Scottish indie rockers We Were Promised Jetpacks recently announced a tour and put out a teaser video, making it look like an album was on the way, and that was in fact the case. WWPJ will release their fourth album, The More I Sleep, The Less I Dream, on September 14 via Big Scary Monsters in the UK/EU (pre-order), and it's being self-released in the US. The album was produced by Jonathan Low (who's worked with The National, Frightened Rabbit, Kurt Vile, and others), and the first single is "Hanging In," which premieres in this post. The band tells us, "'Hanging In' was the last song we wrote for the album, and once we finished it we knew we were ready. Thematically, it pulls the rest of the album together so it makes sense for it to be the first single, and the first song people hear." It's a nice dose of big, sweeping, dramatic indie rock -- the kind of thing WWPJ have always excelled at -- but they also sound refreshed here. It doesn't just sound like the same old We Were Promised Jetpacks; it sounds grander. Listen below.

As mentioned, the band is going on an international tour, including shows at NJ's Asbury Lanes on October 24 and NYC's Brooklyn Steel on October 29 (tickets). All dates are listed below.

We Were Promised Jetpacks -- 2018 Tour Dates

09.19 - Portland, ME @ Portland City Music Hall

09.20 - Porstmouth, NH @ 3S Artspace

09.21 - Montreal, QC @ Bar Le "Ritz" P.D.B.

09.22 - Toronto, ON @ Lee's Palace

09.23 - Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig

09.25 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall

09.26 - Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall

09.27 - Madison, WI @ Majestic Theater

09.28 - St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club

09.29 - Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium

10.01 - Billings, MT @ The Pub Station

10.02 - Spokane, WA @ The Bartlett

10.03 - Seattle, WA @ Neumos

10.04 - Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom

10.05 - Bellingham, WA @ The Wild Buffalo

10.06 - Eugene, OR @ WOW Hall

10.08 - Chico, CA @ The Big Room

10.09 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall

10.11 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey Theatre

10.12 - San Diego, CA @ Irenic

10.13 - Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom

10.15 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dad

10.16 - Austin, TX @ Mohawk

10.17 - Houston, TX @ White Oak Music Hall

10.18 - New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues - The Parish

10.19 - Chattanooga, TN @ Songbirds

10.20 - Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West

10.22 - Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle

10.23 - Washington, DC @ 930 Club

10.24 - Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes

10.26 - Allston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall

10.27 - Philadelphia, PA @ Foundry

10.28 - Lancaster, PA @ Chameleon Club

10.29 - Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel

11.14 - Aberdeen, UK @ The Lemon Tree

11.15 - Glasgow, UK @ Saint Luke's

11.17 - Edinburgh, UK @ The Old Dr Bells Bath

11.18 - Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club

11.19 - Manchester, UK @ The Deaf Institute

11.21 - London, UK @ Bush Hall

11.22 - Luxembourg City, LU @ Rotondes

11.23 - Hamburg, DE @ Molotow

11.24 - Berlin, DE @ Lido

11.26 - Vienna, AT @ Chelsea

11.27 - Graz, AT @ Orpheum

11.28 - Munich, DE @ Ampere

11.29 - Heidelberg, DE @ Karlstorbahnhof

11.30 - Cologne, DE @ Luxor

12.1 - Amsterdam, NL @ Bitterzoet