It’s coming! Album #4 from Animals As Leaders is set to be released in November. It’s called The Madness Of Many, and will follow their 2014 record The Joy of Motion.
Guitarist Javier Reyes said it’s the most collaborative record they’ve done.
It’s definitely an evolution of our band. It sounds like us, but it definitely sounds like we have evolved. There’s been a lot of things that we’ve been experimenting with – there’s a lot more nylon[-string]… It’s the most collaborative record that we’ve done, so it’s pretty awesome. We’ve learned over the years how each other works best, and it’s taken that time to make an album that sounds the most like what we sound like as musicians. It sounds different to our previous stuff, but it’s definitely what we want to be hearing and what we want to be playing. I’m confident that it’s an album where fans will know we’ve taken the next step up.”
This fall the band will be embarking on The Madness of Many tour in support of the effort. They’ll be bringing along Intervals and Plini.
The album comes out on November 11th through Sumerian.
Animals As Leaders tour dates:
w/ Intervals, Plini
Nov 10 Scottsdale, AZ @ Livewire
Nov 11 Pomona, CA @ The Glass House
Nov 12 Las Vegas, NV @ Vinyl
Nov 14 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
Nov 15 Seattle, WA @ Studio Seven
Nov 16 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom
Nov 18 Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Balroom
Nov 19 Edmonton, AB @ Union Hall
Nov 20 Saskatoon, SK @ O’Brian’s Event Centre
Nov 21 Winnipeg, MB @ Garrick Centre
Nov 23 Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line Music Cafe
Nov 25 Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
Nov 26 Pontiac, MI @ Crofoot Ballroom
Nov 27 Columbus, OH @ Park Street Saloon
Nov 28 Toronto, ON @ Opera House
Nov 29 Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre
Nov 30 Boston, MA @ Royale
Dec 01 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
Dec 02 Philadelphia, PA @ The Trocadera
Dec 03 Millvale, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theatre
Dec 04 Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Dec 06 St. Petersburg, FL @ State Theatre
Dec 07 Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
Dec 08 New Orleans, LA @ Republic New Orleans
Dec 09 Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
Dec 10 Austin, TX @ Mohawk
Dec 11 Dallas, TX @ Gas Monkey Bar N’ Grill
Dec 12 Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room
Dec 15 Los Angeles, CA @ The Mayan
Dec 16 Orangevale, CA @ The Boardwalk
Dec 17 San Francisco, CA @ Social Hall SF
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