New of Montreal – “Id Engager”

9:41 AM EDT on August 1, 2008

When we got our early listen to Skeletal Lamping, schizo opener "Nonpareil of Favor" stood out as the mind-melting go-to track. Lead single "Id Engager" isn't the strangest, most ambitious, or best tune on of Montreal's new one, but it involves ninjas, a phallocentric tyranny, "penetration punishment," and a made-for-the-dance-floor groove. In other words, perfect first single material. The funky free-love come-on's the final of 15 tracks, the closing turnout to the raucous post-Hissing Fauna party that came before. It's kinda what you'd expect the rainbow-colored rave-Edenic characters on the cover to be listening to at the end of the night when it's time to get down to another sort of business.

of Montreal - "Id Engager" (MP3)

It's like Kevin Barnes fronting the Scissor Sisters. This isn't a bad thing. The ending's kinda ominous, though, and sounds like it could link into something else a tad darker...

The "Id Engager" single's out 09/09 on Polyvinyl. You can pre-order it in one color here or nab it as all three colors (blue, gold, purple) here.

Skeletal Lamping is out 10/07 via Polyvinyl. As mentioned a couple weeks ago, of Montreal take in on the road this fall. The updated dates:

10/07 - Durham, NC @ Carolina Theatre
10/08 - Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel %
10/09 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club %
10/10 - New York, NY @ Roseland %
10/15 - Paris, FR @ Elysee Montmarte
10/16 - London, UK @ Koko
10/17 - Barcelona, ES @ Razzmatazz
10/18 - Rome, IT @ Circolo degli Artisi
10/19 - Berlin, DE @ Lido
10/20 - Stockholm, SE @ Debaser Medis
10/21 - Copenhagen, Denmark @ Amager Bio
10/24 - St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant &
10/25 - Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue &
10/26 - Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theatre &
10/27 - Chicago, IL@ The Riviera &
10/28 - Toronto, ON @ Queen Elizabeth Theatre $
10/29 - Montreal, OC @Metropolis $
10/30 - Boston, MA @ Orpheum $
10/31 - Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory $
11/01 - Richmond, VA @ The National $
11/08 - Atlanta, GA @The Tabernacle #
11/11 - New Orleans, LA@ Howlin Wolf #
11/12 - Houston, TX @ Warehouse Live #
11/13 - Austin, TX @507 East 6th Street #
11/14 - Dallas, TX @House of Blues #
11/15 - Lawrence, KS @ Liberty Hall #
11/16 - Denver, CO @ The Ogden Theatre #
11/17 - Murray, UT @Murray Super Theatre #
11/19 - Seattle, WA @Showbox So Do ^
11/20 - Portland, OR @ Roseland^
11/21 - San Francisco, CA @ Regency Center Grand Ballroom ^
11/22 - Los Angeles, CA @TBA ^