Karnivool are packing up their gear for a string of shows across the country’s capital cities.

The Pre-Animation tour is in light of the band’s pending fourth studio album, which the band says will be released in early 2017.

The band’s lead singer Ian Kenny is keen to hit the road again.

Listeners may recognise the vocalist’s distinctive work from his other band Birds of Tokyo.

Even with such a successful discography behind them, audiences will be getting a taste of some of the new music which Karnivool have been working on.

“We are doing a three-week tour around the country, just the capitals and a few other places,” Kenny said.

It all began for this alternative rock band back in 1997, but they did not start to get serious with their music until the early 2000s.

Their first album Themata was released in 2005, and instantly made these guys a popular alternative rock act.

“Themata enabled us to start to develop a fanbase - from there, it opened a door,” Kenny said.

“Our next album Sound Awake took us to that next step – that next level, our third album Asymmetry enabled us to tour places like India and South Africa.”

This ARIA award-winning band has admitted to taking time with records, and that their approach is very DIY.

Without the pressure of labels, Karnivool have been able to go at their own pace and really hone their craft.

“Why the new record? That’s the million-dollar question. It seems that we release a new record every four years – it has just seemed to work out that way – a leap year cycle,” Kenny said.

Despite yet another four-year gap between albums, Karnivool have been rewarded for their slow and steady wins the race attitude, with a great fan base all over the world.

“This band has taken us to some amazing places, we are lucky like that, to be and have been apart of the global underground scene,” Kenny said.

Karnivool will play in Tasmania for the first time in two years at Hobart’s Uni Bar Sandy Bay on July 2. Tickets are $49 through Oztix.