Prosthetic Records has issued the following update:

"Massachusetts' heavy hitters THE ACACIA STRAIN will post another track from the band’s forthcoming album, Continent, online on Monday, August 4th along with the third in a series of TAS TV episodes on the band’s MySpace page . The previous episodes, as well as the track 'Skynet' and a pre-production version of 'Dr. Doom', are available there in the meantime.

Due out August 19 through Prosthetic Records, pre-orders are be taken for the album and vinyl now

Newbury comics is also offering an autographed booklet to pre-orders here.

Upon completion of the band’s current European tour, The Acacia Strain will play a handful of local record release shows before hitting the road again this fall as support to UNEARTH and PROTEST THE HERO alongside WHITECHAPEL and GWEN STACY."

The band's US tour schdeule is as follows:

August (release shows)

21 - Portland, ME - The Station
22 - Providence, RI - The Living Room
23 - Poughkeepsie, NY - The Loft
24 - Holyoke, MA - The Waterfront

October (with Unearth, Protest The Hero, The Acacia Strain, Whitechapel, Gwen Stacy)

1 - Baltimore, MD - Sonar
2 - Philadelphia, PA - Theatre of the Living Arts
3 - Williamsville, NY - Club Infinity
4 - Cincinnati, OH - Bogart’s
5 - Cleveland, OH - House of Blues
7 - Chicago, IL - House of Blues
8 - Sauget, IL - Pop’s
9 - Lawrence, KS - Granada Theatre
10 - Englewood, CO - Gothic Theatre
11 - Salt Lake City, UT - The Avalon
12 - Orangevale, CA - The Boardwalk
13 - San Francisco, CA - Slim’s
14 - West Hollywood, CA - House of Blues
15 - Tempe, AZ - The Marquee
17 - San Antonio, TX - White Rabbit
18 - Lubbock, TX - The Foundation
19 - Houston, TX - Warehouse Live
20 - Dallas, TX - House of Blues
22 - Atlanta, GA - The Masquerade
23 - Saint Petersburg, FL - The State
24 - Fort Lauderdale, FL - Revolution
25 - Jacksonville, FL - Freebird Live
26 - Charleston, SC - Music Farm
28 - Charlotte, NC - Tremont Music Hall
29 - Norfolk, VA - NorVa
30 - New York, NY - The Fillmore at Irving Plaza