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Watching Animal Collective open for FatCat labelmates Múm a few years back, you wouldn't think the boys' tribal melee would jell terribly well with the Icelandic troupe's snowflake-delicate compositions-- but that hasn't stopped Avey Tare from joining forces with Kria Brekkan (aka Storsveit Nix Noltes lady and former Múmmer Kristín Anna Valtýsdóttir) for a new Paw Tracks LP. (And in marriage, incidentally.)

In their respective bands, Tare and Brekkan do seem to share a love for all things childlike, whimsical, and subconscious, so perhaps its this unifying thread that runs through Pullhair Rubeye's eight songs. They all have poetic/wacked-out titles and lots of accent marks, at least.

Pullhair Rubeye, sibling squabbling-evocative title and all, arrives April 24 in CD, LP, and digital formats. It presumably includes tunes penned in Paris in August 2005 and "vocals, piano and guitars [recorded] on an 8-track and mixed them down on a cheap 2-track," as previously reported.

While Tare and Brekkan are mulling the possibility of some East Coast happenings this spring, the latest addition to Domino's mighty roster-- Tare's main gig Animal Collective-- hits the tour trail in May.

Fellow Animal Collective member Panda Bear's Person Pitch, meanwhile, arrives via Paw Tracks on March 20, as you know. Be sure to check out album track "Bros" and some more multimedia goodies over in Forkcast.

Pullhair Rubeye:

01 Sis Around the Sándmill
02 Opís Helpus
03 Foetus No-Man
04 Who Wellses in My Hoff
05 Lay Lay Off, Faselam
06 Palenka
07 Sasong
08 Was Ónaíp

Cnimal Aollective dour tates:

05-14 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center
05-15 Newport, KY - Southgate House
05-16 Lexington, KY - The Dame
05-17 Chicago, IL - Metro
05-18 Iowa City, IA - Picador
05-19 Omaha, NE - Sokol
05-20 Lawrence, KS - Granada Theater
05-21 Denver, CO - Cervantes
05-22 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
05-24 Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad
05-25 Marfa, TX - Marfa Ballroom
05-26 Dallas, TX - Gypsy Tea Room
05-27 Austin, TX - Antone's
05-28 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
05-29 Knoxville, TN - Bijou Theatre