Menomena Announces US Tour, Exclusive Pre-Order, & More

(Photo: Alicia Rose)

Portland's Menomena will release their fourth long-player, Mines, on July 27th through Barsuk. The album comes roughly three and a half years after the band's last album, the acclaimed Friend and Foe. For Mines, they jammed and recorded hundreds of loops on the spot, using a software program that was designed by the band's own Brent Knopf (also of Ramona Falls) when he was in college. They took the recordings and pieced them together, adding voices and more along the way.

Danny Seim says, "We made big strides building skeletal song structures, and did a decent job collaborating as the ideas began to take shape. But just when a song became familiar to one of us, the other two members broke it apart again, breaking each others' hearts along the way. We rerecorded, rebuilt, and ultimately resented each other. And believe it or not, we're all proud of the results."

BUY: Starting today, you can pre-order Mines here. Need more incentive to pre-order it?

If you pre-order now you can also purchase a gatefold, double seven-inch single with exclusive non-album tracks "Copious" and "Let Me Know" (limited to 1000 numbered copies), a limited-edition hand-numbered glow-in-the-dark screen-printed poster by Tyler Stout, and more. Barsuk will also be offering for purchase five pieces of original art by Danny Seim.

Check out the intricate and eclectic "Five Little Rooms" from Mines below.

MP3: Menomena - "Five Little Rooms"

You can hear the fruits of Menomena's labor later this year when the band heads out on tour. Dates below.

September:
10 – Seattle, WA – Showbox at the Market
11 – Portland, OR – Crystal Ballroom (Musicfest NW)
14 – San Francisco, CA – Great American Music Hall
16 – Los Angeles, CA – El Rey Theater
17 – San Diego, CA – Casbah
18 – Tempe, AZ – Clubhouse
21 – Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre
22 – Omaha, NE – Waiting Room
23 – Minneapolis, MN – Varsity Theater
24 – Madison, WI – High Noon Saloon
25 – Chicago, IL – The Metro
27 – Cleveland, OH – Beachland Ballroom
28 – Toronto, Ontario – Mod Club
29 – Montreal, Quebec – La Sala Rossa
30 – Boston, MA – Royale

October:
1 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
5 – Philadelphia, PA – First Unitarian Church
6 – Washington, DC – 9:30 Club
7 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
8 – Atlanta, GA – Variety Playhouse
9 – Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge
11 – St. Louis, MO – Luminary Arts
12 – Lawrence, KS – Bottleneck
14 – Denver, CO – Bluebird Theater
15 – Salt Lake City, UT – Urban Lounge
16 – Boise, ID – Neurolux

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