Black Lips Know How To Count

Rowdy Atlanta, Ga. garage rock band the Black Lips have lots of vices, but their main one may be their label. Vice Records will release the group's 200 Million Thousand on Feb. 24.

Black Lips recorded many of the songs at a former Atlanta art gallery this summer, when the album reportedly had a working title of Ancient Egypt.

It's the fifth studio album from the eight-year-old band, composed of singer/guitarist Cole Alexander, bassist Jared Swilley, drummer Joe Bradley and guitarist Ian St. Pe, who joined in 2004 after Ben Eberbaugh was killed by a drunk driver in 2002 and Jack Hines left after recording We Did Not Know The Forest Spirit Made The Flowers Grow.

Black Lips are featured in the upcoming documentary, We Fun: Atlanta, GA Inside Out. Here's the trailer:

Black Lips also took part in volume six of Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty's Burn To Shine DVD series, which documents music scenes of specific cities with unique performances of acts set in spaces set for demolition.

The follow-up to last year's Good Bad Not Evil will be showcased at British and American performances beginning around the time of the 14-track album's release. You can see Black Lips do all manner of crazy things here:

Feb. 15 London, England @ Carling Academy Islington (NME Awards)
Feb. 16 Bristol, England @ Fleece N Firkin
Feb. 17 Glasgow, Scotland @ ABC 2
Feb. 18 Manchester, England @ Deaf Institute
Feb. 19 Brighton, England @ Audio
Feb. 26 Birmingham, AL @ Bottletree Cafe
Feb. 27 Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
March 4 Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
March 5 Washington, DC @ Black Cat
March 6 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
March 7 Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East Restaurant & Nightclub
March 9 New York, NY @ The Bowery Ballroom
March 10 Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall Of Williamsburg
March 12 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom Concert Hall
March 13 Detroit, MI @ The Magic Stick
March 14 Chicago, IL @ The Logan Square Auditorium
March 15 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom
March 16 St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club Inc.
March 17 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room Lounge
March 18 Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
March 20-21 Austin, TX @ South By Southwest Music Festival
March 23 New Orleans, LA @ One Eyed Jacks
March 25 Tallahassee, FL @ Club Downunder
March 26 Tampa, FL @ Orpheum
March 27 Miami, FL @ Churchill's
March 28 Gainesville, FL @ Common Grounds
March 29 Jacksonville, FL @ Jack Rabbits
March 30 Orlando, FL @ The Social

Here are the songs on 200 Million Thousand:

"Take My Heart"
"Drugs"
"Starting Over"
"Let It Grow"
"Trapped In A Basement"
"Short Fuse"
"I'll Be With You"
"Big Black Baby Jesus Of Today"
"Again & Again"
"Old Man"
"The Drop I Hold"
"Body Combat"
"Elijah"
"I Saw God"