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Wow, that CSS album we mentioned when we ran down their tour dates a week ago was even more imminent than we realized.

Donkey, the sophomore platter from the Brazilian quintet, is due in stores in July, and in the Great Album Title Hall of Fame right about now. The disc was recorded in the band's native São Paolo during a four-month respite from their ever-exhaustive touring plans.

UPDATE: WE'VE GOT A RELEASE DATE! JULY 22 ON SUB POP!

Those looking to hop on this Donkey a little early have but a few days to wait. On April 28, the song "Rat Is Dead (Rage)" will be available on their website for download free of charge, and it will also hit the radio.

The band kick off that sizeable tour of theirs May 5 in Cardiff, Wales.

CSS:

05-05 Cardiff, Wales - Great Hall #
05-06 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC #
05-07 Dublin, Ireland - Academy #
05-09 Brittany, France - Art Rock Festival
05-23 Warsaw, Poland - Freshsounds Fest
05-25 Northampton, England - Gatecrasher Fest
05-26 Newcastle, England - Evolution Festival
05-31 London, England - Roehampton England
06-04 Montreaux, Switzerland - Montreaux Jazz Festival
06-05 Belfort, France - Les Eurockeennes
06-06-07 Frankfurt, Germany - Rock in Park Festival
06-07-08 Loch Ness, Scotland - RockNess
06-13 London, England - Rise Festival
06-19 Barcelona, Spain - Summercase Festival
06-20 Madrid, Spain - Summercase Festival
06-25 Mt. Fuji, Japan - Fuji Rock Festival
07-18 Madrid, Spain - Summercase Festival
07-19 Barcelona, Spain - Summercase Festival
07-30 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *^
07-31 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall *
08-01 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
08-04 Montreal, Quebec - Osheaga Festival
08-05 Toronto, Ontario - Kool Haus *
08-07 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero
08-08 Jersey City, NJ - All Points West Festival *
08-09 Worcester, MA - The Palladium *
08-10 Atlantic City, NJ - House of Blues
09-05 Isle of Wight, England - Bestival
09-14 Morrison, CO - Monolith Festival
09-15 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue
09-17 Vancouver, British Columbia - Commodore Ballroom
09-19 Portland, OR - Roseland Theater
09-22 Los Angeles, CA - Mayan Theatre
09-23 Los Angeles, CA - Mayan Theatre
09-25 Tucson, AZ - Rialto Theater
09-26 Austin, TX - Austin City Limits Festival

# with the Futureheads, MGMT
* with the Go! Team
^ with Black Kids