Strep throat be damned, Animal Collective’s Avey Tare will hit the road this summer for a rare solo tour. He won’t be alone, however, as he’ll be performing with a new trio dubbed, Avey Tare’s Slasher Flicks.



Um, yeah, we’ll let him do the talking:

A group of three hippies on a road trip through the backwaters of 2013s rural music scene fall prey to a murderous cannibalistic band making, including a leather-masked, guitar-wielding Avey Tare (Himself, Animal Collective), his knife-wielding keyboard player Angel Deradoorian (Deradoorian, Dirty Projectors), and their cannibal chief drummer and decaying grandfather Jeremy Hyman (Ponytail, Boredoms, Dan Deacon).

So far, the indie supergroup-of-sorts has only four dates scheduled. Consult the full itinerary below and see if you can “road trip through the backwaters of 2013s rural music scene,” too.

Avey Tare’s Slasher Flick’s 2013 Tour Dates:

06/17 – Brooklyn, NY @ Glasslands

06/20 – Brighton, UK @ Green Door Store

06/21 – London, UK @ The Lexington

06/22 – Camber Sands, UK @ ATP Curated by Deerhunter

Tare also has a slew of upcoming dates fronting Animal Collective.

Animal Collective 2013 Tour Dates:

05/22  Nimes, FR @ Paloma

05/23  Barcelona, ES @ Primavera Sound

05/25  London, UK @ Field Day

05/27  Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg

05/28  Brussels, BE @ AB

05/29  Paris, FR @ Trianon

06/07-09  New York, NY @ Governors Ball Music Festival

06/10  Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

06/11  Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

06/12  Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

06/13-16  Manchester, TN @ Bonnaroo Music Festival

07/02 - Helsinki, FI @ The Circus

07/04  Roskilde, DK @ Roskilde Festival

07/06  Gdynia, PL @ Opener Festival

07/09  Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall

07/10  Ottawa, ON @ Ottawa Bluesfest

07/11-13  Mariaville, NY @ Camp Bisco

07/12-14  Louisville, KY @ Forecastle Festival

07/15  Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Hall *

07/16  Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues *

07/18  Covington, KY @ Madison Theater *

07/19  Nashville, TN @ Marathon Music Works

09/08  Salt Lake City, UT @ Depot *

09/09  Denver, CO @ Ogden *

09/11  Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue

10/16  Madison, WI @ Orpheum *

10/17  Chicago, IL @ Riviera *

10/24  Kansas City, MO @ Midland Theater *

10/25  St. Louis, MO @ The Pageant

* = w/ Dan Deacon