*Friends To Release Debut Album "Manifest!" on Fat Possum June 5*

[Chloe Walsh]

Friends Announce Details Of  Debut Album Manifest!
To be released on June 5th on Fat Possum
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After beating out of Bushwick in 2011 with two buzzworthy singles and videos plus a reputation for turning live gigs into spontaneous DIY parties (and vice versa) Brooklyn quintet Friends will release their debut album Manifest!, June 5th on Fat Possum Records.
 The album was produced by the band – singer Samantha Urbani, multi-instrumentalists Lesley Hann, Matthew Molnar, and Nikki Shapiro, and drummer Oliver Duncan.  They recorded its twelve tracks between last summer and this spring with engineer Daniel Schlett at Strange Weather studios in Brooklyn.
Manifest! aims both to live up to and to defy the promise of those first singles – “Friend Crush” and “I’m His Girl” – over the course of a thirty-eight minute long player.  A new track, “Mind Control,” mixed by Grammy winner Paul Epworth, makes its worldwide debut this week, as the “Hottest Record in the World” on the UK’s premiere primetime radio show, BBC Radio One’s Zane Lowe.
Stream/Embed "Mind Control" here: http://soundcloud.com/fatpossum/friends-mind-control/s-tjBAn
Friends have posted the cover artwork for Manifest!, which was designed by Urbani and features the photography by Erez Avissar.  The band will reveal more details and announce the complete Manifest! tracklisting next week.
Friends will be taking their show on the road in their first ever North American headlining tour.  The dates begin on June 13th at Boston’s Bright Music Hall, and conclude on July 7th at New York’s famed Bowery Ballroom.  Tickets are on sale now and full list of announced dates are below. Watch this space for additional dates!
 Friends North American Tour Dates:
June 13                Boston, MA                                        Brighton Music Hall
June 14                Montreal, QC                                     Lambi’s
June 16                Chicago, IL                                         Schuba’s Tavern
June 17                Minneapolis, MN                             7th Street Entry
June 20                Seattle, WA                                        Crocodile Café
June 22                Vancouver, BC                                  Fortune
June 23                Portland, OR                                     Doug Fir
June 25                San Francisco, CA                            Bottom of the Hill
July 2                    Austin, TX                                           Mohawk
July 3                    Houston, TX                                      Fitzgerald’s Upstairs
July 5                    Atlanta, GA                                         The Earl
July 6                    Washington, DC                               Rock N’ Roll Hotel
July 7                    New York, NY                                   Bowery Ballroom

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