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Miniature Tigers Confirm Summer Headline Dates + Band Tops Amazon #2 Best Song Of 2012‏

May 30, 2012

MINIATURE TIGERS CONFIRM SUMMER HEADLINE TOUR DATES IN SUPPORT OF MIA PHARAOH
FRESH OFF THE ROAD WITH FUN.
AMAZON PROCLAIMS “FEMALE DOCTOR” THE #2 BEST SONG OF 2012 SO FAR

Miniature Tigers continue their busy year with the announcement of a new batch of Summer tour dates. Kicking off at the end of July, the headline run will hit New York, Chicago, Boston, Philadelphia and more in support of the band’s latest album, Mia Pharaoh (Modern Art/ILG). Out earlier this year, the brilliant abstract-pop record has received overwhelming acclaim, including Rolling Stone, SPIN, Entertainment Weekly, Nylon, and more. Likewise, Amazon recently proclaimed their song “Female Doctor” as the #2 Best Song of 2012 So Far.

The announcement of these new dates comes just after the end of a successful cross-country tour with fun. Prior to that, Miniature Tigers headlined a sold-out nationwide tour with their Modern Art label-mates Geographer and The Chain Gang of 1974.

LISTEN to Miniature Tigers’ Mia Pharaoh exclusively streaming on Spin.com HERE:
http://www.spin.com/articles/first-spin-hear-miniature-tigers-sexy-mia-pharaoh-lp

Praise for Miniature Tigers and Mia Pharaoh:

“They [Miniature Tigers] have a really ethereal way of translating music – actually, they have a very different approach to our “You Got Me” song [during our session with Red Bull’s Soundclash] that I never thought of in the fifteen years I’ve been playing it, so I told those guys, ‘the second we are done with the Soundclash I’m gonna steal all of your arrangements for like all of our songs.’ Never once did I ever think to reinterpret it the way that they reinterpreted it.” – drummer ?uestlove of The Roots

“Album three [Mia Pharaoh] opens with a pair of curveballs, the horndog electro-disco fantasies “Sex on the Regular” and “Female Doctor.” The lyrics are pure R. Kelly kitsch (“I’m your secret/You can take me out and play me like a saxophone”), but the tunes are as sneakily hummable as ever, and frontman Charlie Brand makes a surprisingly decent Romeo.” – Rolling Stone

“What I like about them is that they could probably be a very successful, standard-issue indie-rock band aping Death Cab or Grizzly Bear or Vampire Weekend, but they’re too restless and busting with ideas.” -SPIN

“Wedged between a dreamy throwback sound and rapid-fire backing harmonies, Brand [lead singer Charlie Brand] carries a degree of self-seriousness, lending nuanced shades of gray to an otherwise chipper mood.” – NPR

“…if Shakespeare’s Romeo had been in a band, Brand’s vocals would have come out his mouth. A total loverboy voice…” – The Huffington Post

“Miniature Tigers are getting bigger…Their new album [Mia Pharaoh] gets a little bit racier than previous fare (see: ‘Sex on the Regular’) and is meant to shock listeners…” – Interview Magazine

MINIATURE TIGERS TOUR DATES:

July 27 – Musica – Akron, OH
July 28 – MOTR Pub – Cincinnati, OH
July 29 – Wicker Park Fest, North Stage – Chicago, IL
August 2 – TT The Bear’s – Cambridge, MA
August 3 – North Star Bar – Philadelphia, PA
August 4 – Music Hall of Williamsburg – Brooklyn, NY

Mia Pharaoh is now available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon.

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