The Meat Puppets’ 14th studio album Rat Farm will be released on April 16. The desert punk-rockers will also tour the United States in the spring, with dates in the South and Northeast. The touring band will consist of singer/guitarist Curt Kirkwood, bassist Cris Kirkwood, drummer Shandon Sahm and a new addition on second guitar, Elmo Kirkwood (Curt’s son). Meat Puppets will also be announcing SXSW and European shows in the near future. A full list of their upcoming U.S. tour dates and the tracklisting for Rat Farm can be found below.

Rat Farm tracklisting:

1.       Rat Farm
2.       One More Drop
3.       Down
4.       Leave Your Head Alone
5.       Again
6.       You Don’t Know
7.       Waiting
8.       Time and Money
9.       Sometimes Blue
10.     Original One
11.     River Rose
12.     Sweet 

Meat Puppet Upcoming U.S. tour dates

March 28 Shreveport, LA—Voo Doo Lounge
March 29 Birmingham, AL—Bottle Tree
March 30 Athens, GA—40 Watt
April 1 Lancaster, PA—Chameleon Club
April 2 New Hope, PA—John and Peter’s Place
April 3 New York, NY—Mercury Lounge
April 4 New York, NY—Mercury Lounge
April 5 Ithaca, NY—The Haunt
April 6 Rochester, NY—The Club at Water Street
April 7 Clumbus, OH—Skullys
April 9 Bloomington, IN—The Bishop
April 10 Lexington, KY—Cosmic Charlies
April 11 Nashville, TN—High Watt
April 12 Chattanooga, TN—JJ’s Bohemia
April 13 Jackson, MS—Martin’s