I’m pretty pumped about of Montreal (yes, we’ve decided to go with the "official" way of presenting their name) heading out on tour. Not because they are coming to my town, but because they are from my town, and I get a vay-cay from those asses for about two months. Suh-weet! Just kidding, they’re awesome kids.

The band is heading over to Europe in early August for a few festival dates, followed by a small European tour in October and about of month of U.S. dates. The band is doing all this mess to promote their new album Skeletal Lamping, due on Polyvinyl October 7 (TMT News). The cover features some naked people, one of which I recognized as the dude who cuts my hair. I’m pretty sure it’s him. It looks exactly like him, and he’s friends with the band. I don’t know those other nudies.

Skeletal Lamping tracklist:

1. Nonpareil of Favor 2. Wicked Wisdom 3. For Our Elegant Castle 4. Touched Something’s Hollow 5. An Eluardian Instance 6. Gallery Piece 7. Women’s Studies Victims 8. St.Exquisite’s Confessions 9. Triphallus, to Punctuate! 10. And I’ve Seen a Bloody Shadow 11. Plastis Wafers 12. Death Is Not a Parallel Move 13. Beware Our Nubile Miscreants 14. Mingusings 15. Id Engager

Tourdates:

08.08.08 - Myslowrice, Poland - OFF Festival 08.09.09 - London, UK - Field Day Festival 08.10.08 - Leicester, UK - Summer Sundae Weekender 10.15.08 - Paris, France - Elysee Montmartre 10.16.08 - London, UK - Koko 10.17.08 - Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz 10.18.08 - Rome, Italy - Circolo degli Artisti 10.19.08 - Berlin, Germany - Kesselhaus 10.20.08 - Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser Medis 10.21.08 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Amager Bio 10.24.08 - St. Louis, MO - The Pageant ^ 10.25.08 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue 10.26.08 - Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater ^ 10.27.08 - Chicago, IL - The Riviera ^ 10.28.08 - Tortono, Canada - Queen Victoria Theatre 10.29.08 - Montreal, Canada - Metropolis 10.30.08 - Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre 10.31.08 - Philadelphia, PA - The Electric Factory 11.01.08 - Richmond, VA - The National 11.08.08 - Atlanta, GA - Tabernacle 11.11.08 - New Orleans, LA - Tabernacle 11.12.08 - Houston, TX - Warehouse 11.13.08 - Austin, TX - 507 E. 6th Street 11.14.08 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues 11.15.08 - Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall 11.16.08 - Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre 11.17.08 - Murray, UT - The Murray Super Theare 11.19.08 - Seattle, WA - The Showbox * 11.20.08 - Portland, OR - Roseland Theater * 11.21.08 - San Francisco, CA - Regency Center Grand Ballroom *

^ Sinkane
* HEALTH