Photo by Autumn de Wilde

Along with Beck's just-shared summer tour dates, today he's offered some details of a new acoustic album. A press release notes that the record came "in the form of a burst of inspiration" after Beck finished Song Reader, his sheet music album released last year via McSweeney's. The press release calls it "a self-contained work."

In November Beck also confirmed he was at work on a new LP, which he began in 2008.

Beck will play new material from the upcoming acoustic record at his three solo, acoustic dates this summer. (Note that Beck's dates in Boston and Brooklyn will not be solo, acoustic performances, as originally announced on his website.)

Watch the video for "Nausea" after his full itinerary:

05-19 Santa Cruz, CA - Rio Theatre

05-20 San Francisco, CA - Davies Symphony Hall (Song Reader event)

07-02 Paris, France - Days Off Festival !

07-27 Wantagh, NY - Americanarama Festival * !

07-28 Newport, RI - Newport Folk Festival !

07-30 Portland, ME - State Theatre

08-02 Boston, MA - Bank of America Pavilion ^

08-04 Brooklyn, NY - Prospect Park Bandshell (Celebrate Brooklyn) ^