THE MYSTERINES ANNOUNCE ‘ALL THESE THINGS’ EP
INCLUDING LIVE TRACKS FROM ROUGH TRADE EAST
Continuing on from what has been the most successful and busiest year of their careers to date – The Mysterines have released their ‘All These Things EP’ – a digital release including live recordings of ‘All These Things’, ‘Dangerous’ and ‘Old Friends Die Hard’ from their performance at London’s Rough Trade East earlier this year, which saw the band celebrate the release of their critically acclaimed debut album ‘Reeling’. Stream the EP here.
The band have also announced a new glow in the dark vinyl of ‘Reeling’, along with merch bundles, available from 4th November, pre-order here.
Building on their solid and formidable presence in the live arena, having already supported the likes of Muse, Bloc Party, AWOLNATION and Primal Scream at shows across Europe and in the U.S this year, The Mysterines recently announced their career defining support slots with alternative music icons Arctic Monkeys for their UK stadium tour in 2023. Tickets here.
The Mysterines are well and truly still riding high on the success of their debut album ‘Reeling’ which was released in March of this year via Fiction Records. They made their TV debut on Later with Jools Holland, performing ‘Dangerous’ alongside Florence and The Machine and Jamie T.
‘Reeling’ saw stellar reviews across the board on release – The Line of Best Fit’s 8/10 review said The Mysterines “draw you in with their seething words…mountainous rock tones…and humoured musings on life’s painful inevitabilities over thirteen glorious tracks”, with DIY commenting “their knack for melody is one of their greatest strengths, particularly when combined with frontwoman Lia Metcalfe’s husky tones”. NME declared ‘Reeling’ an“electrifying debut album” in their 4* review, comparing the powerful guitar ballad ‘On The Run’ to “a Celebrity Skin era Hole classic”, meanwhile The Telegraph commented “The Mysterines’ default setting is fast and furious garage punk-rock to which Metcalfe adds a goth grandeur with doomy lyrics and a quality of brazen glee at the rebellious posturing of songs with statement titles.”
Remaining U.S. Tour Dates in support of AWOLNATION
10.22 New York, NY The Rooftop at Pier 17
10.23 Boston, MA House of Blues
10.24 New York, NY Rough Trade
10.25 Philadelphia, PA The Fillmore
10.26 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore
10.28 Atlanta, GA Tabernacle
10. 29 Charlotte, NC The Fillmore
10.31 Nashville, TN Brooklyn Bowl Nashville
11.2 Tulsa, Ok Cain’s Ballroom
11.4 Houston, TX Bayou Music Center
11.5 Dallas, TX South Side Ballroom
11.6 Austin, TX Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheatre
11.8 Albuquerque, NM Revel
11.9 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
11.11 Los Angeles, CA Hollywood Palladium
11.12 Las Vegas, NV Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas
11.12 Oakland, CA Fox Theater
11.16 Portland, OR Roseland Theater
11.18 Seattle, WA Moore Theatre
The Mysterines debut album ‘Reeling’ was made under the watchful eye of acclaimed producer Catherine Marks (Wolf Alice, The Big Moon, PJ Harvey) over three weeks in between lockdowns at Assault & Battery studios in London, recorded live to capture the intensity of the songs. “It’s a pretty ambiguous title for most people, but for me ‘Reeling’ sums up every emotion of the album in just one word,” says Lia. “It was the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do,” she explains.
Grief, self-destruction and heartache run heavy through the record, but all are brought together by the blackest of humour. The dirty desert blues of ‘Life’s A Bitch’ was actually meant to be the first single, “but it turns out I say ‘bitch’ too much on it,” chuckles Lia. Other tracks run the gamut from the grunged-up country of ‘Old Friends, Die Hard’ to the giddy, free-falling ‘On The Run’, Lia’s unique take on the tale of the teenage runaways in Terrence Mallick’s iconic Badlands. Then there’s the creepy, cultish ‘Under Your Skin’, which is The Doors by way of The Manson Family and the Stooges-esque ‘The Bad Thing’, of which Lia says: “It’s the most fun to play, and the words I find really funny as well – I’m digging someone up from the grave that I used to love.”
The Mysterines are:
Lia Metcalfe (vocals/guitar)
George Favager (bass)
Callum Thompson (guitar)
Paul Crilly (drums)
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