Spoon released the great new album Hot Thoughts last month, and they’ve just shared director Matt Muir’s new video for its hard-strutting title track. The video seems to consist entirely of footage of the band playing live at SXSW last month, and it’s chopped up and degraded enough to make the show look mysterious and urgent. Also, the band will be touring hard all summer and into the fall, and they’ve just announced a string of dates alongside fellow veteran indie tunesmiths the Shins. Check out the “Hot Thoughts” video and the band’s tour dates below.

TOUR DATES:
04/18 – Cuahuhtemoc, Mexico @ El Imperial
04/19-20 – Atizapan De Zaragoaza, Mexico @ Foro Indierocks
04/27 – Mobile, AL @ Soul Kitchen
04/28 – Oxford, MS @ The Lyric %
04/29 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Varsity Theatre %
05/01 – Tampa, FL @ The Ritz Ybor %
05/02 – Lake Buena Vista, FL @ House of Blues %
05/03 – Athens, GA @ Georgia Theater %
05/05 – Charleston, SC @ Music Farm %
05/06 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel %
05/07 – Raleigh, NC @ The Ritz %
05/09 – Knoxville, TN @ The Mill & Mine %
05/11 – Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall %
05/12 – Cleveland, OH @ House of Blues
06/17 – Berlin, Germany @ Festaal Kreuzberg
06/18 – Mannheim, Germany @ Maifeld Derby Festival
06/19 – Munich, Germany @ Technikum
06/20 – Hamburg, Germany @ Uebel & Gefahrlich
06/22 – Oslo, Norway @ Piknik i Parken
06/24 – Copenhagen, Denmark @ Amager Bio
06/25 – Ewjik, Netherlands @ Down the Rabbit Hole
06/27 – Manchester, UK @ Gorilla
06/28 – Glasgow, UK @ The Arts School
06/30 – London, UK @ O2 Forum
07/02 – Arras, France @ Main Square Festival
07/03 – Cologne, Germany @ Gloria Theater
07/05 – Paris, France @ La Maroquinerie
07/06 – Bilbao, Spain @ Bilbao BBK Live
07/07 – Madrid, Spain @ Mad Cool Festival
07/08 – Lisbon, Portugal @ NOS Alive Festival
07/15 – Birmingham, AL @ Sloss Festival
07/16 – Louisville, KY @ Forecastle Festival
07/18 – Charlotte, NC @ Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre &
07/19 – Charlottesville, VA @ Sprint Pavilion &
07/21 – Boston, MA @ Blue Hills Bank Pavilion
07/22 – Portland, ME @ State Theatre &
07/23 – Montreal, QC @ Metropolis &
07/25 – Toronto, ON @ Massey Hall #
07/26 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE &
07/28 – New York, NY @ Panorama Festival
07/29 – Camden, NJ @ XPoNential Music Festival
07/30 – Columbia, MD @ Merriweather Post Pavilion ^*
08/01 – Detroit, MI @ The Fillmore #
08/03 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
08/06 – Hollywood, CA @ Hollywood Bowl ^
08/08 – Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Aspen
08/09 – Bellvue, CO @ Mishawaka Amphitheatre
08/27 – Portland, OR @ MusicFestNW Presents Project Pabst
08/28 – Spokane, WA @ Knitting Factory +
08/30 – Edmonton, AB @ Winspear Centre +
08/31 – Calgary, AB @ MacEwan Hall +
09/02 – Vancouver, BC @ Malkin Bowl +
09/05 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory +
09/06 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot +
09/10 – Kansas City, MO @ Uptown Theatre $
09/11 – Omaha, NE @ Sokol Auditorium $
09/13 – Milwaukee, WI @ Pabst Theater $
09/14 – Madison, WI @ Orpheum Theatre
09/15 – Saint Paul, MN @ Palace Theater $
09/16 – St. Paul, MN @ Palace Theater $
09/30 – Berkeley, CA @ Greek Theater !
10/01 – San Diego, CA @ Cal Coast Credit Union !
10/03 – Phoenix, AZ @ Comerica Theater !
10/05 – Denver, CO @ Red Rocks Amphitheater !
10/17 – New Orleans, LA @ House of Blues
10/20 – Columbia, SC @ Music Farm
10/21 – Jacksonville, FL @ Mavericks

% with Tennis
& with The New Pornographers
# with Cherry Glazerr
^ with Belle & Sebastian
* with Andrew Bird
+ with White Reaper
$ with Twin Peaks
! with The Shins

Hot Thoughts is out now on Matador.