Critically-praised Cleveland duo MR. GNOME has announced U.S. tour dates beginning in March in support of a new EP due out later this month. The EP, titled "Tastes Like Magic" will be released on vinyl and digital download on 16th March. The new songs were recorded at Josh Homme's (QOTSA, THEM CROOKED VULTURES) Pink Duck Studios in Los Angeles, where MR. GNOME also recorded their recent album, "Heave Yer Skeleton".
Chan "CAT POWER" Marshall fronting QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE? Karen O leading DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979? MR. GNOME has been given many unusual comparisons, all of which seem to indicate the band's spectacularly unique sound. And, while none seem to fully capture the band's loftily heavy-beautiful music, MR. GNOME continues to captivate and inspire writers and audiences alike. The band's stunning performance video for "Spain" is a perfect example.
Upon completing recording in Los Angeles, the endlessly touring pair of guitarist/vocalist Nicole Barile and drummer/vocalist Sam Meister mixed the tracks at Butch Vig's Smart Studios in Madison, WI with Beau Sorenson (DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE, SPARKLEHORSE, SECRET MACHINES, GARBAGE, TEGAN AND SARA).
MR. GNOME on tour:
26 March - The Smiling Moose, Pittsburgh, PA
27 March - Union Pool, Brooklyn, NY
31 March - Evening Muse, Charlotte, NC
3 April - Drunken Unicorn, Atlanta, GA
4 April - Backbooth, Orlando, FL
5 April - The Handlebar, Pensacola, FL
9 April - Stubb's Jr., Austin, TX
10 April - The Cavern, Dallas, TX
14 April - Burt's Tiki Lounge, Salt Lake City
15 April - The Bouquet, Boise, ID0
17 April - The Sunset Tavern, Seattle, WA
20 April - The Silverlake Lounge, Los Angeles, CA
21 April - The Beauty Bar, San Diego, CA
22 April - The Sail Inn, Phoenix, AZ
23 April - Plush, Tucson, AZ
27 April - The Outland, Springfield, MO
28 April - The Replay Lounge, Lawrence, KS
30 April - The Frequency, Madison, WI
7 May - Columbia St. West, Fort Wayne, IN
Press for MR. GNOME:
"Even better than their last album, which I loved. Sounds like ethereal icelandic fairies being pummeled by concrete guitars in a dirty Cleveland parking lot. AKA: awesome." "Eight Criminally Underrated Albums of 2009" - Paste Magazine
"The Rollicking "Plastic Shadow" is a rust bucket rocker that Cat Power should have recorded, and "Pixie Dust" glitters like some lost 4AD band from 1988: light as a feather, but heavy enough to weaken the knees, much like the album as a whole." - Bust Magazine
"The awesome rush of sound that comes out of Nicole Barile's lungs and guitar and Sam Meister's drums seems much bigger and more powerful than anything two people are capable of. Mr. Gnome don't really sound like anyone else, and their ghost-ridden songs only make sense with a dreamtime logic." - LA Weekly
