Grimes is back and taking on the world

Since crash-landing on Earth and the mainstream in 2010 with the release of Giedi Primes, Canadian purveryor of out-of-this-world, ethereal electro pop Grimes (aka Claire Boucher) is taking her long-awaited new album Art Angels on tour. Catch her sci-fi synth stylings on the Rhinestone Cowgirls tour with Nicole Dollanganger as support at in , ,

There has been much anticipation in the wake of Grimes' critically lauded 2012 album Visions. Amidst the scrapping of an album and the pressure of the industry, Boucher has stated that her new release is firmly in her own hands, self-written and self-produced. First singles Flesh With Blood and Life in the Vivid Dream point the way to a much more accessible sound, and the album also features her previously thought to be standalone single REALiTi.