Animal Collective releasing vinyl early, having parties

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Animal Collective releasing vinyl early, having parties

Merriweather Post

Animal Collective's 9th full-length album, Merriweather Post Pavilion, will be released early on deluxe 2xLP 180-gram gatefold vinyl with full album download card (WAV or MP3) January 6th 2009, on Domino Records in North America. The CD & digital release date will remain January 20th (Jan. 12 UK/Europe).

To coincide with the early vinyl release will be a series of release/listening parties across the country in conjunction with Terrorbird Media, Domino, record stores, blogs and college radio stations. The release parties will take place at record stores or venues the week of the vinyl release and will feature pre-orders, Animal Collective listing party exclusive goodies including giant posters and download cards, ticket giveaways and grand prize giveaways of 'The Domino Years' prize packs. Every party will be a little different, and information on the specifics of each party will be available on the host's website.

The current list of cities and hosts is below...

The Cities (details to follow)
Anchorage, AK - KRUA Presents*
Atlanta, GA - Criminal Records - Jan. 1st @ 4PM
Austin, TX - End Of And Ear Records & KVRX - Jan. 3 @ 6PM
Boston, MA - WZBC presents*
Chicago, IL - WHPK presents*
Dallas, TX - Gorilla Vs. Bear Presents*
Eugene, OR - KWVA Presents*
Lawrence, KS - Love Garden Sounds & KJHK - Jan. 6th
Los Angeles, CA - Fingerprints Records & KXLU - Jan. 6th
Miami, FL - WRGP Presents*
Minneapolis, MN - KUOM Presents*
New York, NY - Other Music Presents - Jan. 5th
Philadelphia, PA - WXPN Presents*
Portland, OR - Music Millennium - Jan. 3 @ 6PM
Raleigh, NC - WKNC Presents*
San Francisco, CA - Terrorbird Presents @ The Knockout - Jan. 6th, 7-10pm**
Santa Cruz, CA - KZSC Presents*
Seattle, WA - KUPS Presents*
St. Louis, MO - Vintage Vinyl & KDHX - Jan. 6th
Vancouver, BC - CFUV presents*

*Location & Date TBA
** w/ Maus Haus, French Miami

More cities to come. An up-to-date list of confirmed parties will be available at Domino.

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Tags: Animal Collective, Domino Records, Merriweather Post, Other Music

Posted on December 11, 2008 3:26 PM

Comments (24)

Cobralegs!

Posted by Anonymous | December 11, 2008 3:36 PM

Duuuuuude, you're ruining it for EVERYONE...

Posted by Anonymous | December 11, 2008 3:37 PM

They will never catch up with their hero - me.

Posted by Yanni | December 11, 2008 3:40 PM

No matter how hard Animal Collective try, there's no way they will get this album out before Ed Droste leaks it

Posted by Anonymous | December 11, 2008 3:45 PM

any info on the other music partY??

Posted by Anonymous | December 11, 2008 3:50 PM

Great news re: Vinyl.

Posted by Anonymous | December 11, 2008 3:57 PM

Called Other Music today like a big nerd. Guy said it was definitely happening (though they have yet to announce it formally themselves).

More deatils to come-- though he said there is no need to pre-order, RSVP etc. They will have copies of the album on vinyl, Domino is springing for refreshments (no joke!), other giveaways etc.

Posted by A Roach | December 11, 2008 4:08 PM

Nerd party at Other Music complete with "refreshments"! This is worth going to for people-watching alone. Hilarious. I'm in.

Posted by Anonymous | December 11, 2008 4:39 PM

I'm sure these "parties" will be chock full of "fun"

Posted by Anonymous | December 11, 2008 4:47 PM

What's vinyl?

Posted by Anonymous | December 11, 2008 4:54 PM

Ooooh! I'm so excited i just did a cobralegs in my pants.

Posted by Anonymous | December 11, 2008 5:25 PM

i think the party at other music will be lame and full of nerds.
i will also be going and cant wait to get my hands on the vinyl

Posted by Anonymous | December 11, 2008 5:26 PM

TEXAS!!!

Posted by colt | December 11, 2008 5:26 PM

I think the party at other music will be totally lame, you know, because i'm a totally cool guy who is totally against the waves of archetypal norms. Subcultures? Man, you wish you could see me in one.

Posted by Anonymous | December 11, 2008 6:10 PM

yawn

Posted by Anonymous | December 11, 2008 7:08 PM

If her father's name was C.W. Post, how come she was a *MRS.* Merriweather Post? Or did she marry someone with the same last name, like Eleanor Roosevelt did?

Posted by Anonymous | December 11, 2008 8:44 PM

That's a good question.

Posted by Anonymous | December 11, 2008 9:31 PM

do these guys make music?

Posted by Anonymous | December 11, 2008 10:06 PM

She's the daughter of Ella Letitia Merriweather and CW Post... Mrs Merriweather Post. Although she married, she reverted to her maiden name in 1964 after her 4th divorce. You can see the plaque was made in 1968.

Thanks Wiki!

Posted by Anonymous | December 12, 2008 9:30 AM

is the album going to suck is the real question here. i've not been pleased with their last two, so i'm not optimistic.

Posted by Anonymous | December 12, 2008 12:36 PM

they keep getting better

Posted by Anonymous | December 12, 2008 4:04 PM

Why is the pic a sign in Texas?! Merriweather Post Pavilion is in MARYLAND!

http://www.merriweathermusic.com/

Posted by Anonymous | December 12, 2008 6:51 PM

why are some parties that are in different cities on the same dates?

Posted by Anonymous | December 31, 2008 4:14 PM

why wouldn't they be?
it's not a tour
just listening parties
you get to hear the record play and buy it
so the parties are all around the same time as the release of the vinyl

Posted by Anonymous | January 5, 2009 10:46 AM