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Of Montreal did a cool thing a few weeks back when they announced that their forthcoming album Skeletal Lamping would be released not just on CD and vinyl, but as a t-shirt, tote bag, lantern, stickers, and buttons, each accompanied by a digital download.

It was perhaps a little bit too cool of a thing, though, since "the complexity of the design/packaging efforts" has proven too much work to get done before the previously planned October 7 release date. As such, Polyvinyl have now pushed back the release of Skeletal Lamping to October 21.

But there's some sorta new Of Montreal jams coming your way before the month's up, in the form of a white label 12" for first single "Id Engager", due September 30 from Mad Decent. The album version of the tune is bolstered on the new release by remixes from Diplo's Mad Decent crew (which you can hear over in Forkcast right now) and DJ Sega. Sure, it might not fill up the corner of your apartment like that lantern you preordered, but it will fill up the dancefloor, and that's gotta count for something. Oh, and Jon Brion will turn in a remix for album track "An Eluardian Instance" for release on Polyvinyl at a later date.

In other Of Montreal news, the band was recently named "Musicians of the Year" by Harvard University's career-spawning humor publication The Harvard Lampoon. The folks at the Lampoon promise to honor the band with "a ceremony, banquet, and party at the Lampoon Castle" at an as-yet-undetermined date.

Boy, album pushed back, remix release up in the air, no firm date for your trip to Cambridge... what the hell are ya'll doing just sitting around up there? (Kidding!)

Id Engager 12":

A1 Id Engager (Mad Decent Remix)
A2 Id Engager (DJ Sega Philly Club Remix)
B1 Id Engager (original)

Of Montreal:

10-07 Durham, NC - Carolina Theatre
10-08 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel !
10-09 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club !
10-10 New York, NY - Roseland Ballroom !
10-15 Paris, France - Elysée Montmartre
10-16 London, England - KOKO
10-17 Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz
10-18 Rome, Italy - Circolo Degli Artisi
10-19 Berlin, Germany - Lido
10-20 Stockholm, Sweden - Debaser Medis
10-21 Copenhagen, Denmark - Amager Bio
10-24 St. Louis, MO - The Pageant *
10-25 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
10-26 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre *
10-27 Chicago, IL - The Riviera *
10-28 Toronto, Ontario - Queen Elizabeth Theatre $
10-29 Montreal, Quebec - Metropolis $
10-30 Boston, MA - Orpheum Theatre $
10-31 Philadelphia, PA - Electric Factory $
11-01 Richmond, VA - The National $
11-08 Atlanta, GA - The Tabernacle %
11-11 New Orleans, LA - The Howlin' Wolf %
11-12 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live %
11-13 Austin, TX - Radio Room %
11-14 Dallas, TX - House of Blues %
11-15 Lawrence, KS - Liberty Hall
11-16 Denver, CO - Ogden Theatre %
11-17 Murray, UT - Murray Super Theatre %
11-19 Seattle, WA - Showbox SoDo ^
11-20 Portland, OR - Roseland ^
11-21 San Francisco, CA - Regency Center Grand Ballroom ^
11-22 Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood Palladium  ^
12-04 Tallahassee, FL - The Moon #
12-05 Gainesville, FL - The Venue #
12-06 Ft. Lauderdale, FL - The Revolution #
12-08 Tampa, FL - The Ritz #
12-09 Lake Buena Vista, FL - House of Blues #

! with Love Is All
* with Sinkane
$ with Gang Gang Dance
% with Icy Demons
^ with HEALTH
# with the Fiery Furnaces