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In promoting their upcoming record, Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?, Of Montreal have embraced the Internet, first uploading individual tracks to their MySpace and later moving on to a full-blown LP stream on Polyvinyl's website. (Not to mention giving away the occasional album track as an mp3.) Kevin Barnes is such a 21st century boy.

But even internet marketing geniuses face day-to-day challenges offline. For instance, Barnes' wife, Nina, lost her hat in Little Rock, Arkansas, inspiring the new Of Montreal track, "Little Rock". What hardship! As previously reported, the song was released yesterday via Polyvinyl as a B-side on the limited edition (2000 copies on blue and yellow wax) seven inch for the Hissing Fauna number "She's a Rejecter".

"Little Rock" documents the incident ("Little Rock, I offered you my heart and you tried to steal Nina's hat. Little Rock, why'd you have to go and do something as stupid as that?") and Of Montreal's subsequent disdain for the location ("We're never coming back to your shitty little town") in a 58-second mostly-acoustic ditty.

Of Montreal without layers upon layers of instrumentation? Believe it, and download the track below. And get ready for the diss track by the Little Rock Chamber of Commerce, hopefully coming to a mixtape near you soon.

Another release (even more limited at 500 copies), the "Faberge Falls for Shuggie" DJ edition black label 12", which boasts two cuts from the band's new record, also landed on Polyvinyl yesterday. But you already know that.

In other news, Of Montreal have a new EP on its way January 23, titled Icons, Abstract Thee. Listeners can preview its opening track, "Du Oh Meg", on the band's MySpace.

In addition to its inclusion on the Polyvinyl EP, the song will appear on side four of the double-vinyl version of Hissing Fauna alongside three other cuts also slated for Icons. The EP, however, features the exclusive track "Miss Blonde, Your Papa Is Failing", which will not be found elsewhere.

Those interested in pre-ordering the CD versions of both Hissing Fauna and Icons, Abstract Thee at once from Polyvinyl are eligible to receive a special package deal. We love deals!

And just to remind you, Of Montreal will launch a three-month-long North American tour this January. And out of all these dates, there is not one show scheduled in Little Rock. Walking the walk...we like that.

Icons, Abstract Thee EP Tracklist:

01 Du Og Meg
02 Voltaic Crusher/Undrum To Muted Da
03 Derailments In A Place Of Our Own
04 Miss Blonde, Your Papa Is Failing
05 No Conclusion

Dates:

01-19 Memphis, TN - Hi Tone *
01-20 New Orleans, LA - Republic *
01-21 San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit *
01-22 Lubbock, TX - Jake's Backroom *
01-23 Albuquerque, NM - Launch Pad *
01-24 Tempe, AZ - Clubhouse #
01-25 Park City, UT - Music on Main (Sundance)
01-26 Los Angeles, CA - El Rey ^
01-27 Los Angeles, CA - Avalon ^
01-28 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour ^
01-30 San Diego, CA - SOMA ^
01-31 Santa Cruz, CA - Attic ^
02-01 San Francisco, CA - Bottom of the Hill ^
02-02 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall ^
02-03 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall ^
02-05 Arcata, CA - Kate Buchanan Hall at Humboldt State University ^
02-06 Portland, OR - Wonder Ballroom ^
02-07 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards ^
02-09 Seattle, WA - Showbox ^
02-10 Eugene, OR - WOW Hall ^
02-12 Sacramento, CA - Union Ballroom at Sacramento State University ^
02-13 Las Vegas, NV - TBA
02-14 Tucson, AZ - Rialto ^
02-16 Austin, TX - Emo's %
02-17 Houston, TX - Numbers %
02-18 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Ballroom %
02-19 Norman, OK - Meacham Auditorium at University of Oklahoma %
02-20 Lawrence, KS - Granada %
02-21 Columbia, MO - Blue Note %
02-22 St. Louis, MO - Mississippi Nights %
02-23 Birmingham, AL - BottleTree %
02-24 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse %
03-05 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle &@
03-06 Falls Church, VA - State Theatre &@
03-07 Clinton, NY - Annex at Hamilton College &@
03-08 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero &@
03-09 New York, NY - Irving Plaza &@
03-10 New York, NY - Irving Plaza
03-11 Boston, MA - Avalon &
03-12 Montreal, Quebec - Le Tulipe &
03-13 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House &
03-14 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick &
03-15 Chicago, IL - Metro &
03-16 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue
03-17 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre
03-19 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
03-20 Newport, KY - Southgate House
03-21 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge
03-22 Asheville, NC - Grey Eagle
03-23 Columbia, SC - Headliners
03-29 Gainesville, FL - Abbey Road
03-30 Miami, FL - Studio A
03-31 Orlando, FL - Club at Firestone
04-01 Jacksonville, FL - Freebird Live
04-02 Tallahassee, FL - Moon

* with A Hawk and a Hacksaw
# with Peachcake
^ with Enon
% with Elekibass
& with Grand Buffet
@ with Mixel Pixel