Of Montreal 'She Ain't Speaking Now': Hear Track From New Album 'lousy with sylvianbriar' [TOUR DATES]
I'll admit after hearing "Fugitive Air," the first track off of Of Montreal's upcoming album lousy with sylvianbriar, I was nervous. Sure, the track sounded like old-school 60s-loving OM, but the band had broken my heart by devolving into psych-pop wonkery before and I was damned if I was going to let it happen twice. But now that "She Ain't Speaking Now," a late Beatles-aping acoustic-electric slice of sunshine pop, has dropped I can finally get excited for Of Montreal again.
The lines "Girl with the flu...She ain't doing well" bits are about as straightforward as Of Montreal have ever gotten (outside of "Du Og Meg"). Bandleader Kevin Barnes says he wrote the track while both his daughter and wife were very sick.
I wrote the song when both my wife and daughter were bedridden with a terrible illness," Barnes told Rolling Stone. "It was during the middle of our recording sessions forSylvianbriar, so I was pretty paranoid about catching what they had. I would sort of hold my breath whenever I was near them. I wrote the song while fearing the worst. Fortunately, they both recovered."
Of Montreal will be touring in support of lousy with slyvianbriar starting October 18. lousy with slyvianbriar drops October 8.
OF MONTREAL TOUR DATES
October 18 - 40 Watt Club - Athens, GA
October 22 - Cat's Cradle - Carrboro, NC
October 23 - U Street Music Hall - Washington, DC
October 24 - U Street Music Hall - Washington, DC
October 25 - Union Transfer - Philadelphia, PA
October 26 - Middle East - Cambridge, MA
October 27 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY
October 28 - Music Hall of Williamsburg - Brooklyn, NY
October 29 - Beachland - Cleveland, OH
October 30 - Lincoln Hall - Chicago, IL
October 31 - Majestic Theatre --Madison, WI
November 1 - Cedar Cultural Center - Minneapolis, MN
November 2 - Waiting Room - Omaha, NE
November 3 - Marquis Theater - Denver, CO
November 4 - Urban - Salt Lake City, UT
November 5 - Korah Shrine - Boise, ID
November 6 - Neomos - Seattle, WA
November 7 - Wonder - Portland, OR
November 8 - Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA
November 9 - Great American Music Hall - San Francisco, CA
November 10 - Echoplex - Los Angeles, CA
November 11 - Largo at the Coronet - Los Angeles, CA
November 12 - Club Congress - Tucson, AZ
November 13 - Trees - Dallas, TX
November 15 - Mohawk - Austin, TX
November 16 - Howlin' Wolf - New Orleans, LA
November 17 - Terminal West - Atlanta, GA