(hennemusic) Wolfmother has announced dates for a North American tour in support of their forthcoming album "Victorious." The 6-week run will begin on February 24 at First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN and close out in Vancouver, BC on April 1.

Due February 19, the Australian band's fourth album sees sole original member vocalist/guitarist Andrew Stockdale take on bass duties while joined by drummers Josh Freese (Nine Inch Nails, Bruce Springsteen, A Perfect Circle) and Joey Waronker (Air, Beck, REM).

Stockdale teamed up with Brendan O'Brien on the record and says he's thrilled with the work of the veteran producer. "Brendan's done a lot of sonic wizardry and messed around with stuff," he tells Billboard. "He's made it sound pretty big. It doesn't sound like it's in a cardboard box. Somehow he has that knowledge of spending thirty years in a studio."

"Victorious" is being previewed with the release of the title track and "City Lights", with both tunes available as instant downloads with pre-orders of the album.

For any other Wolfmother fans -- maybe you already knew this, but I just found out yesterday that Andrew Stockdale released an album under his own name in 2013. Since he's basically the key creative force of Wolfmother, the only one in the band since the beginning, I consider this to essentially be a Wolfmother record --

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00CNIDHO8/?tag=imwan-20

Title track --

And in other Wolfmother news, they released a stand-alone single that isn't connected to any album (that I know of) in November --