Animal Collective announce new live album 'Ballet Slippers'

To celebrate the ten-year anniversary of their sublime breakthrough LP 'Merriweather Post Pavilion', Animal Collective have now announced their plans for a new live album, arriving later this month.

The new full-length 'Ballet Slippers' was recorded across a string of shows during their 2009 tour of North America, and is set to be released both physically and digitally on the 22nd November, with a deluxe 3xLP vinyl arriving through Domino Recordings.

Speaking about their live collection, the band said, “It’s impossible for us to remember the years around 'Merriweather Post Pavilion' without thinking about the live experience. As the record turns 10, there has been a lot of talk about the album itself, but so much of the time living with those songs was spent on stage together. Every night on tour, the music opened up again, leaving us new spaces to fill and new opportunities to rethink our past. Just as 'Merriweather' documents the era in one of its forms, we wanted 'Ballet Slippers' to do the same for some of its other forms.”

Relive the infamous single 'My Girls' in the player and see the album's full tracklisting below.

'Ballet Slippers' Tracklist:
01. In The Flowers (Live June 2, 2009 Boulder, CO)
02. Who Could Win A Rabbit (Live June 9, 2009 Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
03. Summertime Clothes (Live June 9, 2009 Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
04. Bleed (Live May 30, 2009 Las Vegas, NV)
05. Guys Eyes (Live June 9, 2009 Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
06. My Girls (Live May 30, 2009 Las Vegas, NV)
07. Banshee Beat (Live June 2, 2009 Boulder, CO)
08. Lion In A Coma (Live June 9, 2009 Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
09. No More Runnin’ (Live May 29, 2009 Los Angeles, CA)
10. Lablakely Dress / Fireworks (Live June 9, 2009 Ft. Lauderdale, FL)
11. Daily Routine (Live May 30, 2009 Las Vegas, NV)
12. Brothersport (Live June 2, 2009 Boulder, CO)

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