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Indie popsters Of Montreal will embark on a sprawling North American club tour in January to back their upcoming studio release, "Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?"

The Athens, GA, quintet (named after frontman Kevin Barnes' broken romance with a woman from Montreal) will kick things off Jan. 19 in Memphis. The outing currently comprises more than 50 dates and runs into April.

A variety of opening acts will join the group along the way, including A Hawk and a Hacksaw, Grand Buffet and Peachcake.

"Hissing Fauna," set for a Jan. 23 release, follows last year's "The Sunlandic Twins," and its download-only remix companion, "The Satanic Twins." The new album contains 12 tracks, and was recorded with "some thoroughly rad help" from James Huggins, the Late B.P. Helium, Nina Twin, Heather McIntosh, Georgie Fruit, and Alabee Blonde, according to a press release.

Tour Dates
 
January 2007
 19 - Memphis, TN - HiTone
 20 - New Orleans, LA - Republic
 21 - San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
 22 - Lubbock, TX - Jake's Backroom
 23 - Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
 24 - Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse
 25 - Park City, UT - Music On Main at Sundance
 26 - Los Angeles, CA - El Rey
 27 - Los Angeles, CA - Avalon
 28 - West Hollywood, CA - Troubadour
 30 - San Diego, CA - SOMA
 31 - Santa Cruz, CA - The Attic

 February 2007
 1 - San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill
 2, 3 - San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall
 5 - Arcata, CA - Kate Buchanan Hall @ Humboldt State University
 6 - Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom
 7 - Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's On Richards
 9 - Seattle, WA - Showbox
 10 - Eugene, OR - W.O.W. Hall
 12 - Sacramento, CA - Union Ballroom @ Sacramento State
 13 - Las Vegas, NV - venue to be announced
 14 - Tuscon, AZ - Rialto
 16 - Austin, TX - Emo's
 17 - Houston, TX - Numbers
 18 - Dallas, TX - Gypsy Ballroom
 19 - Norman, OK - Meacham Auditorium
 20 - Lawrence, KS - Granada
 21 - Columbia, MO - Blue Note
 22 - St Louis, MO - Mississippi Nights
 23 - Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
 24 - Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse

 March 2007
 5 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
 6 - Fall's Church, VA - State Theatre
 7 - Clinton, NY - The Annex @ Hamilton College
 8 - Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
 9, 10 - New York, NY - Irving Plaza
 11 - Boston, MA - Avalon
 12 - Montreal, Quebec - La Tulipe
 13 - Toronto, Ontario - Opera House
 14 - Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
 15 - Chicago, IL - Cabaret Metro
 16 - Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
 17 - Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre
 19 - Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
 20 - Newport, KY - Southgate House
 21 - Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
 22 - Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle
 23 - Columbia, SC - Headliners
 29 - Gainesville, FL - Abbey Road
 30 - Miami, FL - Studio A
 31 - Orlando, FL - The Club at Firestone

 April 2007
 1 - Jacksonville, FL - Freebird Live
 2 - Tallahassee, FL - The Moon

Source Livedaily