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<b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">SPIRIT ANIMAL ANNOUNCE TOUR DATES</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">‘This Is a Test’ EP Out Now!</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<b>Spirit Animal</b> is pleased to announce several U.S. tour dates next month. The psych-rock and pop band’s fantastic new EP,
<b><i>This Is a Test</i></b>, is out now!<br>
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<b>Stream “Love Crime” from ‘This Is a Test’ <a href="http://soundcloud.com/spiritanimal-us/02-love-crime/s-4nCW1">
here</a>!</b><br>
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It might sound strange, but it takes some serious soul to discover rock music's spirit and an absolute animal to find its superhuman funk. Luckily, the modern listener has
<b>Spirit Animal</b> to turn to for all of the above. <b><i>This Is a Test</i></b> masterfully melds decades of disparate elements in search of music at its most carnal, anthemic and party-ready. Their heavy riffs and pounding rhythms create a sound seemingly
from the ether, but grounded in the diversity of four gents who are gifted at the dying art of leaving it all on the stage.<br>
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Live, the band is at once manic and precise with a non-stop show full of careening solos, call-and-response choruses, and lots of body sweat. Spirit Animal have been called an "unmissable live act," and it’s been said their "furious energy and fierce musicianship"
are poised to not only stand the test of time, but help the masses re-live it. <o:p>
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<b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Spirit Animal Tour Dates</span></u></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif""><br>
12/15 Washington, DC -- Rock n' Roll Hotel <br>
12/18 New York, NY -- Mercury Lounge w/Churchill <br>
12/19 Philadelphia, PA -- The Fire<br>
12/20 Boston, MA -- All Asia<br>
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<a href="http://www.spiritanimal.us/">http://www.spiritanimal.us/</a><br>
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For more information:<b><br>
</b>Kara Oliver / Carleen Donovan <br>
Press Here Publicity<br>
212 246 2640<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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