As Jesus and Mary Chain prepares to release its new album, "Munki," on June 9, the band has announced plans to launch a U.S. mini-tour in support of the record which will launch in Chicago on June 12. The band will close out the series of dates with a New York show in conjunction with this year's Intelfest Music Conference.

As we previously reported (see [article id="1430583"]"Jesus and Mary Chain Return With New Label..."[/article]), "Munki" marks the moody drone rockers first album in almost four years and is being hailed as a sonic return to the dissonance of the group's earlier albums, including 1985's "Psychocandy" and 1989's "Automatic.

The dates for Jesus and Mary Chain's upcoming club tour:

• 6/12 - Chicago, IL @ Metro
• 6/13 - Seattle, WA @ Showbox
• 6/15 - San Francisco, CA @ Filmore
• 6/16 - Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey
• 7/13 - Baltimore, MD @ Bohager's
• 7/14 - Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
• 7/15 - New York, NY @ Irving Plaza