of Montreal has debuted new single "it's different for girls" on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 show and announced new album Innocence Reaches will follow-up last year's Aureate Gloom on August 12 via Polyvinyl.
Right off the bat it's clear the (American) Athenian psychedelic darlings have re-enlisted frontman Kevin Barnes' brother David for the art direction, with this newest kaleidoscopic offering exploring the “wonderment for the female anatomy." The track itself also harkens back to a more pre-Lousy With Sylvianbriar glittery sound and bears at least a passing resemblance to label-mates STRFKR.
According to Kevin, the forthcoming tunes are indeed more inspired by his contemporary peers than past work,
“Forever I’ve been detached from current music. I got into this bubble of only being in some other time period. I came up picking apart the Beach Boys, the Beatles, and symphonic pieces. But last year, I was hearing Jack Ü, Chairlift, Arca, and others, thinking about low end and sound collage. It was an extra layer to geek out on.”
At least one other song from Innocence Reaches has been performed live already as well. Listen to "it's different for girls" and check out the full album art and (all lowercase) tracklist below.
Innocence Reaches
- let’s relate
- it’s different for girls
- gratuitous abysses
- my fair lady
- les chants de maldoror
- a sport and a pastime
- ambassador bridge
- def pacts
- chaos arpeggiating
- nursing slopes
- trashed exes
- chap pilot
Read our in-depth interview with of Montreal here.