Mr. Gnome announces spring U.S. tour, new EP recorded at Josh Homme’s studio

Mr. Gnome announces spring U.S. tour, new EP recorded at Josh Homme’s studio

“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

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 March 16th. The new songs were recorded at Josh Homme’s (QOTSA, Them Crooked Vultures) Pink Duck Studios in Los Angeles, where Mr. Gnome also recorded its 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, The Secret Machines, Garbage, Tegan and Sara).

Mr. Gnome on tour:
03/26 Pittsburgh, PA @ The Smiling Moose
03/27 Brooklyn, NY @ Union Pool
03/31 Charlotte, NC @ Evening Muse
04/03 Atlanta, GA @ Drunken Unicorn
04/04 Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
04/05 Pensacola, FL @ The Handlebar
04/09 Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Jr.
04/10 Dallas, TX @ The Cavern
04/14 Salt Lake City @ Burt’s Tiki Lounge
04/15 Boise, ID @ The Bouquet
04/17 Seattle, WA @ The Sunset Tavern
04/20 Los Angeles, CA @ The Silverlake Lounge
04/21 San Diego, CA @ The Beauty Bar
04/22 Phoenix, AZ @ The Sail Inn
04/23 Tucson, AZ @ Plush
04/27 Springfield, MO @ The Outland
04/28 Lawrence, KS @ The Replay Lounge
04/30 Madison, WI @ The Frequency
05/07 Fort Wayne, IN @ Columbia St. West
Tastes Like Magic
Artist: Mr. Gnome
Release: Tastes Like Magic EP
Label: El Marko Records
Release Date: March 16th, 2010

01. Devil Be Gone
02. Three Red Birds (MP3)

Heave Yer Skeleton
Artist: Mr. Gnome
Album: Heave Yer Skeleton
Label: El Marko Records
Release Date: November 10th, 2009

1. Spain
2. Hills, Valleys and Valium
3. Slow Side (MP3)
4. Plastic Shadow (MP3)
5. Sit Up & Hum
6. Titor
7. Vampires (MP3)
8. Cleveland Polka
9. Pixie Dust
10. Today Brings a Bomb
11. Searider
12. Heave Yer Skeleton