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Now that it's hot and our brains have had the proper interval to defrost, perhaps the neat things we told you about English meta-rockers the Cribs and their follow-up to 2005's The New Fellas last winter have broken loose from the barren glacier that is your memory.

You know, the one with guest spots from Alex Kapranos and Lee Ranaldo? The one that got you a little sweaty behind the kneecaps? Well, in the months since we first told you about it, that record got a title-- Men's Needs, Woman's Needs, Whatever-- and a U.S. release date, too: July 17 from Warner. (It's out in the UK already.)

And what better time to secure all the locks at the crib and head out on tour? After a number of European festival stops, the Cribs will head out all over North America for dates with noted creepazoid Sean Na Na and fresh young things White Rabbits. They've also got a trio of dates with the good-timin' men of Bloc Party in December, but by then, you'll be in deep freeze mode again. Sorry, brain.

Men are from Mars, women are from wherever:

01 Our Bovine Public
02 Girls Like Mystery
03 Men's Needs
04 Moving Pictures
05 I'm a Realist
06 Major's Titling Victory
07 Woman's Needs
08 I've Tried Everything
09 My Life Flashed Before My Eyes
10 Be Safe
11 Ancient History
12 Shoot the Poets

Crib notes:

06-20 Gloucester, England - Guild Hall
06-22 Glastonbury, England - Glastonbury Festival
07-07 Naas, Ireland - Oxegen Festival
07-08 Kinross, Scotland - T in the Park
07-13 Swansea Bay, Wales - Fflam Festival
07-23 San Diego, CA - The Casbah *
07-24 West Hollywood, CA - The Troubadour *
07-25 San Francisco, CA - Slim's *
07-27 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge *
07-28 Seattle, WA - Capitol Hill Block Party *
07-29 Vancouver, British Columbia - Richard's on Richards *
08-01 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry $
08-02 Milwaukee, WI - Pabst Theatre $
08-04 Chicago, IL - The Empty Bottle $
08-05 Chicago, IL - Grant Park (Lollapalooza)
08-06 Magic Stick - Detroit, MI $
08-07 Toronto, Ontario - Lee's Palace $
08-09 New York, NY - Bowery Ballroom $
08-10 Philadelphia, PA - Johnny Brendas$
08-16 Hasselt, Belgium - Pukkelpop
08-18 Stafford, England - V Festival
08-19 Chelmsford, England - V Festival
10-05 Birmingham, England - Academy
10-06 Sheffield, England - University
10-07 Norwich, England - UEA
10-09 Dundee, England - Fat Sams Live
10-10 Edinburgh, Scotland - Potterrow
10-11 Bradford, England - University
10-13 Oxford, England - Academy
10-14 Southampton, England - Guildhall
10-15 Exeter, England - Lemon Grove
10-17 London, England - Forum
12-12 Glasgow, Scotland - SECC ^
12-13 Manchester, England - G-Mex ^
12-14 London, England - Alexandra Palace ^

* with Sean Na Na
$ with White Rabbits
^ with Bloc Party