Rockabilly revivalists Reverend Horton Heat [ tickets ] will embark on a spring tour with Cracker beginning in May, after the band finishes up its own headlining dates over the next few months.

The group--led by singer/guitarist Jim Heath, also known as "The Reverend"--kicks off its slate Feb. 25 and 26 in New Orleans. Following a European outing in late March and early April, the band will return home to co-headline a month-long jaunt with Cracker starting May 13 in Kansas City, MO. Dates are at right. Overseas dates can be found at the trio's website.

"Laughin' and Cryin' with the Reverend Horton Heat," which surfaced in September on Yep Roc Records, is the band's first new album since 2004's "Revival."

"[The record is] kind of from a regular guy point of view," Heath said in a press release, noting that the new album veers more toward the "billy" in the "rockabilly" equation than previous efforts. "You know, I like to do stuff that's kind of tongue-in-cheek that makes fun of the good old boy thing as much as trying to glorify the country boy thing."

In 2006, the band--which also features longtime upright bassist Jimbo Wallace and drummer more recent addition Paul Simmons--issued "20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Reverend Horton Heat," which features tracks from the trio's two releases on Interscope: 1996's "It's Martini Time" and 1998's "Space Heater."