New York-based indie rock mavens Nada Surf have announced the release of Lucky, the trio’s fifth studio LP to date and follow up to 2005’s The Weight is a Gift, due February 5 via Barsuk. The album is co-produced by John Goodmanson (Death Cab For Cutie, Blonde Redhead, Sleater-Kinney) and was recorded in Seattle’s infamous Robert Lang Studios; also, it features collaborations with Death Cab’s Ben Gibbard and the Long Winters’ John Roderick, as well as Brit rocker Ed Harcourt and axeman Phil Wandscher of Jesse Sykes & the Sweet Hereafter.

The band is already on tour and will do some additional dates in the new year in support of the Lucky release.

Lucky tracklisting:

Weightless
Whose Authority
Beautiful Beat
Here Goes Something
From Now On
I Like What You Say
Ice on the Wing
The Film Did Not Go ‘Round
The Fox
Are You Lightning?
See These Bones

Current tour dates:

10/15 – Columbus, OH – Basement
10/16 – Cincinnati, OH – 20th Century
10/17 – Louisville, KY – Jim Porters
10/18 – Indianapolis, IN – Birdy’s
10/19 – Chicago, IL – Schubas
10/20 – Chicago, IL – Schubas
10/22 – St. Louis, MO – Gargoyle Club
10/23 – Nashville, TN – Exit In
10/24 – Birmingham, AL – Bottle Tree
10/26 – Tampa, FL – State Theatre
10/27 – St. Augustine, FL – Cafe Eleven
10/29 – Athens, GA – 40 Watt Club
10/30 – Asheville, NC – Orange Peel
10/31 – Carrboro, NC – Cat‚s Cradle
11/1 – Charlottesville, VA – Satellite Ballroom-UVA
11/2 – Baltimore, MD – 8 x 10

Lucky tour dates:

1/30 – Seattle, WA – The Triple Door *
1/31 – Portland, OR – Doug Fir Lounge *
2/2 – San Francisco, CA – Swedish American Hall *
2/7 – Brooklyn, NY – The Music Hall of Williamsburg
2/8 – New York, NY – Bowery Ballroom

( * acoustic show)http://www.spin.com/features/news/2007/10/071012_hotchip_coldplay/