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Personal journalist Sage Francis will release his newest album, Human the Death Dance, May 8 on Epitaph.

The MC roped in Jolie Holland, Alias, and Buck 65 for collaborations on Death Dance, and the album also includes songs written specifically for a forthcoming movie titled Pride & Glory.

The album's first video-- for the Ginsberg- and Bukowski-name-checking "Got Up This Morning"-- features cameos from Buck 65, Atmosphere MC Slug, Brother Ali, and Jolie Holland, who sings on the track.

Francis will embark on "The Death Dance Tour" with a live band in tow and buddies Buck 65, Alias, and Buddy Wakefield also on the bill. The tour begins May 23 in Cambridge, Mass., but it is book-ended by in-stores and Francis' appearances at Rock the Bells.

Human the Death Dance:

01 Growing Pains
02 Underground for Dummies
03 Civil Obedience
04 Got Up This Morning
05 Good Fashion
06 Clickety Clack
07 Midgets & Giants
08 Broccilude
09 High Step
10 Keep Moving
11 Waterline
12 Black Out on White Night
13 Hell of a Year
14 Call Me Francois
15 Hoofprints in the Sand
16 Going Back to Rehab

Dates:

05-08 San Francisco, CA - Amoeba Music (in-store)
05-09 Los Angeles, CA - Amoeba Music (in-store)
05-10 Seattle, WA - Easy Street (Queen Anne) (in-store)
05-11 Denver, CO - Twist and Shout (in-store)
05-23 Cambridge, MA - Middle East *
05-24 Cambridge, MA - Middle East *
05-26 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom *
05-27 Farmingdale, NY - Crazy Donkey *
05-29 Philadelphia, PA - Trocadero *
05-30 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar *
05-31 Washington, DC - Rock and Roll Hotel *
06-01 Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle *
06-02 Atlanta, GA - Masquerade *
06-04 Orlando, FL - Firestone *
06-06 New Orleans, LA - House of Blues *
06-07 Houston, TX - Warehouse Live *
06-08 Dallas, TX - Granada Theater *
06-09 Austin, TX - Emo's *
06-11 Albuquerque, NM - Launch Pad *
06-12 Tempe, AZ - The Clubhouse *
06-13 Tucson, AZ - Club Congress *
06-15 Los Angeles, CA - Henry Fonda Theater *
06-16 Pomona, CA - Glasshouse *
06-17 San Diego, CA - Soma *
06-19 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore *
06-20 San Francisco, CA - Fillmore *
06-22 Portland, OR - Roseland Theatre *
06-23 Seattle, WA - Showbox *
06-24 Bellingham, WA - The Nightlight Lounge *
06-25 Bend, OR - Pavillion *
06-26 St. Louis, MO - Off Broadway
06-27 Boise, ID - The Venue *
06-28 Salt Lake City, UT - In the Venue *
06-29 Englewood, CO - Gothic Theater *
06-30 Englewood, CO - Gothic Theater *
07-02 Omaha, NE - Sokol *
07-03 Columbia, MO - Blue Note
07-05 Minneapolis, MN - First Avenue *
07-06 Chicago, IL - Abbey Pub *
07-07 Chicago, IL - Abbey Pub *
07-09 Grand Rapids, MI - The Intersection *
07-10 Detroit, MI - Magic Stick *
07-11 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop *
07-12 Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Small's Theatre *
07-13 Providence, RI - Lupo's Heartbreak Hotel *
07-28 New York, NY - Randall's Island (Rock the Bells)
08-11 San Bernardino, CA - NOS Event Center (Rock the Bells)
08-18 San Francisco, CA - McCovey Cove Parking Lot (Rock the Bells)

* with Buck 65, Alias, Buddy Wakefield