Abidingly dark and given to furious manic spurts of aggression, it is fair to call Sleepytime Gorilla Museum‘s first single in more than a decade and a half, “Salamander in Two Worlds,” representative of the art-metallers’ experimentalist ur-prog on the whole, right up to its ending seeming like it’s trying to be annoying a little bit. The reformed collective have made their didn’t-know-we-were-waiting-but-we-were fourth album, Of the Last Human Being available to preorder, and their tour will kick off only six days after the Feb. 23 release, on Leap Day, Feb. 29, in Arcata, California. Seems like everything’s lined up pretty neatly. You’d think they’d be out of practice for not putting out an album since 2007, but apparently not. Maybe this is just how long a lead you need to be so weird. I’d make a joke about lessening stress through taking their time, but I have no doubt it would be inaccurate.

The vinyl looks pretty and there’s even a CD for folks like me who’d keep consistent formatting in our shelving. This attention to detail can also be heard in “Salamander in Two Worlds,” which I’m sure is somehow autobiographical on the part of the band. If you’re feeling adventurous, find out how much by listening to it below. The rest of the info here came down the PR wire and was dutifully cut and pasted by yours truly with all required inflated sense of obligation.

Goes like this:

SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM – CD AND VINYL PRE-ORDER IS AVAILABLE TODAY!

Preorder here: https://avantnight.org/

After aeons of wondering whether SGM’s fourth studio album was ever gonna burn into light or lango in limbo eternal, what a delight to direct you to our brand-spankin’ new pre-order link for SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM: OF THE LAST HUMAN BEING!

Today at 9am PST / 12pm EST, you can pre-order the LP and CD. You can choose from three scrumptious color variations on VINYL: SLEEPYTIME SPLATTER, ROSE-COLORED ROCK, and GRAND REOPENING GOLD.

Courtesy of dear Nick Ohler et al at AVANT NIGHT —a new imprint facilitated by JOYFUL NOISE— the SGM of the LHB record is scheduled to drop February 23rd of 2024.

February will be here before we can say “LEE IS RON”. In the meantime, please do rock against rock to our first single, “Salamander In Two Worlds”.

You can now listen on your preferred streaming platform as well. “Salamander in Two Worlds” is streaming on several different sites.

SLEEPYTIME GORILLA MUSEUM – TOUR

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02/29 Arcata, CA Humbrews
03/01 Eugene, OR WOW Hall
03/02 Portland, OR Aladdin Theater
03/03 Seattle, WA Crocodile
03/04 Boise, ID Treefort Music Hall
03/05 Salt Lake City, UT Metro Music Hall
03/07 Denver, CO The Bluebird
03/08 Estes Parl, CO The Stanley Hotel
03/09 Estes Parl, CO The Stanley Hotel
03/11 Kansas City, MO Record Bar
03/12 Minneapolis, MN The Fine Line
03/13 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
03/14 Indianapolis, IN Irving Theater
03/15 Cleveland, OH Beachland
03/16 Philadelphia, PA Underground
03/17 Cambridge, MA The Sinclair
03/18 Brooklyn, NY Elsewhere
03/19 Baltimore, MD The Ottobar
03/20 Carrboro, NC Cat’s Cradle
03/21-24 Knoxville, TN Big Ears Festival
03/25 Atlanta, GA Terminal West
03/26 Winter Park, FL Conduit
03/27 Tampa, FL Orpheum
03/28- New Orleans, LA 0 Howlin’ Wolf
03/29 Houston, TX Secret Group
03/30 Austin, TX The Mohawk
03/31 Dallas, TX Trees
04/02- Alberquerque, NM Sister Bar
04/03 Phoenix, AZ The Crescent
04/04 Tucson, AZ 191 Toole
04/05 Los Angeles, CA The Fonda
04/06 Berkeley, CA The UC Theatre

From left to right: Dan Rathbun, Nils Frykdahl, Matthias Bossi, Michael Mellender, Carla Kihlstedt. Photo: Olivia Oyama

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Sleepytime Gorilla Museum, “Salamander in Two Worlds” lyric video