Animal Collective preps Water Curses EP, tours

Fresh off the success of last year's delicious Strawberry Jam, everyone's favorite creature collaboration has readied an EP for all of our listening and brain-bending pleasure. Water Curses is set to drop May 6 on CD and 12-inch vinyl, and will include four brand new Animal Collective tracks. They are as follows:

1. Water Curses
2. Street Flash
3. Cobwebs
4. Seal Eyeing

The relevant press release informs us that these tracks have "a more stripped down feel than their recent work," but also has something more particularly tantalizing to say about the EP's final track; "'Seal Eyeing' is the moment you realize watching vapor trails melt into the sky is not only the most constructive thing you can do, but the only real option that's left." Well. In that case we'll take it...

All the tracks were recorded with Scott Colburn at Wavelab Studio in Tucson, Ariz, except "Seal Eyeing," which was recorded with Nicolas Vernhes at Rare Book Room in Brooklyn, N.Y. Vernhes also mixed the EP.

The fearsome foursome said back in November they aimed to release these outtakes from the Strawberry Jam recording sessions, and they've followed through for sure.

In the meantime, those fortunate enough to live in or be visiting Europe or Asia (or California or New Jersey) might catch a rare sighting of these Animals as they're about to be roaming the world on tour.

Internationally migrating creatures:

March
16 - Osaka, Japan @ Club Quattro
17 - Nagoya, Japan @ Club Quattro
18 - Tokyo, Japan @ Liquid Room
19 - Tokyo, Japan @ Liquid Room

April
26 - Indio, Calif. @ Coachella

May
18 - Minehead, UK @ ATP
19 - Dublin, UK @ Tripod
20 - Glasgow, UK @ Oran Mor
21 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Room
22 - London, UK @ Koko
23 - Strasbourgh, France @ La Laiterie
24 - Paris, France @ Alhambra Theatre
25 - Tourcoing, France @ Le Grand Mix
26 - Bordeaux, France @ Krakatoa
27 - Oporto @ Teatro Batalha
28 - Lisbon, Portugal @ Lux Fragil
29 - Malaga, Spain @ AV Cevantes
30 - Valadolid, Spain @ Sala Ambigu
31 - Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Sound