’s first album since 2016’s Painting With.
You can pre-order the album here as well as view Animal Collective’s UK and European tour dates below with tickets available here.
Animal Collective UK and European Tour Dates:
07/09/22 Madrid, ES – Mad Cool Fest – Madrid, Spain
11/02 Dolan’s – Limerick Ireland
11/03 National Concert Hall – Dublin, Ireland
11/06 SWX – Bristol, UK
11/07 Albert Hall – Manchester, UK
11/09 Saint Luke’s – Glasgow, UK
11/12 Le Grand Mix – Tourcoing, France
11/15 Übel & Gefährlich – Hamburg, Germany
11/16 Kesselhaus – Berlin, Germany
11/17 Prague, CZ – MeetFactory – Prague, Czech Republic
11/19 Arena – Vienna, Austria
11/20 Freiheiz – Munich, Germany
11/21 Fri-Son – Fribourg, Switzerland
11/23 Atelier – Luxembourg
11/24 Paris, FR – Trabendo – Paris, France
11/27 Cologne, DE – Luxor – Colgone, Germnay
