Foxygen Announce New Album Hang, Dance in Their “Follow the Leader” Video: Watch

Foxygen have announced their new album. Sam France and Jonathan Rado’s follow-up to 2014’s ...And Star Power is called Hang, and it’s out January 20 via Jagjaguwar. The band have also shared the music video for a new song from the album called “Follow the Leader.” The video, directed by Cameron Dutra (who also directed their “San Francisco” video), is full of choreographed sequences filmed with a team of backup dancers in a park. Watch it below. Foxygen have also announced a series of tour dates in support of Hang; check those out below, as well.

As both “America” and “Follow the Leader” have hinted, every song on the album features a symphony orchestra. Trey Pollard arranged and conducted the group of over 40 musicians, and Matthew E. White contributed additional arrangements. The album also features appearances from the Flaming Lips’ Steven Drozd and the Lemon Twigs. France and Rado wrote and produced all of Hang themselves.

The album is available as part of a Jagjaguwar bundle, which comes packed with a flexi-disc featuring demo versions of “Follow the Leader” and “On Lankershim.” The first 50 pre-orders also come with an autographed piece of sheet music from the recording sessions.

Read Pitchfork’s 2014 interview with Foxygen.

Hang:

01 Follow the Leader
02 Avalon
03 Mrs. Adams
04 America
05 On Lankershim
06 Upon a Hill
07 Trauma
08 Rise Up

Foxygen:

11-09 London, England - Oslo
12-01 Brooklyn, NY - Rough Trade
03-21 Richmond, VA - The National
03-22 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club
03-24 New York, NY - Terminal 5
03-25 Boston, MA - The Paradise
03-26 Philadelphia, PA - Union Transfer
03-28 Toronto, Ontario - Opera House
03-30 Columbus, OH - Newport Music Hall
03-31 Chicago, IL - Vic Theatre
04-01 Madison, WI - Majestic Theatre
04-02 Minneapolis, MN - First Ave
04-04 Denver, CO - Gothic Theatre
04-05 Salt Lake City, UT - The State Room
04-07 San Francisco, CA - The Independent
04-08 Los Angeles, CA - The Fonda
04-09 Santa Ana, CA - The Observatory
04-11 Phoenix, AZ - Crescent Ballroom
04-13 Dallas, TX - Trees
04-14 Austin, TX - The Mohawk
04-15 Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall
04-17 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks
04-18 Atlanta, GA - Terminal West
04-19 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
04-20 Carrboro, NC - Cat’s Cradle

Watch Foxygen’s full set at Pitchfork Music Festival Paris 2014:

via Evan Minsker