UPDATE: A recent press release confirms everything. Merriweather Post Pavillion, Animal Collective’s ninth album, is set for release January 20 via Domino Records on CD, 2xLP and digital formats.

Okay, I’ll admit, I didn’t entirely believe Gorilla Vs. Bear when it speculated earlier this week that Animal Collective were releasing a new album in January 2009 called Merriweather Post Pavillion. Now? I believe it.

Thanks to Stereogum, all you have to do is poke around on Animal Collective’s website and you’ll find the forthcoming album’s tracklisting. First, you’ll see (and want to eat) a fish by Wolf Eye’s Nate Young, but if you click on the lettering, you’ll get another somewhat creepy video revealing the full tracklisting. Now that’s what I call a complete aestheticization of the tracklist!

Maybe somewhere between now and January, when the album’s released via Domino, they’ll add another click to let us hear the full album. In the meantime, check out Paw Track’s MySpace and see our animated mix tape enlarged and in action!

Merriweather Post Pavillion tracklisting:

1. In The Flowers 2. My Girls 3. Also Frightened 4. Summertime Clothes 5. Daily Routine 6. Bluish 7. Guys Eyes 8. Taste 9. Lion In A Coma 10. No More Runnin 11. Brothersport

Tourdates:

10.11.08 - Berlin, Germany - Berghain $ 10.12.08 - Warsaw, Poland - Fabryka Trzciny $ 10.13.08 - Krakow, Poland - Jazz Club Hipnoza $ 10.14.08 - Prague, Czech Republic - Archa Theatre $ 10.15.08 - Vienna, Austria - Arena $ 10.16.08 - Ljubljana, Slovenia - Menza pri Koritu $ 10.17.08 - Bratislava, Slovakia - A4 $ 10.18.08 - Zagreb, Croatia - Teatat and TD $ 10.19.08 - Belgrade, Serbia - Dom Omladine $ 10.20.08 - Skopje, Macedonia - Mac MKC $ 10.21.08 - Thessaloniki, Greece - Principle Theatre $ 10.22.08 - Athens, Greece - Gagarin 205 $ 10.23.08 - Tel Aviv, Israel - Zappa 10.24.08 - Istanbul, Turkey - Babylon 10.25.08 - Valencia, Spain - Greenspace Festival 11.06.08 - Santiago, Chile - Industria Cultural 11.08.08 - São Paulo, Brazil - Planeta Terra Festival 11.09.08 - Buenos Aires, Argentina - La Trastienda 11.13.08 - Lima, Peru - Centro Fundación Telefónica

$ Axolotl

[Photo: Adriano Fegundes]