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Kevin Barnes must write a lot of music in the tour van. Or backstage. Or whilst changing into whatever whimsical costume (spandex leotard/McDonald's uniform/tailored suit and ascot) he decides to wear for whatever show his band is playing. Otherwise, how would the insanely productive, ever-touring Of Montreal frontman have time to record another album? And yet, voila: the forthcoming CD and double vinyl, titled Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?, will arrive January 23, 2007 via Polyvinyl.

Featuring artwork by Of Montreal's favorite artist/bro David Barnes, the new album contains 12 tracks written, performed, and recorded by Kevin Barnes, with "some thoroughly rad help" (according to Barnes' publicist) from friends and family: James Huggins, the Late B.P. Helium, Nina Twin, Heather McIntosh, Georgie Fruit, and Alabee Blonde.

Never a band to slack on creative song titles, Of Montreal unveils the um, "labyrinthian" Hissing Fauna tracklisting:

01 Suffer for Fashion
02 Sink the Seine
03 Cato as a Pun
04 Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse
05 Gronlandic Edit
06 A Sentence of Sorts in Kongsvinger
07 The Past is a Grotesque Animal
08 Bunny Ain't No Kind of Rider
09 Faberge Falls for Shuggie
10 Labyrinthian Pomp
11 She's a Rejector
12 We Were Born the Mutants Again With Leafling

Also never a band to dwell in idleness, the Athens, GA-based kids tour the U.S. this fall, making stops at Polyvinyl's 10 Year Anniversary Party on September 23 in Urbana, IL, as well as the previously reported, Beck-curated NextFest on September 26 in New York and the LA Weekly Detour Festival on October 7 in LA.

09-22 Lexington, KY - University of Kentucky Alumni Gym
09-23 Urbana, IL - Canopy Club (Polyvinyl 10 Year Anniversary Party/Pygmalion Festival)
09-24 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
09-25 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
09-26 New York, NY - Irving Plaza (Wired Next Music Fest) *
09-28 Charlottesville, VA - Satellite Ballroom
10-07 Los Angeles, CA - LA Weekly Detour Festival +

* with Jamie Lidell
+ with Beck

Meanwhile, we keep waiting to hear that Outback Steakhouse commercial. Still confused about that one. Supposedly, Applebee's just recruited Elf Power, and Red Lobster called on the talents of Neutral Milk Hotel, to perform new jingles for their respective establishments. (OK, just kidding.)