Pitchfork

Photo by Nilina Mason-Campbell

Because, after all, the number 2, followed by 11 zeroes, would make for a truly lousy album title, the rabblerousing Black Lips are calling their new record 200 Million Thousand. (That kind of reminds me of "the voice of this generation of this decade." - Ed.)

The 14-track follow-up to last year's excellent Good Bad Not Evil-- including sure-to-be-hits "Drugs" and "I Saw God"-- arrive from Vice Records February 24, just as the road-ready Lips are getting back into the swing of touring. There's a brief UK run in February followed by quite a while on the road in the States through the late winter and early fall, including a stint down in Austin for SXSW where they'll once again put on 200 million thousand shows.

200 Million Thousand:

01 Take My Heart
02 Drugs
03 Starting Over
04 Let It Grow
05 Trapped in a Basement
06 Short Fuse
07 I'll Be With You
08 BBBJOT UPATE: This song is actually called "Big Black Baby Jesus of Today"
09 Again & Again
10 Old Man
11 The Drop I Hold
12 Body Combat
13 Elijah
14 I Saw God

Black Lips:

02-15 London, England - Islinton Academy (NME Awards)
02-16 Bristol, England - Fleece N Firkin
02-17 Glasgow, Scotland - ABC 2
02-18 Manchester, England - Institute
02-19 Brighton, England - Audio
02-26 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree
02-27 Atlanta, GA - Variety Playhouse
03-04 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
03-05 Washington, DC - Black Cat
03-06 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's
03-07 Cambridge, MA - Middle East
03-09 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom
03-10 Brooklyn, NY - Music Hall of Williamsburg
03-12 Cleveland, OH - Beachland Ballroom
03-13 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick
03-14 Chicago, IL - Logan Square Auditorium
03-15 Milwaukee, WI - Turner Hall Ballroom
03-16 St. Paul, MN - Turf Club
03-17 Omaha, NE - Waiting Room
03-18 Lawrence, KS - Bottleneck
03-20-21 Austin, TX - SXSW
03-23 New Orleans, LA - One Eyed Jacks
03-25 Tallahassee, FL - Club Downunder
03-26 Tampa, FL - Orpheum
03-27 Miami, FL - Churchill's
03-28 Gainesville, FL - Common Grounds
03-29 Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits
03-30 Orlando, FL - The Social