It’s a big week for Atlanta’s resident garage rock madmen, The Black Lips, what with today’s release of 200 Million Thousand and the premiere of a brand new video for the lead single, “Short Fuse.”

200 Million Thousand, the band’s third Vice full-length (fifth overall) adds a new slew of raucous rock n roll nuggets to the Lips catalogue, each bolstered by some of the band’s strongest songwriting to date. The album is currently streaming in its entirety on AOL Spinner.

Meanwhile, as the band’s Vimeo.com video contest for “Starting Over” comes to a close, the Lips have premiered the video for “Short Fuse.” Directed by their own Joe Bradley, and animated by Chris Taylor, the clip is a schizophrenic fit filled with explosives, mustachioed baddies, and a cameo from a cracked-up Humpty Dumpty.

If this wasn’t enough to get you excited, the band’s US tour kicks off on Thursday in Birmingham. Check here for all Black Lips tour dates.

200 Million Thousand Tracklist, Audio, Buy Links

01. Take My Heart
02. Drugs
03. Starting Over
04. Let It Grow
05. Trapped in a Basement
06. Short Fuse
07. I’ll Be With You
08. BBBJOT
09. Again & Again
10. Old Man
11. The Drop I Hold
12. Body Combat
13. Elijah
14. I Saw God

Tour Dates:

OUR DATES

BLACK LIPS
February
26 Birmingham, AL @ BottleTree
27 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
March – Myspace Music Presents Tour
04 Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle
05 Washington, DC @ Black Cat
06 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda’s
07 Cambridge, MA @ Middle East Restaurant & Nightclub
09 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
10 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg
12 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
13 Detroit, MI @ Magic Stick
14 Chicago, IL @ Logan Square Auditorium
15 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom
16 St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
17 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room
18 Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
23 New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
25 Tallahassee, FL @ Club Downunder
26 Tampa, FL @ Orpheum
27 Miami, FL @ Churchill’s Pub
28 Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds
29 Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits
30 Orlando, FL @ The Social

April
15 Costa Mesa, CA – Detroit Bar
16 San Diego, CA – Casbah
17 Tempe, AZ – Clubhouse
18 Tucson, AZ – Plush
20 Colorado Springs, CO – Black Sheep
21 Denver, CO – Bluebird
22 Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
23 Boise, ID – Neurolox
24 Portland, OR – Berbati’s Pan
25 Seattle, WA – Neumo’s
27 Eugene, OR – Wow Hall
28 Sacramento, CA – Blue Lamp
29 Santa Cruz, CA – The Blue Lagoon
30 San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall

May
01 Los Angeles, CA – El Rey
02 Pomona, CA – Glasshouse