Folk-rock types Fleet Foxes will return on May 2 with a new album, Helplessness Blues.

The follow-up to their enormously successful self-titled debut of 2008, it will be issued in the UK by Bella Union and by Sub Pop in the States. It contains 12 new songs, co-produced by the band and Phil Ek, and to celebrate its release the band will be embarking on an extensive tour, concluding with a date at London’s Hammersmith Apollo (full dates below).

Sub Pop are currently offering up the title track for stream and free download:

Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues by subpop


April
30 Vancouver, British Columbia – The Vogue Theatre
May 01
Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom
03 Seattle, WA – Moore Theatre
05 Oakland, CA – Fox Theater
06 San Diego, CA – Spreckels Theatre
07 Hollywood, CA – Hollywood Palladium
08 Tucson, AZ – Rialto Theatre
10 Austin, TX – Stubbs Waller Creek Amphitheater
11 Dallas, TX – Palladium Ballroom
13 Nashville, TN – Ryman Auditorium
14 Atlanta, GA – The Tabernacle
15 Washington, DC – DAR Constitution Hall
17 Boston, MA – Orpheum Theatre
18 New York, NY – The United Palace Theatre
21 Upper Darby, PA – Tower Theatre
25 Berlin, Germany – Astra
26 Munich, Germany – Dachau Summer of Music
28 Barcelona, Spain – Primavera Sound
30 Paris, France – Bataclan
31 London, England – Hammersmith Apollo