Daryl Palumbo is on a nice run.

It's been months since he's had a Crohn's disease flare-up -- Palumbo has suffered from the debilitating condition, which creates intestinal inflammation, his entire life -- and his good health has allowed his electro-pop outfit Head Automatica something of a rare opportunity: the chance to tour consistently and promote Popaganda, the band's latest release, which hit stores June 6 (see [article id="1521412"]"Daryl Palumbo Spreads Head Automatica Popaganda"[/article]).

"We have momentum now, and we've had it for a bit," said Palumbo, Head Automatica's energetic, mop-topped frontman. "We just want to tour, because we'd worked for over a year on the record, and we want people to receive it. We're at our most productive when we're on the road and putting on the live show. And we've been on the road nonstop for a while -- maybe the longest stretch for us.

"I feel better than I have in years," he continued, "and I feel like my medical team has a better grasp on what's going on in my body at this point than they ever have in my life. I don't plan on going home anytime soon."

After wrapping up a five-week U.S. jaunt with Taking Back Sunday and Angels & Airwaves in San Diego on Sunday(see [article id="1529307"]"Taking Back Sunday, Angels & Airwaves Announce Tour Dates"[/article]), Head Automatica plan to hit the road again on August 16 in Norfolk, Virginia, for the launch of their Popaganda Tour. Men, Women and Children -- along with Rock Kills Kid, Young Love, We Are the Fury and I Am the Avalanche -- have been tapped to open for the band.

But first -- between tours -- there's the matter of shooting a video for "Lying Through Your Teeth," the second single from Popaganda. Palumbo said Head Automatica will film the clip early next month, and that the plan is to "bring some of the iconic album artwork to life, right before your very eyes -- we're just talking about ways we want to make that happen."

There's also a DVD that's been in the works for some time now, which they'll probably title "The Head Automatica Motion Picture." "We've been documenting our lives and our tours -- everything that's been happening in our lives -- for over six months now," Palumbo said, adding that the band has been working with documentarian Robert Nelson, Automatica keyboardist Jessie Nelson's brother. "It's going to be very personal and hard at some points, because there was a lot of hard sh-- we went through in the last year of our lives."

Plus, he said the band will soon be releasing several tracks that didn't make the Popaganda cut, as well as a number of songs Head Automatica have written since recording the LP, through their Web site -- for free. "I would love to have people keep hearing the progression of the band," he explained, likening tracking the band's writing skills to measuring a child's height. "Every month you see a little bit of a 'grow chart,' and you get to pencil in above our heads how big we get each month, the progression of the writing in the band -- I want to keep putting [songs] out and have people follow us the whole way."

Of course, Head Automatica are not the only project demanding Palumbo's time these days. He has revived Long Island, New York's Glassjaw, but dispelled fierce online rumors that an album from his long-dormant hardcore band is already in the bag.

"I f---ing wish it was done!" he exclaimed. "It's just getting started. I have a lot of lyrics and a significant amount of music ready. But it's just going to move slowly. We need the money to do the record, and we need to figure out who will put it out -- we need to figure out the recording schedule, where we're going to do it and who we'll do it with.

"There's a concept I'm tinkering with for this album," he continued. "Every member of the band's currently busy with other projects, but there will always be a special place in all our hearts for Glassjaw. We're very much looking forward to playing music that will offend, insult and frighten many people."

Head Automatica tour dates, according to the band's publicist:

• 8/16 - Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa