His popularity heyday may have been in the early '90s, but alterna-rocker Matthew Sweet is still around and kicking out the jams. A whole new batch of those will arrive on Sunshine Lies, Sweet's new album, which is slated for a July 22 release via Shout! Factory. Sunshine Lies was recorded in that city so known for its sunshine and its lies, Los Angeles. Sweet's long-time pal Susanna Hoffs (of Bangles fame), who Sweet was last heard with on the 2006 covers collection Under the Covers Vol. 1, provides backing vocals for the title track. Sweet calls the album "very direct, but seen through the eyes of nature, or rather modeled on its beauty, chaos and freedom, something like a stab at sonic art nouveau." He's expected to tour behind the album this summer.