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Already fond of long-ass album titles and long-ass tracklists, America's favorite humble rodents-- Modest Mouse-- have finally revealed the long-ass details behind their latest LP after a, um, extensive delay.

According to Billboard.com and verified by a publicist, We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank-- boasting guitar-work from new recruit Johnny Marr, guest appearances from the Shins' James Mercer, and that sunny first single "Dashboard"-- hits stores via Epic on March 20. It has 14 tracks, including the not-so-smartly-titled "Steam Engenius".

The digitally-inclined may preorder We Were Dead from iTunes beginning January 30, thereby ensuring themselves access to a "Dashboard" download and some swank behind-the-scenes video shoot footage. Actually we have no idea if it's truly swank, we just like saying swank a lot. Swank? Swank. We hope it's more than this, though.

Modest Mouse will hop in their humble tour stretch-Hummers this spring for a presumably long-ass TBA jaunt in support of their new collection of songs, including previously reported stops at the ATP vs. the Fans festival and Barcelona's Primavera Sound.

We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank:

01 March Into the Sea
02 Dashboard
03 Fire It Up
04 Florida
05 Parting of the Sensory
06 Missed the Boat
07 We've Got Everything
08 Fly Trapped in a Jar
09 Education
10 Little Motel
11 Steam Engenius
12 Spitting Venom
13 People As Places As People
14 Invisible

Mouse tracks:

05-18-20 Minehead, England - ATP vs. the Fans
05-31 Barcelona, Spain - Primavera Sound