Of Montreal have announced a few releases to keep us fans happy in the short term; a live, acoustic EP and a reissue of a rarities collection.

The live EP is part of the Sony Connect Set, four unplugged tracks recorded in Los Angeles back in January by Barnes and bandmate Bryan “The Late B.P. Helium” Poole. In addition to a pair of Hissing cuts, the digital-only set includes a Neil Young (which I have to hear) and Love Is All covers. That’ll be available for download on 2nd Oct.

We’ve also got the impressively titled If He Is Protecting Our Nation Then Who Will Protect Big Oil??? Previously released in 2003 on Track & Field outside America, it gathers 13 choice cuts from the Of Montreal back-catalogue. Polyvinyl reissues it 23rd October.

Sony Connect Set:

1 Harvest Moon (Neil Young cover)
2 Heimdalsgate Like a Promethean Curse
3 Make Out, Fall Out, Make Up (Love Is All cover)
4 We Were Born the Mutants Again With Leafling

If He Is Protecting Our Nation Then Who Will Protext Big Oil???:

1 My, What a Strange Day With a Swede
2 An Ill-Treated Hiccup’s View of the World
3 Cast in the Haze (Been There Four Days)
4 Mimi Merlot Beatnik Version
5 Girl From NYC (Named Julia)
6 Inside a Room Full of Treasures….
7 Charlie & Freddy
8 There Is Nothing Wrong….
9 Maple Licorice
10 Barely Asian at the Beefcake Horizon
11 Spooky Spider Chandelier
12 Friends of Mine
13 Christmas Isn’t Safe for Animals