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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">Friends Announce Details Of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>Debut Album <i>Manifest!</i></span></b><span style="font-size:16.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><i><span style="font-size:
14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">To be released on June 5</span></i></b><b><i><sup><span style="font-size:14.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-size:18.0pt;font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">th</span></sup></i></b><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:21.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">
on Fat Possum</span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 19px; "> </span></p>
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15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria"><img id="7dfa49e6-e958-4c56-a421-fc98f1c08427" height="480" width="480" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" src="cid:4C8C2AA9-444E-490A-BC66-C3390831D877@hq.pressherepublicity.com"></span></p>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; ">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
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; "><b>Friends</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; "> will release their debut album
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; "><b><i>Manifest!</i>, June 5th</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; "> on
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; "><b>Fat Possum Records</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; ">.</span></p>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; ">The album was produced by the band – singer
<b>Samantha Urbani</b>, multi-instrumentalists <b>Lesley Hann</b>, <b>Matthew Molnar</b>, and
<b>Nikki Shapiro</b>, and drummer <b>Oliver Duncan</b>. They recorded its twelve tracks between last summer and this spring with engineer
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Daniel Schlett</b> at Strange Weather studios in Brooklyn.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:
Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">Manifest!</span></i></b><i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">
</span></i><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">aims both to live up to and to defy the promise of those first singles –
<b>“Friend Crush”</b> and <b>“I’m His Girl” </b>– over the course of a thirty-eight minute long player.
</span><span style="font-family:Cambria">A new track, “<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Mind Control</b>,” mixed by Grammy winner
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Paul Epworth</b>, 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.</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Cambria"><o:p>Stream/Embed "<b>Mind Control</b>" here: </o:p></span><a href="http://soundcloud.com/fatpossum/friends-mind-control/s-tjBAn">http://soundcloud.com/fatpossum/friends-mind-control/s-tjBAn</a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; "> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Cambria">Friends have posted the cover artwork for
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">Manifest!</i>,</b> which was designed by Urbani and features the photography by Erez Avissar.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes">
</span>The band will reveal more details and announce the complete <i style="mso-bidi-font-style:
normal">
Manifest! </i>tracklisting next week.<span style="mso-spacerun:
yes"> </span></span></p>
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<b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:
Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">Friends</span></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria"> will be taking their show on the road in their
<u>first ever North American headlining tour</u>. The dates begin on <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">
June 13</b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">th</span></sup></b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">
at <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">Boston’s Bright Music Hall</b>, and conclude on
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">July 7</b></span><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">th</span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria"> at
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">New York</b>’s famed <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">
Bowery Ballroom</b>. Tickets are on sale now and full list of announced dates are below. Watch this space for additional dates!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p> </o:p></span><b><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:
Cambria;mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">Friends North American Tour Dates:</span></b></p>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">June 13 Boston, MA Brighton Music Hall</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">June 14 Montreal, QC Lambi’s</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">June 16 Chicago, IL Schuba’s Tavern</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">June 17 Minneapolis, MN 7</span><sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">th</span></sup><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:
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Street Entry</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">June 20 Seattle, WA Crocodile Café</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">June 22 Vancouver, BC Fortune</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">June 23 Portland, OR Doug Fir</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">June 25 San Francisco, CA Bottom of the Hill</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">July 2 Austin, TX Mohawk</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">July 3 Houston, TX Fitzgerald’s Upstairs</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">July 5 Atlanta, GA The Earl</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">July 6 Washington, DC Rock N’ Roll Hotel</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:
Calibri;mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Cambria;
mso-bidi-font-family:Cambria">July 7 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-size:15.0pt;font-family:Calibri;
mso-bidi-font-family:Calibri"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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12.0pt;font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:
minor-latin"><a href="http://www.afriendszone.com/"><span style="font-size:
13.0pt;mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma;color:#0B36A2">www.afriendszone.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:13.0pt;font-family:Cambria;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;
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mso-bidi-font-family:Tahoma"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/sdneirfbackwards"><span style="color:#0B36A2">www.facebook.com/sdneirfbackwards</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;
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