The Christian rock group has a new album out, titled Coming Up To Breathe, and will take the new tunes out starting September 15 at The Puyallup Fair in Puyallup, Wash. They’ll play through the South and up the coast to play New York City’s Nokia Theatre Times Square October 8, then head west, hitting California by the end of the month.

The tour will wrap in South Carolina November 11 at the Florence Civic Center.

This is the first major tour of the year for MercyMe. The group did several shows at churches this spring but hasn’t been on an extended road trip since its co-headlining tour with Steven Curtis Chapman in late 2005.