Dr. Dog ponies up Fateful album release date

Philadelphia quintet Dr. Dog will release a brand-spankin'-new album, entitled Fate, July 22 on Park the Van Records. The band produced and recorded the follow-up to last year's We All Belong in their North Philadelphia studio.

Fate will contain 11 tracks and clocks in at 43 minutes. “We’re gonna call it Fate,” the band reports on the Dr. Dog website, “and you can take from that whatever you want. We can’t tell you much, but we can tell you that when we sit back and listen, we’re real happy with the way things turned out.”

A whole slew of tour dates will be announced shortly, but so far, all that’s scheduled are a handful of festival dates and three shows in May. In the meantime, for a dose of their psychedelic-infused garage pop, mosey on over to the band's MySpace page and listen to this writer’s current favorite song: Dr. Dog's cover of Architecture in Helsinki's “Heart It Races,” inspired by the band’s stint as openers for the Australian ensemble, quite possibly outshines the original.

Barkin' at the moon:

April
19 - Burlington, Vt. @ University of Vermont Springfest

May
8 - New York, N.Y. @ The Mercury Lounge
9 - Minneapolis, Minn. @ 400 Bar
13 - Los Angeles, Calif. @ The Hotel Café

June
1 - Hunter, N.Y. @ Mountain Jam Festival
5-8 - Lawrence, Kan. @ Wakarusa

August
1 - Chicago, Ill. @ Lollapalooza

MP3 (from We All Belong): "Worst Trip"

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