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While the (romantic, indie) world waits with hungry, uh, ears for the release of the Babs'n'GG Allin-inspired follow-up to Of Montreal's fantastic Hissing Fauna LP (and Icons, Abstract Thee EP), the Kevin Barnes camp has whipped up a pair of tasty apéritifs: a live, acoustic EP and a reissue of a rarities collection.

For our first course, there's Sony Connect Set, four unplugged tracks recorded in Los Angeles back in January by Barnes and bandmate Bryan "The Late B.P. Helium" Poole. In addition to a pair of Hissing cuts, the digital-only set for the doomed digital music store sports covers of Neil Young and Love Is All tunes. You can tuck that away on the hard drive of your choice starting October 2 from Sony Connect/Polyvinyl.

Up next is the commendably titled If He Is Protecting Our Nation Then Who Will Protect Big Oil??? Previously released in 2003 on Track & Field outside America, it gathers a baker's dozen deep cuts and such from the Of Montre-vault. Polyvinyl reissues it October 23.

For now, our dessert comes in the form of a tour, kicking off tonight at the Book Eaters benefit in Boston and wrapping at a newly added Atlanta date. Dig in to the full spread after the jump.

Sony Connect Set:

01 Harvest Moon (Neil Young cover)
02 Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse
03 Make Out, Fall Out, Make Up (Love Is All cover)
04 We Were Born the Mutants Again With Leafling

If He Is Protecting Our Nation Then Who Will Protext Big Oil???:

01 My, What a Strange Day With a Swede
02 An Ill-Treated Hiccup's View of the World
03 Cast in the Haze (Been There Four Days)
04 Mimi Merlot Beatnik Version
05 Girl From NYC (Named Julia)
06 Inside a Room Full of Treasures....
07 Charlie & Freddy
08 There Is Nothing Wrong....
09 Maple Licorice
10 Barely Asian at the Beefcake Horizon
11 Spooky Spider Chandelier
12 Friends of Mine
13 Christmas Isn't Safe for Animals

Live:

09-26 Boston, MA - Berklee Performance Center (Revenge of the Book Eaters) (Kevin Barnes and Bryan Poole performance)
09-28 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle #
10-02 Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theater *
10-03 Urbana, IL - Canopy Club *
10-04 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater *
10-05 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
10-06 Chicago, IL - Metro *
10-07 Chicago, IL - Metro *
10-08 Oberlin, OH - Hale's Gym (Oberlin College) *
10-09 Detroit, MI - Majestic Theatre *
10-10 Buffalo, NY - The Tralf *
10-11 Philadelphia, PA - The Trocadero *
10-12 Boston, MA - The Roxy *
10-13 New York, NY - Roseland *
10-14 Baltimore, MD - Ram's Head Live *
10-19 Reykjavik, Iceland - Iceland Airwaves Festival
10-31 Athens, GA - 40 Watt Club *
11-01 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues *
11-02 Houston, TX - Numbers *
11-03 Austin, TX - Fun Fun Fun Fest
11-04 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater *
11-05 El Paso, TX - Club 101 *
11-06 Tempe, AZ - Marquee *
11-07 Tucson, AZ - Rialto *
11-08 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon *
11-09 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon *
11-10 La Jolla, CA - Mandeville Auditorium (UCSD) *
11-11 Pomona, CA - The Glasshouse *
11-12 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
11-13 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
11-14 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall *
11-16 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue *
11-17 Denver, CO - Ogden Theater *
11-18 Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall *
11-19 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant *
11-20 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse

# with Psychic Hearts
* with Grand Buffet, MGMT