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Cue the fanfare: the Clientele have revealed the details behind their new national anthem, aka their third full-length proper, God Save the Clientele.

Merge will deliver the 14-track set, which follows up 2005's wonderful Strange Geometry, on May 8. As previously reported, God Save features production from Lambchop's Marky Nevers, more string arrangements from Louis Philippe, and violin and keyboard contributions from the Clientele's newest member, Mel Draisey.

"It's a lot more cheerful," Clientele frontman Alasdair MacLean told Pitchfork back in December. "It's an upbeat record, a fun record. Whereas the other records were very neurotic and depressed, I think."

The Clientele take the newfound good cheer to North American venues this spring as they embark on a lengthy May tour with another Pitchfork favorite, Beach House.

God Save the Clientele:

01 Here Comes the Phantom
02 I Hope I Know You
03 Isn't Life Strange?
04 The Dance of the Hours
05 From Brighton Beach to Santa Monica
06 Winter on Victoria Street
07 The Queen of Seville
08 These Days Nothing But Sunshine
09 Somebody Changed
10 No Dreams Last Night
11 Carnival on 7th Street
12 Bookshop Casanova
13 The Garden at Night
14 Dreams of Leaving

Clientele tour:

03-21 London, England - The 100 Club *
03-24 Aarhus, Denmark - Chokoladefabriken
03-30 London, England - Tapestry
04-12 London, England - Hoxton Square Bar
05-06 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's #
05-07 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brenda's #
05-08 Washington, DC - Black Cat #
05-09 Charlottesville, VA - Satellite Ballroom #
05-10 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle #
05-11 Charleston, NC - Map Room #
05-12 Atlanta, GA - The Earl #
05-13 Nashville, TN - The Basement #
05-14 Memphis, TN - Hi Tone #
05-16 Baton Rouge, LA - Spanish Moon #
05-17 Houston, TX - Walter's on Washington #
05-18 Denton, TX - Hailey's #
05-19 Austin, TX - Emo's Lounge #
05-21 Tempe, AZ - Modified #
05-22 San Diego, CA - Casbah #
05-24 Los Angeles, CA - Knitting Factory #
05-25 Visalia, CA - Howie & Son's Pizza #
05-26 San Francisco, CA - Great American Music Hall #
05-27 Portland, OR - Doug Fir #
05-28 Seattle, WA - Crocodile Cafe #
05-31 Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar #
06-01 Madison, WI - High Noon #
06-02 Chicago, IL - Subterranean #
06-03 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick #
06-06 Montreal, Quebec - Club Lambi #
06-08 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom #
06-09 Boston, MA - Museum of Fine Arts #

* with the People's Revolutionary Choir
# with Beach House