Frontman Chad Stokes Urmston will warm up for the run with a pair of solo acoustic shows Dec. 6-7 at the Brattle Theatre near the band’s base of Boston. From there, he’ll bring State Radio to the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., Dec. 26 for a “welcome to the neighborhood” party for President-elect Barack Obama.

The tour proper gets rolling Jan. 14 at The Rock in Tucson, Ariz., and wraps Feb. 21 at Lupo’s in Providence, R.I.

Other destinations include House of Blues in West Hollywood, Calif. (Jan. 15), The Underground in Reno, Nev. (Jan. 21), El Corazon in Seattle (Jan. 26), Fox Theatre in Boulder, Colo. (Jan. 30-31), Antone’s in Austin (Feb. 6), The Orange Peel in Asheville, N.C. (Feb. 11), NorVa in Norfolk, Va. (Feb. 15), and Pickle Barrel Night Club in Killington, Vt. (Feb. 19).

Tickets for a few shows are available at Ticketmaster.com.

Urmston and State Radio are in working on the follow-up to 2007’s Year of the Crow, which is expected to be released sometime next year.