Photo by​ ​Kenneth Cappello

The Kills have announced the long-awaited follow-up to 2011’s Blood Pressures. Entitled Ash & Ice, the new album is due out June 3rd through Domino Records.

One of the major reasons it’s taken the duo so long to produce their fifth LP is that guitarist Jamie Hince was forced to re-learn guitar after undergoing five hand surgeries and dealing with a permanently damaged finger. During his recovery, Hince took a trip across Russia on the Trans-Siberien Express to find inspiration for the new music. Alison Mosshart, meanwhile, was home in Nashville, Tennessee, writing “the most affecting, poetically candid lyrics she ever has,” according to a press release. That and recording a new album with The Dead Weather.

Once the writing was complete, the duo recorded in a rental home in Los Angeles as well as New York City’s famed Electric Lady Studios. Hince produced Ash & Ice alongside John O’Mahony (Metric, The Cribs), while mixing was handled by Tom Elmhirst (Adele, Arcade Fire) and Tchad Blake (The Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys).

The first of the album’s 13 tracks to be shared is lead single “Doing It to Death”, a slinking, popping blues rocker that pulsates along thumping bass and bubbling mellotron notes. Check it out below via its video set during a funeral attended by mourners ripped from Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal”. The clip is directed by Wendy Morgan (Janelle Monáe’s “Tight Rope”, “Dance Apocalyptic”).

Ash & Ice Album Artwork:

Ash & Ice Tracklist:

1. Doing It To Death

2. Heart Of A Dog

3. Hard Habit To Break

4. Bitter Fruit

5. Days Of Why And How

6. Let It Drop

7. Hum For Your Buzz

8. Siberian Nights

9. That Love

10. Impossible Tracks

11. Black Tar

12. Echo Home

13. Whirling Eye

The Kills have also announced an extensive tour supporting the new release. Festival stops include appearances at Coachella, Shaky Knees, and Isle of Wight.

The Kills 2016 Tour Dates:

03/16 – Mexico City, MX @ House of Vans 50th Anniversary

03/17 – Austin, TX @ Culture Collide/StubHub Showcase (South by Southwest)

03/18 – Austin, TX @ Spotify House (South by Southwest)

04/07 – Nashville, TN @ Exit/In

04/08 – Louisville, KY @ Headliner’s Music Hall

04/09 – Columbus, OH @ CD 102.5 Day

04/11 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer

04/12 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw

04/13 – Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw

04/15 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival

04/18 – Los Angeles, CA @ Mayan Theatre

04/19 – Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory

04/22 – Indio, CA @ Coachella Music Festival

05/01 – Amsterdam, NL @ Melkweg

05/03 – Paris, FR @ La Cigale

05/04 – London, UK @ Village Underground

05/13 – Atlanta, GA @ Shaky Knees Festival

05/14 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club

05/19 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club

05/21 – Toronto, ON @ Danforth Music Hall

05/22 – Detroit, MI @ St. Andrew’s Hall

05/23 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre

05/25 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue

05/26 – Kansas City, KS @ Midland Theatre

05/27 – Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre

05/28 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot

05/31 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom

06/01 – Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo

06/02 – Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater

06/04 – San Francisco, CA @ Fox Theater

06/09-12 – Newport, UK @ Isle of Wight Festival

07/06 – Kiev, UA @ U-Park Festival

07/09 – Moscow, RU @ Park Live Festival

08/06 – Katowice, PL @ OFF Festival