Finally, finally, finally, a date! Psychedelic rockers MGMT have announced that their third studio album, self-titled, will be out September 17 through Columbia Records. It’s been three years since Congratulations came out, a lengthy enough period of time to have rinsed out listeners’ ears for new music.

The album will have ten tracks (as reported by Pitchfork), several of which you may have heard, like the opener track, “Alien Days”, which was originally released for this year’s Record Store Day (which, by the way, saw its highest sales ever — no big deal). Recorded in upstate New York with producer Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Mercury Rev), the album won’t be one for first-listen-swoons. Fridmann said the recording process involved several hour long improvisational jams, saw inspiration from house music and Aphex Twin, and was “really strange” overall. The only other MGMT release to get me this excited is their split 7″ with Spectrum and Spacemen 3 (?!?!).

“Unique visual elements” will also be accompanying the new music with the inclusion of The Optimizer, something that will give listeners a “simultaneous aural and optical listening experience featuring video and CGI work.” Hm. Yeah, we’re a little confused about that, too.

The band plans on touring to support the release of the new album. Check out the tracklist for MGMT, as well as their tour dates, below:

MGMT Tracklist:
01. Alien Days
02. Cool Song No 2
03. Mystery Disease
04. Introspection
05. Your Life Is a Lie
06. A Good Sadness
07. Astro-Mancy
08. I Love You to Death
09. Plenty Of Girls in the Sea
10. An Orphan of Fortune

MGMT 2013 Tour Dates:
07/03 – Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest
07/05-07 – Kelona, BC @ Keloha Festival
07/09 – Quebec City, QC @ Quebec City Summer Fest
07/12 – Lansing, MI @ Common Ground Music Festival
07/13 – Cincinnati, OH @ Bunbury Music Festival
08/24 – Monterey, CA @ First City Festival
08/25 – Los Angeles, CA @ FYF Fest
08/26 – Las Vegas, NV @ Cosmopolitan
08/29 – Davis, CA @ Mondavi Center
08/31 – Bend, OR @ Les Schwab Amphitheater
09/01 – Troutdale, OR @ Edgefield Amphitheater
09/02 – Seattle, WA @ Bumbershoot
09/04 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory
09/05 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Twilight Concert Series
09/26 – Cologne, DE @ Live Music Hall *
09/27 – Brussels, BE @ AB *
09/29 – Stockholm, SE @ Cirkus *
09/30 – Oslo, NO @ SentrumScene *
10/01 – Copenhagen, DK @ Vega Music Hall *
10/03 – Berlin, DE @ Astra *
10/04 – Vienna, AT @ Gasometer *
10/05 – Munich, DE @ Kesselhaus *
10/06 – Zurich, CH @ Komplex 457 *
10/08 – Paris, FR @ Olympia *
10/09 – Hamburg, DE @ Docks *
10/10 – Utrecht, NL @ Vredenburg Leidsche *
10/12 – Glasgow, UK @ O2 ABC *
10/13 – Wolverhampton, UK @ Civic Hall *
10/14 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Apollo *
10/16 – London, UK @ Forum *
10/19 – Dublin, IE @ Olympia Theatre *

* = w/ Guards

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