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RJD2's third album-- titled The Third Hand, appropriately enough-- comes out March 6 on XL, and he's done the trad rock thing by booking a tour the same month as the album release. The trek begins March 9 in his hometown of Columbus and, as it stands right now, ends March 24 in Baltimore.

RJD2 has also announced The Third Hand's tracklist, which includes the previously reported "You Never Had It So Good" and "Get It", which is newly streamable from his MySpace page. Despite the claim in his Pitchfork interview that Third Hand was a pop album, we're still hearing a lot of hip hop in "Get It"'s syncopated drums, clipped vocal coos, and tinkling background electronics. It sounds like just the sort of downbeat instrumental that he brought in spades to Since We Last Spoke.

So RJ, you're on watch. We expect nothing less than a full-blown chorus from your next MySpace track!

Tracklist:

01 Intro
02 You Never Had It So Good
03 Have Mercy
04 Reality
05 Work It Out
06 Laws of the Gods
07 Get It
08 Someday
09 The Bad Penny
10 Beyond the Beyond
11 Sweet Piece
12 Rules for Normal Living
13 Paper Bubble
14 Just When
15 The Evening Gospel

Dates:

03-09 Columbus, OH - Wexner Center *
03-10 Lexington, KY - The Dame *
03-11 Nashville, TN - Exit In *
03-14 Denton, TX - Hailey's *
03-17 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live *
03-19 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues Parish *
03-20 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse *
03-21 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle *
03-22 Charlottesville, VA - Satellite Ballroom *
03-23 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *
03-24 Baltimore, MD - Sonar *

* with Happy Chichester