Wolf Parade/Handsome Furs/Divine Fits member Dan Boeckner formed Operators in 2013 with New Bomb Turks/Divine Fits drummer Sam Brown and multi-instrumentalist Devojka. The band then released EP1 in 2014. Today, Operators have announced their debut album, Blue Wave, and shared its first single, "Cold Light," which you can hear above. The album is out April 1 via Last Gang Records, and it was produced by Holy Fuck's Graham Walsh (Metz, Alvvays, Viet Cong). Check out the album art below.

Operators have also announced that they'll head out on tour in support of Blue Wave. See the tour dates below, too.

In other Boeckner news, his band Wolf Parade are back after an indefinite hiatus that began in 2011. They're working on new music and will play their first shows in five years.

Operators:

02-17 Waterloo, Ontario - Starlight Social Club

02-18 Hamilton, Ontario - The Casbah

02-19 Toronto, Ontario - Call the Office

02-20 Saint Catherine, Ontario - Detour Music Hall

02-24 Saint Therese, Quebec - Cha Cha

02-25 Ottawa, Ontario - Ritual

02-26 Petersborough, Ontario - Red Dog

02-27 Kingston, Ontario- The Grad Club

03-28 Chicago, IL - Schubas

03-29 Minneapolis, MN - 7th Street Entry

03-30 Omaha, NE - Reverb Lounge

04-01 Denver, CO - Lost Lake Lounge

04-03 Spokane, WA - The Bartlett

04-04 Seattle, WA - Sunset Tavern

04-05 Vancouver, British Columbia - Fortune Sound Club

04-06 Portland, OR - Doug Fir Lounge

04-08 San Francisco, CA - Social Hall SF

04-09 Los Angeles, CA - Bootleg Theatre

04-10 San Diego, CA - Soda Bar

04-11 Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar

04-13 Austin, TX - The Sidewinder

04-14 Dallas, TX - Three Links

04-15 Houston, TX - The Raven Tower

04-16 New Orleans, LA - Gasa Gasa

04-17 Atlanta, GA - The Earl

04-19 Washington, DC - DC9

04-21 Brooklyn, NY - Baby's All Right

04-22 Philadelphia, PA - Boot & Saddle

04-23 Cambridge, MA - Middle East Upstairs

Watch Operators perform "True" at Pitchfork Nightcap in Portland: