The Mountain Goats’ new album The Life Of The World To Come features string arrangements by Owen Pallett of Final Fantasy. So it’s sensible that Final Fantasy will tour with the band in November.

Pallett has toured and performed with Arcade Fire, writing arrangements for Funeral and Neon Bible. His Final Fantasy solo project is a tribute to the video game. Pallett performs the material using a violin, sampler and loop pedals.

This tour will include not just frontman John Darnielle but also Peter Hughes and Jon Wurster, the two other members of the Mountain Goats. Darnielle will play a few acoustic solo shows previous to the tour. Meanwhile, Final Fantasy’s European tour starts in Ireland tonight, and will continue until October 2.

You can download “Genesis 3:23” off of The Life of the World To Come here. The album is out October 6.

Complete tour dates:

Mountain Goats/Final Fantasy:

11.04 Grand Rapids, MI: Ladies Literary Club
11.05 Chicago, IL: Metro
11.06 Madison, WI: High Noon Saloon
11.07 Minneapolis, MN: Cedar Cultural Centre
11.10 Seattle, WA: Showbox
11.11 Portland, OR: Wonder Ballroom
11.14 San Francisco, CA: Fillmore
11.15 Los Angeles, CA: Henry Fonda Theater
11.18 Austin, TX: Antone's
11.19 Dallas TX: Granada Theater
11.20 Nashville TN: Mercy Lounge
11.21 Atlanta, GA: Variety Playhouse
11.23 Orlando, FL: The Social
11.24 St. Augustine, FL: Café 11
11.27 Washington, DC: 9:30 Club
11.28 Philadelphia, PA: Theater of Living Arts
11.29 Boston MA: Wilbur Theatre
12.01 New York, NY: Webster Hall
12.02 Brooklyn, NY: Bell House

Mountain Goats (solo acoustic):

08.21 Durham, NC: Durham Be Easy
09.18 Ithaca, NY: Ithaca College
10.09 Amsterdam, Netherlands: Paradiso
10.10 London, England: QEH
10.11 Manchester, England: Ruby Lounge
10.13 Paris, France: Point Ephemere
10.15 Berlin, Germany: Magnet

Final Fantasy:

08.04 Belfast, Northern Ireland: Empire Music Hall
08.05 Glasgow, Scotland: The Classic Grand
08.06 Kutná Hora, Czech Republic: Creepy Teepee Gask Art Festival
08.07 Myslowice, Poland: Off Festival
08.08 Vienna, Austria: Szene
08.10 Innsbruck, Austria: Weekender
08.12 Utrecht, Netherlands: Tivoli
08.13 Paris, France: La Plage*
08.14 Haldern, Germany: Haldern Pop Festival
08.15 Gothenburg, Sweden: Way Out West Festival
08.16 Helsinki, Finland: Flow Festival
09.18 London, Ontario: Lola Festival
09.24 Victoria, British Columbia: Alix Goolden Hall+
09.25 Vancouver, British Columbia: St. Andrews-Wesley Church+
09.27 Edmonton, Alberta: McDougall United Church+
09.28 Calgary, Alberta: Knox United Church+
09.30 Regina, Saskatchewan: The Exchange+
10.01 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan: Amigo's+
10.02 Winnipeg, Manitoba: West End Cultural Centre+

* with Oneida, Alexandra Tucker
+ with Timber Timbre

[Pitchfork]