Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks Announce New Album Wig Out at Jagbags, Share Video for "Lariat"

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As hinted at in our interview with Malkmus last week, Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks are back with the follow up to their Beck-produced 2011 LP Mirror Traffic. It's called Wig Out at Jagbags and it's out January 7 via Matador (January 6 in the UK via Domino). Below, check out the video for album track "Lariat". It's the music video, but it also serves as a lyric video... if you speak French.

If you pre-order the album from Matador's store, they'll throw in a one-sided 7" on strawberry red vinyl featuring a non-album track called "Pick Up the Spare".

Malkmus said of the album:

"Wig Out at Jagbags is inspired by Cologne, Germany, Mark Von Schlegell, Rosemarie Trockel, Von Spar and Jan Lankisch, Can and Gas; Stephen-Malkmus-imagined Weezer/Chili Peppers, Sic Alps, UVA in the late 80's, NYRB, Aroma Charlottenburg, inactivity, Jamming, Indie guys tring to sound Memphis, Flipper, Pete Townshend, Pavement, The Joggers, The NBA and home life in the 2010's..."

Check out Larry Fitzmaurice's interview with Malkmus about the making of the album, and check out the band's European tour dates beneath the video.

Wig Out at Jagbags:

01 Planetary Motion
02 The Janitor Revealed
03 Lariat
04 Houston Hades
05 Shibboleth
06 J Smoov
07 Rumble at the Rainbo
08 Chartjunk
09 Independence Street
10 Scattegories
11 Cinnamon and Lesbians
12 Surreal Teenagers

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks:

01-13 Leeds, England - Brudenell
01-14 Glasgow, Scotland - Oran Mor
01-15 Manchester, England - Gorilla
01-16 London, England - Forum
01-18 Paris, France - Divan Du Monde
01-20 Madrid, Spain - Joy Eslava
01-21 Barcelona, Spain - Bikini
01-23 Milan, Italy - Tunnel
01-25 Fribourg, Switzerland - Fri-Son
01-26 Frankfurt, Germany - Zoom
01-27 Berlin, Germany - Postbahnhof
01-29 Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
01-30 Hamburg, Germany - Knust
01-31 Cologne, Germany - Gebaude 9
02-01 Brussels, Belgium - Botanique Orangerie
02-02 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Bitterzoet

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