Today, Dan Deacon has shared his new single ‘Learning to Relax.” The track comes off his forthcoming release Glass Riffer, which comes out February 24, 2015 on Domino Records.

“Learning to Relax”, took shape while being performed on the road last year while on tour with Arcade Fire, it is another exploration of Deacon’s newfound appreciation of tracks featuring predominate vocal melodies. It’s one of the many songs on Gliss Riffer reveling in equal parts exuberant uncontained good times as well as dramatic flair. The same could be said for the “Learning to Relax” animation created by Alan Resnick, as described by the creator himself: Two parallel columns of cubes are colored with complementary gradients. The cubes oscillate at faster and faster rates, which create the optical illusion of color mixing within elaborate visual patterns.

Deacon has also announced a North American April/May 2015 tour that will follow several release week shows later this month in New York, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Next Tuesday, Dan will be playing a special Boiler Room show in London. Watch a live stream of the show on Tuesday, February 17th 2pm EST. All tour dates are listed below.

You can download the stems to “Learning to Relax” and ‘Feel the Lightning’ below.

1. Feel the Lightning (stream)
2. Sheathed Wings
3. When I Was Done Dying
4. Meme Generator
5. Mind On Fire
6. Learning to Relax
7. Take it to the Max
8. Steely Blues

Dan Deacon tour dates:

02-16 London, UK – Islington Assembly Hall
02-18 Paris, FR – Le Divan Du Monde
02-19 Amsterdam, NL – Pardiso Noord
02-20 Berlin, DE – Schwuz
02-25 Brooklyn, NY – Rough Trade (sold out)
02-27 Los Angeles, CA – Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock (sold out)
02-28 San Francisco, CA – The Chapel (sold out)
04-04 Fresno, CA – Catacomb Party
04-07 Richmond, VA – Gallery 5
04-08 Charlottesville, VA – The Southern
04-09 Millvale, PA – Mr. Smalls Theatre
04-10 Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
04-11 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
04-16 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
04-17 Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
04-18 Atlanta, GA – Mammal Gallery
04-21 New Orleans, LA – Republic New Orleans
04-23 Austin, TX – The Mohawk
04-24 Houston, TX – Fitzgerald’s
04-25 Dallas, TX – Tree’s
04-28 Phoenix, AZ – The Crescent Ballroom
04-29 San Diego, CA – Casbah
05-01 Los Angeles, CA – Echoplex
05-05 Eugene, OR – WOW Hall
05-06 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios
05-07 Vancouver, BC – Electric Owl
05-08 Seattle, WA – Neumos
05-09 Boise, ID – The Shredder
05-10 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
05-12 Denver, CO – Bluebird Theatre
05-13 Omaha, NE – The Slowdown
05-14 Minneapolis, MN – Cedar Cultural Center
05-15 Madison, WI- High Noon Saloon
05-16 Chicago, IL- Thalia Hall
05-17 Louisville, KY – Zanzabar
05-19 Detroit, MI – Magic Stick
05-20 Toronto, ON – Phoenix Concert Theatre
05-21 Montreal, QC – Theatre Fairmount
05-22 Brooklyn, NY – Warsaw
05-23 Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall