Following their 2011 reunion tour, Godspeed You! Black Emperor planned to begin work on new material. In what could be our first taste of their efforts, the Canadian post-rock icons have scheduled their first tour date in 2012: they’ll play the Fernwood Resort in Big Sur, California on April 15th. Tickets go on sale Thursday, December 8th at 12:00pm PT via FolkYeah.com.

Update: As CoS reader James L. points out, the band has also announced a five-night stand at San Francisco’s Great American Music Hall in mid-April. Check out their current itinerary below.

That’s all the Godspeed You! Black Emperor news for now, but to save others the effort: it’s 354 miles to Indio.

Godspeed You! Black Emperor 2012 Tour Dates:
04/15 – Big Sur, CA @ Fernwood Resort
04/16 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
04/17 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
04/18 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
04/19 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
04/20 – San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall

Below, you can watch footage of the band performing “Storm” during a concert in Paris last year.