After 12 years of near-silence, sci-fi rockers Man or Astro-Man? will return with a new album on May 21st via Communicating Vessels/Chunklet. Titled Defcon 5 4 3 2 1, the 12-track effort was recorded with Steve Albini in Chicago and Daniel Farris (Polyphonic Spree, Amy Ray) in Birmingham, AL.



According to a press release, the album “brings the band’s unique powerful style of Science Friction back to greater humanity in supreme form” and showcases them “being as inventive and propulsive as ever”.

Below, listen to the album’s charging first single, “Disintegrate”.

Defcon 5 4 3 2 1 Tracklist:

01. Defcon 5

02. Antimatter Man

03. All Systems to Go

04. Disintegrate

05. Defcon 4

06. Codebreaker Seventy Eight

07. Communication Breakdown Pt. II

08. Defcon 3

09. Electric Arc

10. Defcon 2

11. New Cocoon

12. Defcon 1

To gear up for the new record, Man or Astro-Man? will hit North America’s open roads starting next week. Consult the full list of dates below.

Man or Astro-Man? 2013 Tour Dates:

04/26 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada

04/27 – Austin, TX @ Austin Psych Fest

04/28 – Houston, TX @ Fitzgerald’s Upstairs

05/09 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Crescent Ballroom

05/10 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo

05/11 – San Francisco, CA @ Bimbo’s 365 Club

05/12 – Visalia, CA @ The Cellar Door

05/13 – Sacramento, CA @ Harlow’s

05/14 – Eugene, OR @ Cozmic Pizza

05/15 – Vancouver, BC @ The Biltmore Cabaret

05/16 – Bellingham, WA @ The Wild Buffalo

05/17 – Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge

05/18 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos

06/13 – St. Paul MN @ Turf Club

06/14 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle

06/15 – Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle

06/16 – Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom

06/17 – Toronto, ON @ Lee’s Place

06/18 – Ithaca NY @ The Haunt

06/19 – Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair

06/20 – New York, NY @ Mercury Lounge

06/21 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bowl

06/22 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts

06/23 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat