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Feb 01, 2017 By Christopher Roberts Blondie

Future Islands have announced a new album, The Far Field, and shared its first single “Ran.” The Far Field is due out April 7 via 4AD. The band has also announced some tour dates. Check out “Ran” below, followed by the album’s tracklist and cover art, as well as the band’s tour dates.

The Far Field is the follow-up to the Baltimore-based trio’s acclaimed 2014-released breakthrough album Singles. Samuel T. Herring (vocals, lyrics), William Cashion (bass, guitars), and Gerrit Welmers (keyboards, programming) wrote the album in North Carolina and Baltimore. John Congleton produced the album at the Sunset Sound studios in Los Angeles. Blondie’s Debbie Harry guests on the album, singing a duet with Herring, “Shadows.” Patrick McMinn contributed string arrangements and this is the first Future Islands record to feature live drums by Micahel Lowry. The album will be released “digitally, on 180gm white and standard black LP, CD, cassette formats, and as a unique, first-of-its-kind miniature LP.” Future Islands will perform on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on February 9.

Read our 2014 cover story article on Future Islands.

The Far Field Tracklist:

01 Aladdin
02 Time on Her Side
03 Ran
04 Beauty of the Road
05 Cave
06 Through the Roses
07 North Star
08 Ancient Water
09 Candles
10 Day Glow Fire
11 Shadows
12 Black Rose

Future Islands Tour Dates:

03-21 Berlin, Germany - Columbiahalle
04-14-16 Indio, CA - Coachella
04-21-23 Indio, CA - Coachella
04-27 Glasgow, Scotland - Barrowlands
04-28 Leeds, England - Leeds University Refectory
04-29 Liverpool, England - O2 Academy
04-30 Brighton, England - Dome
05-02 Nottingham, England - Rock City
05-03 Bristol, England - O2 Academy
05-06 Barcelona, Spain - Razzmatazz
05-09 Paris, France - Elysée Montmartre
05-25 Providence, RI - Lupo’s
05-26 Ithaca, NY - State Theatre
05-27 Toronto, Ontario - Danforth Music Hall
05-28 Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE
05-29 Philadelphia, PA - The Fillmore
05-30 Charlottesville, VA - Jefferson Theatre
06-01 Asheville, NC - Orange Peel
06-02 Ponte Vedra, FL - Ponte Vedra Social Hall
06-03 Pensacola, FL - Vinyl
06-05 St. Louis, MO - Pageant
06-06 Chicago, IL - Riviera
06-07 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre
06-09 Indianapolis, IN - Egyptian Room
06-08-11 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo
06-27 Cologne, Germany - Live Music Hall
06-30 Belgium, Brussels - Rock Werchter
07-06 Dublin, Ireland - Iveagh Gardens
07-28-30 New York, NY - Panorama Festival
08-16-19 Tabuão, Portugal - Paredes de Coura Festival
08-17-20 Brecon Beacons, Wales - Green Man