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Shellac's new album on Touch and Go now has a title, Excellent Italian Greyhound, and a release date, June 5. Hooray! Allegedly, it's named for Todd Trainer's dog.

Greyhound is Shellac's first album since 1000 Hurts, which came out all the way back in 2000. The new album does not have a tracklist as of yet, but we're sure it's full of songs about fighting, racism, and a whole slew of other nastiness.

As previously reported, Shellac also have a couple months' worth of tour dates that begin in Chicago on Tax Day.

Dates:

04-15 Chicago, IL - Congress Theater *
04-27 Chicago, IL - Subterranean (Cal Robbins benefit)
05-16 Bilbao, Spain - Antzokia
05-17 London, England - Koko
05-19 Somerset, England - Butlins Minehead (All Tomorrow's Parties)
05-22 Eindhoven, Netherlands - Effenaar
05-23 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso
05-24 Gent, Belgium - Vooriut Kafee
05-25 Tourcoing, France - Le Grand Mix
05-26 Paris, France - La Bataclan
05-27 Strasbourg, France - La Laiterie
05-28 Zurich, Switzerland - Rote Fabrik
05-29 Geneva, Switzerland - L'Usine
05-30 Verona, Italy - Interzona
05-31 Rimini, Italy - Velvet
06-01 Livorno, Italy - Vecchia Fortezza
06-02 Rome, Italy - Init
06-03 Catania, Italy - Mercati Generali #

* with the Stooges
# with Uzeda