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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><u><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">GOMEZ Premiere Video for Album Title Track, “Whatever’s On Your Mind”<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Kicking Off West Coast Leg of Tour on 9/18 at Austin City Limits<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img width="358" height="263" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CC715C.E4D7A750" alt="Gomez_general3_Brantley Gutierrez"><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">After a whirlwind summer, seeing the release of their seventh studio album
<b><i>Whatever’s On Your Mind, </i></b>and making appearances on the small screen on
<b><i>The Late Show with David Letterman </i></b>and <b><i>The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,
</i>Gomez </b>have premiered the video for their latest album’s title track, <b>“Whatever’s On Your Mind”</b>! In the video we see the UK quintet out to sea, braving wind and rain with
<b>Ben Ottewell</b> singing as beautifully as ever, while a faceless redhead gazes ominously out into the distance; check it out
<b><a href="http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/09/video-gomez-whatevers-on-your-mind-cluster-1-premiere/">HERE</a></b>.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Gomez
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">will also be heading back out on the road to complete the West coast leg of their tour beginning on
<b>September 18 </b>at <b>Austin City Limits</b>. Along their routing they will hit the
<b>Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival </b>in <b>San Francisco </b>on <b>October 2
</b>and will wrap up at the <b>House of Blues </b>in <b>LA </b>on <b>October 5</b>. Full list of dates is below!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Serving as the follow-up to their acclaimed 2009 release,
<b><i>A New Tide</i></b>, <b><i>Whatever’s On Your Mind</i></b> sees <b>Gomez (Ben Ottewell, Tom Gray, Paul “Blackie” Blackburn, Ian Ball and Olly Peacock)</b> pushing their limits in a way we have not yet heard. The band partnered up with longtime friend,
<b>Sam Farrar </b>(Phantom Planet) to co-produce and sought out to feature other artist friends on the record,
<b>Luke Steele</b> (Empire of the Sun, Sleepy Jackson) and <b>Stuart Bogie</b> (Antibalas, TV on the Radio, Iron and Wine).
<b><i>Whatever’s On Your Mind</i></b>, finds <b>Gomez </b>driving forward on a beautifully lush and dynamic album. There is a fresh feeling of rebirth and awakening. One to raise a smile even from the naysayers; a broad grin from the rest of us.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">WATCH:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">-Gomez perform first single
<b>“Options”</b> on the <b><i>Late Show with David</i></b> <b><i>Letterman</i></b>
<a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/videos/new-and-hot/gomez-options-on-letterman-20110714">
HERE</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">-Gomez perform
<b>“Options” </b>on <b><i>Late Night with Jay Leno </i></b><a href="http://theaudioperv.com/2011/07/26/gomez-options-725-leno/">HERE</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">-Official video of
<b>“Options” </b><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYApHEUCs8s">HERE</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Praise for
<i>Whatever’s On Your Mind:<o:p></o:p></i></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“Gomez blends the genres [folk, blues, electronic, and whatever else they feel like throwing in] to create consistently compelling and entertaining textures.”
<b><i>– PasteMagazine.com<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:black">“The quintet plays guitar rock that toys with convention in a way that would make a certain foursome from Liverpool, England proud.”
<b><i>– Relix<o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">“With each new record, the band has grown tighter and more confident.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Gomez's latest album, Whatever's On Your Mind, is its catchiest yet — a folky yet funky take on low-key rock.”
<b><i>– NPR <o:p></o:p></i></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Gomez Fall Tour Dates in Full:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">September 18 Austin City Limits Festival<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">September 20 Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">September 21 Omaha, NE @ The Waiting Room<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">September 22 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">September 23 Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Sound<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">September 25 Victoria, BC @ Rifflandia Festival<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">September 26 Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">September 27 Seattle, WA @ Showbox<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">September 28 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">September 30 Saratoga, California @ Mountain Winery #<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">October 1 San Diego, CA @ KPRI’s StreetBeat San Diego<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">October 2 San Francisco, CA @ Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">October 4 Anaheim, CA @ House of Blues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">October 5 Los Angeles, CA @ House of Blues<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""># with Devotchka<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:1.5in;text-indent:.5in"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""> <a href="http://www.GomezTheBand.com">www.GomezTheBand.com</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">For more on Gomez, please contact:<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">PRESS HERE<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">212.246.2640<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Gina Schulman // Jamie Sherman // Samara Shwidock<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><a href="mailto:gina@pressherepublicity.com">gina@pressherepublicity.com</a> //
<a href="mailto:jamie@pressherepublicity.com">jamie@pressherepublicity.com</a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""> //
<a href="mailto:samara@pressherepublicity.com">samara@pressherepublicity.com</a> <o:p>
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