Of Montreal, the ever-prolific outfit fronted by Kevin Barnes, have announced a follow-up to last year's lousy with sylvianbriar**. Titled Aureate Gloom, the new record will be released on March 3, 2015, via Polyvinyl. Listen to the album opener "Bassem Sabry", named after the late Egyptian journalist and activist, above.

In a press release, Barnes characterized Aureate Gloom as an emotionally exposed LP, shaped from difficult developments in his own life:

I was going through a very stormy period in my life and felt like I was just completely trashed. I might be guilty of sharing or exposing too much of my private life, but to me the best albums are those that help people connect with an artist on a deep, human level and that do so without too much artifice or evasiveness.

Of Montreal will be embarking on a tour of the southern states in the new year. Below the tracklisting, find a complete list of dates.

Aureate Gloom__:

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01 Bassem Sabry

02 Last Rites At The Jane Hotel

03 Empyrean Abbatoir

04 Aluminum Crown

05 Virgillian Lots

06 Monolithic Egress

07 Apollyon Of Blue Room

08 Estocadas

09 Chthonian Dirge For Uruk The Other

10 Like Ashoka's Inferno of Memory

Of Montreal:

12-11 New York, NY - Baby's All Right (Kevin Barnes solo)

01-13 Tallahassee, FL - The Moon

01-14 Pensacola, FL - Vinyl Music Hall

01-15 Gainesville, FL - High Dive

01-16 Orlando, FL - The Social

01-17 Tampa, FL - Crowbar

01-18 Miami, FL - Grand Central

1-19 Jacksonville, FL - Freebird Live

01-20 Macon, GA - Cox Capitol Theatre

01-21 Charleston, SC - The Pour House

01-22 Greensboro, NC - The Blind Tiger

01-23 Nashville, TN - Mercy Lounge

01-24 Chattanooga, TN - Rhythm and Brews

with Nedelle Torrisi

Watch Of Montreal perform "Heimsdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse" in a chapel for Pitchfork.tv: