A couple weeks ago psychedelic glam-pop act Foxygen surprised us and retuned with the wonderfully dramatic and grandiosely sweeping track “America“, the first new track since their since 2014 album …And Star Power. Now, the duo made up of Sam France and Jonathan Rado, have announced the upcoming release of their new album, titled Hang, which features a 40-plus-piece symphony orchestra arranged and conducted by Trey Pollard with help from Matthew E. White. With this news comes the Hang‘s lead single, “Follow The Leader” and a video to match. The video is a joyous romp featuring some follow the leader action that ends in a dance party. The video was directed by Cameron Dutra who also directed Foxygen’s wonderful “San Francisco” video. As the band explained of the song in a press release…
“it was a blast to make! It’s a positive anthem, with some lyrical scenarios we don’t quite understand.”
Watch the video for “Follow the Leader” above.
Hang will come out January 20th on Jagjaguwar. Pre-order it here + check out the album art and tracklisting below. Foxygen are also heading out on a North American tour spring 2017, dates listed below.
Hang Tracklisting:
1. Follow The Leader
2. Avalon
3. Mrs. Adams
4. America
5. On Lankershim
6. Upon A Hill
7. Trauma
8. Rise Up
Tour Dates
Wed. Nov. 9 – London, UK @ Oslo – SOLD OUT
Thu. Dec. 1 – Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade – SOLD OUT
Tue. Mar. 21 – Richmond, VA @ The National
Wed. Mar. 22 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
Fri. Mar. 24 – New York, NY @ Terminal 5
Sat. Mar. 25 – Boston, MA @ The Paradise
Sun. Mar. 26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
Tue. Mar. 28 – Toronto, ON @ Opera House
Thu. Mar. 30 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall
Fri. Mar. 31 – Chicago, IL @ Vic Theatre
Sat. Apr. 1 – Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
Sun. Apr. 2 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Ave
Tue. Apr. 4 – Denver, CO @ Gothic Theatre
Wed. Apr. 5 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The State Room
Fri. Apr. 7 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
Sat. Apr. 8 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Fonda
Sun. Apr. 9 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory
Tue. Apr. 11 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
Thu. Apr. 13 – Dallas, TX @ Trees
Fri. Apr. 14 – Austin, TX @ The Mohawk
Sat. Apr. 15 – Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall
Mon. Apr. 17 – New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
Tue. Apr. 18 – Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
Wed. Apr. 19 – Asheville, NC @ Orange Peel
Thu. Apr. 20 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle