Not that I’m breaking any news here, but of Montreal have a distinctive live show. And until psychedelic dancers dressed in tiger masks, ten-foot-tall dresses, and monsters with giant fists become the norm, they’ll probably stay pretty darn distinctive. Though what if you have an aversion to such things? Not, like, you dislike them, but you have an actual doctor’s note saying to avoid exposure to psych-fantasy visuals? Well, wonderful news, friend. You, too, can safely experience the of Montreal live show with their upcoming live album, Lustrous Doomings, due out April 18 through Polyvinyl.
If you’ve been keeping up with record store-based holidays, you know that April 18 is Record Store Day. As such, the record is an RSD exclusive, limited to 3000 copies. Each copy is a 2xLP pressed onto 180 gram yellow-and-orange vinyl, possibly too colorful for the psych-averse but, whatever, you’ll manage. The 19-track album consists of 90 minutes of recording from performances at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall and Portland’s Wonder Ballroom, thus bending the laws of time and space.
For those without the hang-ups, of Montreal are currently on tour. They’ll be on the road until early April, dragging a practical warehouse of costumes and sets from East Coast to West Coast and back. Go see it if you’re not afraid of exploding mushrooms full of confetti or, you know, other stuff like that.
Snare Lustrous Doomings tracklist:
01. Suffer for Fashion
02. Fugitive Air
03. A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger
04. The Party’s Crashing Us
05. Triumph of Disintegration
06. Coquet Coquette
07. Obsidian Currents
08. Time Will Show the Wiser
09. Honeymoon in San Francisco
10. You Do Mutilate?
11. Wraith Pinned to the Mist and Other Games
12. Bunny Ain’t No Kind of Rider
13. Plastis Wafer
14. St. Exquisite’s Confessions
15. Oslo in the Summertime
16. Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse
17. Gronlandic Edit
18. She’s a Rejecter
19. The Past Is a Grotesque Animal
of Montreal dates:
03.11.15 - New York, NY - Webster Hall #
03.12.15 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom *
03.13.15 - Chicago, IL - The Metro *
03.14.15 - Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall *
03.15.15 - Minneapolis, MN - First Ave *
03.16.15 - Omaha, NE - Waiting Room *
03.17.15 - Oklahoma City, OK - ACM @ UCO Performance Lab *
03.18.15 - Houston, TX - Walter’s Downtown *
03.19.15 - Austin, TX - SXSW
03.20.15 - El Paso, TX - Tricky Falls !
03.21.15 - Tucson, AZ - The Rialto !
03.22.15 - Los Angeles, CA - The Regent !
03.23.15 - Los Angeles, CA - Largo at the Coronet
03.24.15 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall !
03.25.15 - San Francisco, CA - Slim’s !
03.26.15 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom !
03.27.15 - Seattle, WA - Neumo’s !
03.28.15 - Boise, ID - Treefort Festival
03.29.15 - Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge !
03.30.15 - Aspen, CO - Belly Up Aspen !
03.31.15 - Denver, CO - Bluebird !
04.01.15 - Lawrence, KS - The Granada !
04.02.15 - Dallas, TX - Trees !
04.03.15 - Austin, TX - The Mohawk !
04.04.15 - New Orleans, LA - Howlin’ Wolf !
^ Nedelle Torrisi
# Yonatan Gat
* Deerhoof
! Yip Deceiver
• of Montreal: http://www.ofmontreal.net
• Polyvinyl: https://www.polyvinylrecords.com
[Photo: Chad Kamenshine]