Brooklyn rockers The Hold Steady have confirmed a string of tour dates in support of their new album, Stay Positive. The group’s first album since their breakthrough Boys and Girls in American will be released July 15 on Vagrant. Stay Positive’s first single, "Sequestered in Memphis," will be available on iTunes beginning May 20.

According to the band, most of the songs on Stay Positive came together on the road while the band was touring the world behind Boys and Girls in America, a run that found the band playing well over 200 shows in 2007 alone. The tracks on Stay Positive find the band growing more musically complex, experimenting with instruments like harpsichord, banjo, and talk box. After appearing at Chula Vista, CA’s 94/9 Independence Jam on June 9, The Hold Steady will kick off its summer tour at Baltimore, MD’s Ram's Head Live! on June 27. As of press time, the extended run is expected to continue through an August 13 appearance at Norfolk, VA’s The Norva.