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We are delighted to present to you the MP3 for “Angels” from Seventeen Evergreen’s Psyentist EP which will be released next Monday (Dec 5) but you can get “here” now.

The band’s video for lead EP track “Polarity Song” debuted on Gorilla Vs. Bear earlier this month and promptly racked up 75,000 views in the first weekend.

The EP’s second track, the ultra-groovy “Angels”, reverberates with beautiful harp strums juxtaposing against anguished layers of backing harmonies that act like a synaesthestic audio phenomenon relative to Edward Munch’s ‘Scream.’ The four track Psyentist EP is a celebration of the science of imaginary solutions.  It’s the precursor to the band’s forthcoming LP, Steady On, Scientist!, which will be released in Spring 2012.

“Piles of $$$”, Caged Animals melancholic paean to “the good life,” might come off as a joking deconstruction of the urban, with it’s auto-tuned, synthetic vocal, love-making tempo, and potentially sardonic title, if it weren’t for the genuine sense of longing that comes across throughout it’s synth-drenched measures.

As the track gently motors along and Vincent Cacchione croons, “I just want to set this town alight with my pile of money,” and “we’re gonna spend it all away, you and me,” it becomes evident that the higher star that this voice is reaching for is one that could only ever be imagined, a world of richness earned by two lovers.

To compliment this idea, the incredible Ace Norton directed new video-clip, sees Vincent Cacchione and, fellow Caged Animal, Magali Charron, (who are a couple in real life), as they feverishly race from chain-store to chain-store in a Lynchian but totally Hollywood re-interpretation of Bonnie & Clyde.  The pair gun it up Mulholland Drive in a ’72 Benz, unconsciously re-enacting moments of Wild At Heart and Titanic, while amassing over-sized jeans, thermal underwear, and hooded sweatshirts.   Making a sharp turn off the road into a dingy, curiously well-lit warehouse, the pair appear in a final showdown, where the unspeakable becomes gorgeously rendered in slow-motion, and Cacchione reveals his deepest desire.

As premiered today on Stereogum.

Friends recently announced headline show at the Lexington on February 7th has already sold out, so the quintet have added a second London show at XOYO on February 8th.  Move fast would be our advice, as am sure this show will sell out too.

Mon, February 6, 2012  – Manchester, Deaf Institute Tickets

Tues, February 7, 2012 – London, The Lexington SOLD OUT

Wed, February 8, 2012 – London, XOYO Tickets

Friends’ US and Canadian Tour begins in DC tonight.  All dates are with Ganglians.

Nov. 15 WASHINGTON, DC Red Palace
Nov. 16 PHILADELPHIA, PA Kung Fu Necktie
Nov. 18 NEW LONDON, CT Oasis
Nov. 19 NEW YORK, NY Mercury Lounge
Nov. 20 BOSTON, MA The Great Scott
Nov. 22 MONTREAL, QC Casa Del Popolo
Nov. 23 OTTAWA, ON Mavericks
Nov. 24 KINGSTON, ON The Mansion
Nov. 25 TORONTO, ON Drake’s
Nov. 26 LONDON, ON APK
Nov. 28 DETROIT, MI Lager House
Nov. 29 CLEVELAND, OH Happy Dog
Nov. 30 COLUMBUS, OH Ace of Cups
Dec. 1 CINCINNATI, OH Mayday
Dec. 2 CHICAGO, IL Beat Kitchen
Dec. 3 MINNEAPOLIS, MN 7th Entry

Very excited about Caged Animals in London tonight, you can also catch them in Brussels tomorrow and Paris on Friday.  Ticket links below.

11/15 – White Heat // Madame Jo Jo’s // London, UK
11/16 – Witloof Bar // Brussels, Belgium
11/18 – La Fleche D’or // Paris, France