Pitchfork

Celebrating a whopping 30 years together as a band, Mekons will release their first full-length proper since 2002's OOOH! on August 21 via Touch and Go/Quarterstick.

The album is called Natural, and it comes complete with a nice little two-week tour this fall, which kicks off September 27 in Milwaukee.

Among the band's many side projects and solo gigs (all of which you can check up on here), Sally Timms will play local Chicago TV station/PBS-affiliate WTTW's Fun and Run children's event on August 26, and Jon Langford will perform at Chicago's Celtic Fest on September 15.

Natural:

01 Dark Dark Dark
02 Dickie, Chalkie and Nobby
03 The Old Fox
04 White Stone Door
05 Shocking Curse Bird
06 Give Me Wine or Money
07 Diamonds
08 Burning in the Desert Burning
09 The Hope and the Anchor
10 Cockermouth
11 Zeroes and Ones
12 Perfect Mirror

Mekons:

09-27 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theater
09-28 Chicago, IL - Old Town School of Folk Music *
09-30 Pittsburgh, PA - New Hazlett Theater
10-01 Vienna, VA - Jammin' Java
10-02 Philadelphia, PA - World Cafe Live
10-03 New York, NY - The Gramercy Theatre
10-04 Fall River, MA - Narrows Center for Arts
10-09 Portland, OR - Aladdin Theater
10-10 Seattle, WA - Town Hall
10-13 Lafayette, IN - Lafayette Brewing Co. *

* with the Horse's Ha