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Animal Collective's long-promised new EP Water Curses is due May 5 in the UK and May 6 in the U.S. on 12" and CD from Domino. The four-song collection is the follow-up to Pitchfork's #6 favorite album of 2007, Strawberry Jam.

The EP's first three tracks were produced by Scott Colburn at Tucson's Wavelab Studio during the same sessions that produced Strawberry Jam. The last, "Seal Eyeing", was recorded at Nicolas Vernhes' Rare Book Room Studio (home of the Living Bridge compilation), with Vernhes handling mixing duties for all four tunes. "All tracks find Animal Collective exploring strange new waters," says a press release. Sounds about right.

The Collective's tour plans, which we mentioned a while back, have slowly been getting a tad busier as the festival lineups come trickling in. Since our last check, the band have added dates at both Norway's Hove Festival and New Jersey's All Points West.

Water Curses:

01 Water Curses
02 Street Flash
03 Cobwebs
04 Seal Eyeing

Animal Collective:

03-16 Osaka, Japan - Club Quattro *
03-17 Nagoya, Japan - Club Quattro *
03-18 Tokyo, Japan - Liquid Room *
03-19 Tokyo, Japan - Liquid Room *
04-25 Indio, CA - Coachella
05-18 Minehead, England - Butlins Holiday Centre (ATP)
05-19 Dublin, Ireland - Tripod
05-20 Glasgow, Scotland - Oran Mor
05-21 Leeds, England - Brudell Room
05-22 London, England - Koko
05-23 Strasbourg, France - Laiterie
05-24 Paris, France - Alhambra Theatre
05-25 Lille, France - Grand Mix
05-26 Bordeaux, France - Krakatora
05-28 Braga, Portugal - Teatri Circo
05-29 Lisbon, Portugal - Lux Fragil
05-30 Malaga, Spain - AV Cervantes
05-31 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound Festival
06-23 Arendal, Norway - Hove Festival
08-08-10 Jersey City, NJ - All Points West Festival

* with Kria Brekken