After not hearing a peep from the band in some time, Modest Mouse has announced plans to embark on a North American tour this summer. Consequence of Sound reports that the Washington-bred indie rock band will launch their month-long road trip from Broomfield, Colo. on July 1 and stop in cities like Milwaukee, Wis.; Santa Fe, N.M.; Fargo, N.D.; Chicago, Ill. (at the Pitchfork Music Festival in Union Park); Knoxville, Tenn.; Montclair, N.J.; Brooklyn, N.Y. and more before wrapping things up in Boston on July 24. The band will cross the pond for a batch of dates in the U.K. and Ireland in August and will perform at the Readings and Leeds Festival in the U.K. while on the other side of the Atlantic.

Fans with Modest Mouse tickets will likely expect to hear songs off one of the band’s most lauded albums, 2000’s The Moon & Antarctica, when they attend a live show. The band reissued the fan favorite, which was also its major-label debut, on Record Store Day (Sat., April 17), joining a long list of artists contributing releases in celebration of the holiday, including Flaming Lips, Wilco, Ani DiFranco, Devo, Beach House, Black Keys, Kamagra jelly Jeff Beck, Gogol Bordello, LCD Soundsystem, Passion Pit and more.

Although a tour and reissue of The Moon & Antarctica are likely welcomed by fans, everyone wants to know when Modest Mouse will release a new album. Aside from releasing a B-sides collection and EP in 2009, Modest Mouse hasn’t released a proper album of new material since 2007’s We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank. Although rumors that the group is currently working on a new album continue to arise, nothing has been confirmed. Modest Mouse is expected to perform songs off their 2009 EP No One’s First and You’re Next live but fans are holding out for some new tracks, as well. Get Modest Mouse tickets online to find out for yourself!

According to Exclaim News, frontman Isaac Brock Tadalis SX is in the studio working on an entirely different project. Brock is working on music for The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack with the children’s cartoon creator Thurop van Orman. “Isaac Brock of MODEST MOUSE is collaborating with us for some music on an upcoming Flapjack Special. He is about the greatest guy around, and is going some kickass music with us. And Flapjack is his favorite show!” gushed Van Orman in a statement. Brock also spent some time on the other side of the studio Plexiglas, producing the debut album for the Portland-based band Mimicking Birds.

Since releasing We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank in 2007, Modest Mouse has undergone some internal changes. Former Smiths guitarist Jonny Marr, who joined the lineup in 2006 and performed on their 2007 album, exited the lineup to join Wakefield group the Cribs not long after We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank arrived. Clash Music reports that Modest Mouse and the Cribs are both on the bill for Reading and Leeds and are apparently friendly. The Cribs’ Ryan Jarman recently told NME.com, “We were all together when the Cribs played in Portland about six weeks ago, that was really nice” and added, “Everybody’s just so easy being around each other-it’s sickeningly healthy, really.”

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