Frankie Rose is finally returning after a four-year absence with Cage Tropical, the veteran New York rocker’s first album since returning to the city from the West Coast. Recorded with Lansing-Dreiden/Violens mastermind and prolific indie-world producer Jorge Elbrecht and assisted along the way by Nicolas Jaar’s erstwhile Darkside bandmate Dave Harrington, Cage Tropical was inspired by the chilly synth scores of ’80s sci-fi, and early singles “Trouble” and “Red Museum” definitely bore that influence out. But “Dyson Sphere,” named for a hypothetical megastructure of solar panels enveloping the sun, is the most overtly menacing yet, an ominous synthetic post-punker that comes with a video of Rose performing while shrouded in a thick blue haze directed by Daniel Patrick Carbone. Watch and listen below.

Check out Frankie Rose on tour:

08/11 – PHILADELPHIA @ Johnny Brenda’s
08/12 – NEW YORK @ Baby’s All Right
09/12 – WASHINGTON DC @ DC9
09/13 – CARRBORO @ Cats Cradle
09/14 – ATLANTA @ The Earl
09/15 – NASHVILLE @ The End
09/17 – NEW ORLEANS @ Gasa Gasa
09/18 – HOUSTON @ Walters Downtown
09/19 – DALLAS @ Club Dada
09/20 – AUSTIN @ Barracuda
09/22 – PHOENIX @ Rebel Lounge
09/23 – SAN DIEGO @ Soda Bar
09/24 – LOS ANGELES @ The Echo
09/25 – SAN FRANCISCO @ Rickshaw Stop
09/28 – PORTLAND @ Doug Fir
09/29 – SEATTLE @ Barboza
09/30 – VANCOUVER @ The Cobalt
10/02 – SALT LAKE CITY @ Kilby Court
10/03 – DENVER @ Globe Hall
10/06 – ST PAUL @ Turf Club
10/07 – CHICAGO @ Empty Bottle
10/08 – DETROIT @ UFO Factory
10/09 – PITTSBURGH @ Club Cafe
10/10 – BUFFALO @ Studio at Waiting Room
10/11 – ALLSTON @ Great Scott
10/12– NEW YORK @ Rough Trade

UK/EU TOUR

10/17 – BRIGHTON @ The Joker
10/18 – LONDON @ Moth Club
10/19 – MANCHESTER @ Castle
10/20 – EDINBURGH @ Sneaky Pete
10/21 – COVENTRY @ Kasbah
10/22 – NOTTINGHAM @ Bodega
10/24 – LEEDS @ Brudenell Social Club
10/25 – TURNBRIDGE WELLS @ The Forum
10/26 – ANTWERP @ Trix Club
10/27 – EINDHOVEN @ Dutch Design Week
10/28 – AMSTERDAM @ London Calling
10/30 – LIMOGES @ Le Phare
10/31 – PARIS @ Pitchfork Avant Garde
11/01 – COLOGNE @ MTC
11/02 – BERLIN @ Badehause
11/04 – SION @ Le Port Franc
11/05 – ZURICH @ Paplersaal
11/06 – MUNICH @ Backstage Club
11/07 – VIENNA @ B72

Cage Tropical is out 8/11 via Slumberland Records/Grey Market. Pre-order it here.