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Though a few high-profile placements on video game soundtracks and their wacky, Can-culled name helped them weather the storm that swallowed up so many of the early-century's garage rock revivalists, the last few years haven't been kind to the fellas of the Mooney Suzuki.

They parted ways with two labels, Columbia and the now-defunct V2, and the band began to crumble, losing guitarist Graham Tyler in the shuffle.

So it's nothing short of a miracle that the Suzuki are alive and well enough to announce the very existence of their fifth LP Have Mercy, due out June 19 on the brand new Elixia Records, which is part of the Templar Label Group. Despite all the electric flop-sweat that went into its inception, Suzuki frontman Sammy James Jr. describes the ten-song set as "upbeat" and "peppy" in a press release. That's the Mooney Suzuki I know!

Hear the album's opening track "99%", by clicking on the download link at the end of the story.

The Mooney-men are slated to warm up a trio of dates for Albert Hammond, Jr. early next month, and we've been assured summer dates are sure to follow once they're firmed up.

Have Mercy tracklist:

01 99%
02 This Broken Heart
03 Adam & Eve
04 Ashes
05 Rock and Roller Girl
06 First Comes Love
07 Mercy Mercy Me
08 Good Ol' Alcohol
09 Prime of Life
10 Down But Not Out

Dates:

04-02 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *
04-03 Philadelphia, PA - Theater of Living Arts *
04-05 Washington, DC - 9:30 Club *

* with Albert Hammond, Jr.