My Morning Jacket have announced the release of The Waterfall, their first studio album since 2011's Circuital. That's the cover above, and it's out on May 4 via ATO. They've also shared "Big Decisions", the album's first single. Listen to it below.

The Waterfall was recorded with Tucker Martine (who also worked on Circuital). In a press release, frontman Jim James talked about the album's themes:

What fused this record is, I feel like it’s a weird turning point for the universe. I feel like so many people I know are getting divorced or having kids. There’s so much change going on and I feel like, for me, that one chapter has ended. And if you’re looking at a book, there’s a hand flipping the page up and it’s in between the chapter you just finished and the one that’s getting ready to start. That’s kind of the sound of this record, and my life, the sound of the page turning and not being sure what’s coming next.

The band will also begin a world tour in May. Check out their schedule below.

The Waterfall:

01 Believe (Nobody Knows)

02 Compound Fracture

03 Like a River

04 In Its Infancy (The Waterfall)

05 Get the Point

06 Spring (Among the Living)

07 Thin Line

08 Big Decisions

09 Tropics (Erase Traces)

10 Only Memories Remain

My Morning Jacket:

05-15 Athens, GA - Georgia Theatre

05-16 Knoxville, TN - Tennessee Theatre

05-17 Gulf Shores, AL - Hangout Festival

05-23 Boston, MA - Boston Calling Festival

06-03 Cleveland, OH - State Theatre *

06-04 Pittsburgh, PA - Stage AE *

06-05 New York, NY - Governor's Ball Music Festival

06-07 Toronto, Ontario - Field Trip Festival

06-09-11 Chicago, IL - Chicago Theatre ^

06-12-14 Manchester, TN - Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival

06-16-17 Detroit, MI - The Fillmore ^

06-19 Waverly, IA - Gentlement of the Road Stopover

06-20 Milwaukee, WI - Riverside Theater *

06-23-24 Columbus, OH - Palace Theatre *

06-26 Minneapolis, MN - Northrup Auditorium $

06-27 Minneapolis, MN - Northrup Auditorium %

07-17-19 Louisville, KY - Forecast Festival

07-21 Charlottesville, VA - nTelos Wireless Pavilion %

07-22 Lewiston, NY - Artpark Series %

07-26 Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion

07-28 Raleigh, NC - Red Hat Amphitheatre !

07-29 Charlotte, NC - Uptown Amphitheatre !

07-31 New Orleans, LA - Champions Square !

08-01 St. Augustine, FL - Amphitheatre ~

08-03 Miami, FL - The Fillmore ~

08-04 Orlando, FL - Hard Rock Live ~

08-07-08 Atlanta, GA - Fox Theatre ~

08-10 Birmingham, AL - BJCC Concert Hall ~

08-12 St. Louis, MO - The Peabody Opera House $

08-13 Kansas City, MO - Starlight Theatre $

08-14 Denver, CO - Red Rocks Amphitheatre @

08-28-30 Paris, France - Rock en Seine Festival

09-01 Antwerp, Belgium - Rivierenhof Amphitheatre

09-02 Koln, Germany - Gloria

09-04 Dublin, Ireland - Electric Picnic Festival

09-05 Larmer Tree Gardens, England - End of the Road Festival

09-06 Manchester, England - The Ritz

09-08 London, England - Shepherd's Bush Empire

09-10 Amsterdam, Netherlands - Paradiso

09-12 Groningen, Netherlands - Take Root Festival

09-13 Berlin, Germany - Lollapalooza

with Floating Action

^ Hiss Golden Messenger

$ with Hippo Campus

% with Lizzo

! with Lucius

~ with Mini Mansions

@ with Sylvan Esso

Watch My Morning Jacket frontman Jim James perform on Pitchfork.tv: