Home News Aria Davis February 6th, 2013 - 9:20 PM

Desert punk band the Meat Puppets have announced the release date for their fourteenth studio album, Rat Farm.





Rat Farm is scheduled to release on April 16 via Megaforce Records. Singer and guitarist Curt Kirkwood says that fans can expect to hear “real blown-up folk music,” on this album. He further elaborates on the new material:

I tried to write stuff that would stand on its own — just the chords and the melodies, and play it kind of straight…I think that was the guiding boundary that I gave myself. It was one of those things where a lot of times, in the past especially, Cris would go, ‘Well, that’s all there is? Let’s put a prog rock part in the middle.’ But I tried to hold it off as much as I could.

Leading up to the release, the Meat Puppets will be touring in the states from March 28 to April 11. They’ll also make an appearance at SXSW in March and Primavera Festival in May. Check out the track listing for Rat Farm and the tour dates below.

Track Listing

01. Rat Farm

02. One More Drop

03. Down

04. Leave Your Head Alone

05. Again

06. You Don’t Know

07. Waiting

08. Time and Money

09. Sometimes Blue

10. Original One

11. River Rose

12. Sweet

Meat Puppets 2013 Spring US Tour Dates:

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Mar 28: SHREVEPORT, LA – VOO DOO LOUNGE

Mar 29: BIRMINGHAM, AL – BOTTLE TREE

Mar 30: ATHENS, GA – 40 WATT

Apr 01: LANCASTER, PA – THE CHAMELEON CLUB

Apr 02: NEW HOPE, PA – JOHN AND PETER’S PLACE

Apr 03: NEW YORK, NY – MERCURY LOUNGE

Apr 04: NEW YORK, NY – MERCURY LOUNGE

Apr 05: ITHACA, NY – THE HAUNT

Apr 06: ROCHESTER, NY – THE CLUB AT WATER STREET

Apr 07: COLUMBUS, OH – SKULLYS

Apr 09: BLOOMINGTON, IN – THE BISHOP

Apr 10: LEXINGTON, KY – COSMIC CHARLIES

Apr 11: NASHVILLE, TN – HIGH WATT

Apr 12: CHATTANOOGA, TN – JJ’S BOHEMIA SA

Apr 13: JACKSON, MS – MARTIN’S