Aimee Mann announces @#%&! album, tour dates

Aimee Mann has announced that her new album, entitled @#%&! SMILERS, will be released June 3. This, her totally-not-explicity-titled seventh solo album, is said to be very different from the last two “artistic detour” albums, The Forgotten Arm, and her 2006 Christmas release, One More Drifter in the Snow.

Of course, with most new albums come a new set of dates, and Mann has booked herself full for the summertime months. Seemingly preoccupied with wildlife and pretty scenery, she is conducting a tour primarily staged in zoos, aquariums and parks. And one winery, which sounds particularly nice.

To get a sneak peak of her new song, “Thirty One Today,” go here.

See the Mann on tour:

June
2 - Largo @ Los Angeles, Calif.
6 - House of Blues @ Anaheim, Calif.
10 - Largo @ Los Angeles, Calif.
12 - Minneapolis Zoo @ Minneapolis. Minn.
13 - Pabst Theater @ Milwaukee, Wis.
15 - Bonnaroo Music Festival @ Manchester, Tenn.

July
9 - Chautauqua Auditorium @ Boulder, Colo.
11 - Denver Botanical Garden @ Denver, Colo.
12 - Deer Valley Resort @ Park City, Utah
14 - Mountain Winery @ Saratoga, Cali.
15 - Stewart Park @ Rosebud, Ore.
16 - Seattle Zoo @ Seattle, Wash.
24 - Calgary Music Festival @ Calgary, Alberta