Watch Animals As Leaders Perform a New Song in Australia

by | Feb 4, 2014

A few years ago Animals As Leaders guitarist Javier Reyes told us about the time he auditioned for Periphery. “They were 20 years old, and I was 26. I was just not trying to hang out with 20-year-olds…”

Now older and wiser, Animals As Leaders are gearing up to release their third studio album, a follow-up to 2011’s Weightless. While there aren’t too many details on it yet, word on the street is that it’s expected out this spring. That makes sense, since the band will be going on a lengthy headlining tour later this month with After The Burial, Navene-K, and CHON.

Anyway, until we get further details, here’s some footage we dug up of a new song the band performed in Melbourne, Australia over the weekend.

Animals As Leaders tour dates:

Feb 24 Tampa, FL @ The Orpheum
Feb 25 Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade
Feb 26 Greensboro, NC @ Greene Street Club
Feb 27 Baltimore, MD @ Rams Head Live
Feb 28 Philadelphia, PA @ Trocadero
Mar 02 New York City, NY @ Irving Plaza
Mar 03 Boston, MA @ House of Blues
Mar 04 Montreal, QC @ La Tulipe
Mar 05 Toronto, ON @ Opera House
Mar 06 Detroit, MI @ St. Andrews
Mar 07 Joliet, IL @ Mojoes
Mar 08 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
Mar 09 Minneapolis, MN @ Skyway Theatre
Mar 10 Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s
Mar 11 St. Louis, MO @ Pop’s
Mar 13 Houston, TX @ Fitzgeralds’
Mar 18 Denver, CO @ The Summit Music Hall
Mar 19 Salt Lake City, UT @ In The Venue
Mar 21 Calgary, AB @ Republik
Mar 22 Edmonton, AB @ Starlite Room
Mar 24 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
Mar 25 Seattle, WA @ El Corazon
Mar 26 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne
Mar 27 Sacramento, CA @ Assembly
Mar 28 San Francisco, CA @ Regency
Mar 29 Las Vegas, NV @ Extreme Thing (AAL ONLY)
Mar 30 Los Angeles, CA @ Roxy

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