Tuneyards announces new album Nikki Nack

Experimental musician Merrill Garbus, aka Tuneyards, celebrates her birthday today by announcing a new album.

Entitled Nikki Nack, the LP will be released via 4AD on 5 May in the UK and 6 May in North America. It follows on from 2011′s W H O K I L L.

Stream a “mini mix” of tracks from the record below:

Garbus will play the following live dates:

May
5 – Masonic Lodge @ Hollywood Forever, Los Angeles, CA
7 – Rough Trade, Brooklyn, NY
12 – Village Underground, London
14 – Berghain, Berlin
15 – Nochtspeicher, Hamburg
16 – Les Nuits-Cirque Royal, Brussels
18 – Bitterzoet, Amsterdam
19 – Café de La Danse, Paris
23 – Les Schwab Ampitheater, Bend, OR (w/ The National)
23-25 – Sasquatch Festival, George, WA
31 – Free Press Summerfest, Houston, TX

June
18-22 – NXNE, Massey Hall, Toronto, ON
19-22 – Firefly Festival, Dover, DE

July
19 – Pitchfork Festival, Chicago, IL