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Earlimart will release their previously reported fifth album, Mentor Tormentor, on this coming Tuesday, August 21. The follow-up to 2004's Treble & Tremble will come courtesy of the band's own Shout! Factory imprint, Majordomo Records.

In an interview last fall, Espinoza told us that the album is "Sonically, really kind of different than anything we've done before. It's kind of all over the place. [There are] definitely three different kinds of feels to the album in terms of songwriting." Those feels: "typical pop...upbeat stuff," ballad-like songs incorporating strings and more lush orchestration, and straight-up rockers.

To celebrate the record's release, Earlimart will play not one but two record release parties in their native Los Angeles on August 17 and 21. Then they'll play dates here and there until they kick off a proper North American tour in late September, with Chicago band Office supporting. For the August shows, they'll be joined by the String Dream Team.

Mentor Tormentor:

01 Fakey Fake
02 Answers & Questions
03 Nevermind the Phonecalls
04 Happy Alone
05 The Little Things
06 700>100
07 Everybody Knows Everybody
08 Don't Think About Me
09 Gonna Break Into Your Heart
10 Bloody Nose
11 The World
12 Just Because
13 Reprise
14 Nothing Is True
15 Cold Cold Heaven

Dates:

08-17 Los Angeles, CA - Santa Monica Women's Center (record release party) *
08-21 Los Angeles, CA - Rec Center (record release party) *
08-23 San Francisco, CA - Cafe du Nord *
08-25 Seattle, WA - The Triple Door *
08-28 New York, NY - Joe's Pub *
08-30 Chicago, IL - Schubas *
09-16 San Francisco, CA - Treasure Island Festival
09-27 Portland, OR - Doug Fir #
09-29 Vancouver, BC - Lamplighter #
10-02 Minneapolis, MN - 400 Bar #
10-04 Cleveland Heights, OH - Grog Shop #
10-05 Toronto, Ontario - El Mocambo #
10-06 Montreal, Quebec - Main Hall #
10-07 Boston, MA - Harper's Ferry #
10-11 Philadelphia, PA - First Unitarian Church #
10-12 Baltimore, MD - Ottobar #
10-13 Durham, NC - Duke Coffeehouse #
10-14 Atlanta, GA - The Earl #
10-15 Birmingham, AL - Bottletree #
10-16 Houston, TX - Mink #
10-17 Austin, TX - Mohawk #
10-18 Dallas, TX - Palladium Loft #
10-20 Denver, CO - Larimer Lounge #
10-22 Phoenix, AZ - Paper Heart Venue #
10-23 San Diego, CA - Casbah #
10-24 Los Angeles, CA - Troubadour

* with the String Dream Team
# with Office