Veteran producer Aaron Funk’s Venetian Snares alias has been off the radar for over two years now, since he delivered 2012’s Fool the Detector EP and the self-releasedAffectionate earlier that year. Even his various monikers, such as the acid-focused Last Step, have remained quiet. Thankfully, the Canadian experimentalist has now announced his return, unveiling the details of a brand-new album called My Love Is a Bulldozer. The 12-track LP is Funk’s first full-length since 2010’s My So-Called Life, and is said to “[mesh] together sometimes thunderous-yet-complex drum programming with delicate musical structures, creating, in places, a sense of haunted, atmospheric jazziness, as well as spiky autumnal strings recalling the gothic orchestral beauty of his previous work.” Essentially, My Love Is a Bulldozer seems primed to offer a fiery document of Venetian Snare’s many permutations all at once, albeit with a larger vocal component than ever before.

In addition to his forthcoming album, Funk has a North American tour planned for this summer, which will see him traversing the West Coast, with quick jaunts through Chicago, Philadelphia, and New York. Those dates can be perused below, where the artwork and tracklist for Venetian Snares’ My Love Is a Bulldozer LP is also available before it drops on June 18 via Planet Mu.

01. 10TH CIRCLE OF WINNIPEG
02. DELETED POEMS
03. 1000 YEARS
04. YOUR SMILING FACE
05. AMAZON
06. MY LOVE IS A BULLDOZER
07. SHE RUNS
08. 8AM UNION STATION
09. SHAKY SOMETIMES
10. TOO FAR ACROSS
11. DEAR POET
12. YOUR BLANKET

Tuesday, July 1st: VANCOUVER, BC @Fortune Sound Club
Wednesday, July 2nd: SEATTLE, WA @ Barboza
Thursday, July 3rd: PORTLAND, OR @ Rotture
Friday, July 4th: SAN FRANCISCO, CA @ Independent
Saturday, July 5th: LOS ANGELES, CA @ Roxy
Sunday, July 6th: SAN DIEGO, CA @ Casbah
Tuesday, Juliy 8th: DENVER, CO @ Cervantes’ Masterpiece (The Other Side)
Thursday July 10th: CHICAGO, IL @ Smart Bar
Friday July 11th: BROOKLYN, NY @ Glasslands
Saturday July 12th: NEW YORK, NY @ Studio @ Webster Hall
Sunday July 13th: PHILADELPHIA, PA @ Johnny Brendas