Photo by Hisham Akira Bharoocha / Abby Portner

Animal Collective is officially back in all the right ways. Coming off the heels of the announcement of their new album Painting With that will be coming out on February 19th, sales the band have also released all of their tour dates in support of that album release. And Boston made the cut with a stop planned at Royale on February 22nd. They are bringing along the NY rap group Ratking as support, view which comes as an interesting move by the experimental outfit. Pre-sale goes live this coming Friday (12/11) at noon. You can check out the full tour dates and listen to the single “FloriDada” below to get your souls excited for this one.

ANIMAL COLLECTIVE TOUR DATES:
2/19*% – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
2/20*% – Portsmouth, NH – 3S Artspace
2/22*% – Boston, MA – Royale Boston
2/23*% – New York, NY – Irving Plaza
2/26* – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
2/27* – Chicago, IL – Concord Music Hall
2/28*% – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue
3/1* – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
3/2* – Salt Lake City, UT – The Depot
3/4* – Seattle, WA – Neptune
3/5* – Portland, OR – Roseland Theater
3/7*% – Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
3/8* – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda
3/11 – Phoenix, AZ – McDowell Mountain Fest
4/1^% – Brussels, Belgium – Botanique-Orangerie
4/1-4/3 – The Hague, Netherlands – REWIRE Festival
4/4^ – Hamburg, Germany – Uebel & Gefährlich
4/5^ – Berlin, Germany – Postbahnhof
4/7^ – Milan, Italy – C2C Festival @ Magazzini Generali
4/9^ – Paris, France – La Cigale
4/11^ – London, UK – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire (on-sale at 9:30am)
4/13^ – Manchester, UK – Manchester Academy (on-sale at 9am)
4/28+ – Fayetteville, AR – George’s Majestic Lounge (on-sale at 8am)
4/29 – Austin, TX – Levitation
4/30 – Austin, TX – Levitation
5/1 – Austin, TX – Levitation
5/1+ – Tulsa, OK – Cains Ballroom
5/3+ – St. Louis, MO – Pageant
5/4+% – Royal Oak, MI – Royal Oak Music Theatre
5/6+ – Nashville, TN – Marathon Music Works
5/7+% – Atlanta, GA – Buckhead Theatre
5/8+% – Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
5/10+% – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
5/13+% – Wilmington, DE – World Café Live at the Queen
5/14+% – Sayreville, NJ – Starland Ballroom
% on-sale at 12pm local
*w/ Ratking
^w/ GFOTY
+w/ Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith