The Black Lips have, over the years, become acclimated with ‘road life;’ they’re addicted to gas station food, they prefer sleeping on the floors of friends’ apartments, and the only love they know is the fleeting kind found in one night stands. So it’s no surprise that the Atlanta-based rockers have announced that they are extending their current tour. The band hopes to build up anticipation amongst their fans as they all prepare for the summer behemoth of Lollapalooza Rex.
The Blackened Lips are also expecting the added dates to help them reach a wider swath of people across the country so that that said wider swath will be more inclined to pick up the band’s forthcoming album, Arabia Mountain (set for consumption on June 7 via Vice Records and featuring production from Mark Ronson), which is already making ironically-mustachioed hipsters lick their lips with desire.
Check out the new single “New Direction” here, the new dates after the tracklist, and the WHOLE ALBUM courtesy of Groovershark here.
Arabia Mountain tracklist:
01. Family Tree
02. Modern Art
03. Spidey’s Curse
04. Mad Dog
05. Mr. Driver
06. Bicentennial Man
07. Go Out and Get It
08. Raw Meat
09. Bone Marro
10. The Lie
11. Time
12. Dumpster Dive
13. New Direction
14. Noc-a-Homa
15. Don’t Mess Up My Baby
16. You Keep on Running
Dates:
07.27.11 - Charlotte, NC - Neighborhood Theatre
07.28.11 - Baltimore, MD - Ottobar .
07.29.11 - New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
07.30.11 - Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell’s .
08.01.11 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Small’s Theatre
08.02.11 - Lexington, KY - Buster’s Billiards &Backroom
08.04.11 - St. Louis, MO - The Firebird
08.05.11 - Chicago, IL - Lollapalooza
09.08.11 - Raleigh, NC - Hopscotch Festival
• The Black Lips: http://www.black-lips.com
• Vice: http://www.vicerecords.com
