The Band is set to conquer 2014 with plans for a massive North American tour. The band, minus founding bassist, will embark on a 33-city tour from mid-January to March with support from Best Coast, Cults and Fidlar.
The band released a four-track called EP-1 on September 3rd, following bassist’s departure from the band earlier this year. “Everyone was just devastated,” The manager, told us. “But everybody believed in the songs. We decided to just carry on and see what happens.”
The group has been busy, playing Riot Fest last month and also stopping by Late Night With Jimmy Fallon with new touring bassist Kim Shattuck. The rockers are currently on a European tour, which kicked off this weekend.
The band has also shared a video for EP-1 track “Andro Queen. It’s a trippy, dimly-lit journey directed by Ondi Timoner. Read more…
Will Hermes of Rolling Stone called the songâs keyboards âa serrated organ growl backed up with a SWAT team of hand clapsâ and cited it as an example of Danger Mouseâs prowess as a producer and co-writer. Summarizing the song, Hermes wrote, âItâs Sixties bubblegum garage pop writ large, with T. Rex swagger and a guitar freakout that perfectly mirrors the lyrics, a paranoid rant that makes you shiver while you shimmy.â John Soeder of The Plain Dealer labeled it one of the albumâs finest and said that it sounded like a hybrid of Norman Greenbaumâs âSpirit in the Skyâ and Gary Glitterâs âRock and Roll Part 2âł.
Melissa Maerz of Entertainment Weekly said that the song, âwith its swarm-of-bees organs and acid-trip gospel harmonies, could be a lost Nuggets gemâ. Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times, writing about the songâs retro stylings, said that it âsounds as if itâs existed foreverâ.
Will Hermes of Rolling Stone called the songâs keyboards âa serrated organ growl backed up with a SWAT team of hand clapsâ and cited it as an example of Danger Mouseâs prowess as a producer and co-writer. Summarizing the song, Hermes wrote, âItâs Sixties bubblegum garage pop writ large, with T. Rex swagger and a guitar freakout that perfectly mirrors the lyrics, a paranoid rant that makes you shiver while you shimmy.â John Soeder of The Plain Dealer labeled it one of the albumâs finest and said that it sounded like a hybrid of Norman Greenbaumâs âSpirit in the Skyâ and Gary Glitterâs âRock and Roll Part 2âł.
Melissa Maerz of Entertainment Weekly said that the song, âwith its swarm-of-bees organs and acid-trip gospel harmonies, could be a lost Nuggets gemâ. Randall Roberts of the Los Angeles Times, writing about the songâs retro stylings, said that it âsounds as if itâs existed foreverâ.
Will Hermes of Rolling Stone called the songâs keyboards âa serrated organ growl backed up with a SWAT team of hand clapsâ and cited it as an example of Danger Mouseâs prowess as a producer and co-writer. Summarizing the song, Hermes wrote, âItâs Sixties bubblegum garage pop writ large, with T. Rex swagger and a guitar freakout that perfectly mirrors the lyrics, a paranoid rant that makes you shiver while you shimmy.â John Soeder of The Plain Dealer labeled it one of the albumâs finest and said that it sounded like a hybrid of Norman Greenbaumâs âSpirit in the Skyâ and Gary Glitterâs âRock and Roll Part 2âł.