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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D"><img width="354" height="138" id="_x0000_i1032" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CCF0A8.7CC41920" alt="cid:3401098870_497397"></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">MINIATURE TIGERS </span></b><span style="font-size:22.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">TOURS WITH FUN. THIS SPRING 2012!</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">NEW ALBUM
<i>MIA PHARAOH</i> OUT MARCH 6<sup>th<b><br>
</b></sup></span><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
<img width="241" height="241" id="Picture_x0020_8" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CCF0A8.7CC41920" alt="cid:image003.jpg@01CCF0A7.AB124E10"><br>
</span></b><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Photo Credit</span></b><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">:</span></b><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">
Modern Art Records</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">
</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><a href="http://www.modernartrecords.com/">Modern Art Records</a></span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">is thrilled to announce that
<b><a href="http://www.miniaturetigers.com/">Miniature Tigers</a></b> will serve as the main support for</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Fun.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">’s
<b>Spring 2012 </b></span><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Tour</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> in anticipation of Mini T’s upcoming record
<span class="apple-style-span"><b><i>Mia Pharaoh </i></b></span><b>(out March 6th),
</b>which <b><i>Paste Magazine</i></b> declared, <i>“</i>25 albums we're looking forward to in 2012…”<i>
</i></span><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D"> </span></i><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">The tour kicks</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">-</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">off
on <b>April 13th</b> in <b>Minneapolis, MN</b> and will make its way through <b>
Detroit, Columbus, Toronto, Quebec</b>, with sold</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">-</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">out shows in
<b>Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. </b>and more! The tour with Fun., whose hit “We Are Young” is currently #3 on the Billboard’s Hot 100, comes on the heels of <i>
</i><b><a href="http://www.modernartrecords.com/">THE MODERN ART TOUR</a>, </b>a 24 date run that begins <b>March 1st</b> in
<b>Seattle</b>, with support bands <b>Geographer</b> and <b>The Chain Gang of 1974</b>. All tour dates listed below. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Additionally, fans can pre-order<b>
</b>Miniature Tigers’ brilliant abstract-pop record <i>Mia Pharaoh<b> </b></i>on <b>
<i>iTunes</i></b> <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPreorder?id=498861104" target="_blank">HERE</a>. And for the ultimate fan, a deluxe version of the upcoming LP with bonus tracks is also available for pre-order
<a href="http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPreorder?id=498861483" target="_blank">
HERE</a>.</span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Mia Pharaoh</span></i><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> encompasses a musical departure from the band’s last two successful records, <i>Tell It to the Volcano</i> and <i>F
O R T R E S S</i>. Lead singer <b>Charlie Brand</b> was heavily inspired by “teenage dream” pop music, and said, “Halfway through making
<i>Mia Pharaoh</i>, I fell in love with pop all over again and was strictly listening to Top 40 music. Instead of studying Simon & Garfunkel drum tones, I was figuring out what samples
</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">T</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">he Dream and Kanye used, or trying to write a song that Katy Perry or Rihanna could sing—a real outsider pop record.”</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:red"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Recently the band and GRAMMY award winning group <b>The Roots</b> had the pleasure to perform one another’s songs for <b>Red Bull</b>’s <b>Soundclash</b></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">.
</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Drummer <b>?uestlove</b> comments on Mini T’s approach to creating music by saying, <i>“</i>They [Miniature Tigers] have a really ethereal way of translating music - actually, they have a very different
approach to our "You Got Me" song that I never thought of in the fifteen years I've been playing it, so I told those guys, ‘the second we are done with the Soundclash I'm gonna steal all of your arrangements for like all of our songs.’ Never once did I ever
think to reinterpret it the way that they reinterpreted it<i>.”</i> </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Mini T has performed countless headlining shows, shared numerous stages with such acts as <b>The Walkmen,</b> <b>Neon Indian, Freelance Whales, The Morning
Benders</b>, and <b>Tennis</b>, and has given stellar performances at <b><i>Lollapalooza,</i></b></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D"> </span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">RVA Music Festival</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">, <b><i>Austin
City Limits</i></b> and <b><i>POPPED! Music Festival.</i></b> <b><i>Huffington Post</i></b> describes Brand's live vocals as, “…if Shakespeare’s Romeo had been in a band, Brand’s vocals would have come out his mouth. A total loverboy voice…” <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">More praise for Miniature Tigers: </span></b></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> “What I like about them [Miniature Tigers] is that they could probably be a very successful, standard-issue indie-rock band aping Death Cab or Grizzly Bear or Vampire Weekend, but
they're too restless and busting with ideas.”</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> –<b><i>Spin</i></b> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
<br>
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">“<i>Wedged between a dreamy throwback sound and rapid-fire backing harmonies, Brand [lead singer Charlie Brand] carries a degree of self-seriousness, lending nuanced shades of gray
to an otherwise chipper mood</i>.” – <b><i>NPR</i></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">THE MODERN ART TOUR 2012 Dates:</span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">*with Pretty & Nice</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">3/1/12 Tractor Tavern Seattle, WA <br>
3/2/12 Branx Portland, OR <br>
3/3/12 The Independent San Francisco, CA <br>
3/4/12 Troubadour Los Angeles(West Hollywood), CA <br>
3/6/12 The Casbah San Diego, CA <br>
3/7/12 Club Congress Tucson, AZ <br>
3/8/12 The Crescent Ballroom Phoenix, AZ <br>
3/16/12 The Prophet Bar Dallas, TX <br>
3/17/12 Fitzgerald’s Houston, TX <br>
3/19/12 The Social Orlando, FL <br>
3/20/12 The Masquerade-Purgatory Atlanta, GA <br>
3/21/12 Nightlight Chapel Hill, NC <br>
3/22/12 DC9 Washington D.C. <br>
3/23/12 Milkboy Philadelphia, PA <br>
3/24/12 Brighton Music Hall Boston(Brighton), MA<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">*with SPEAK<br>
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3/25/12 Bowery Ballroom New York, NY <br>
3/27/12 Club AE Pittsburg, PA <br>
3/28/12 Grog Shop Cleveland Heights, OH <br>
3/29/12 The Intersection Grand Rapids, MI <br>
3/30/12 Schubas Tavern Chicago, IL <br>
3/31/12 Off Broadway St. Louis, CO <br>
4/2/12 The Black Sheep Colorado Springs, CO <br>
4/3/12 Marquis Theatre Denver, CO <br>
4/5/12 Beauty Bar Las Vegas, NV<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Spring 2012 Tour with Fun.:</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">4/13/12 The Brick Minneapolis, MN <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">4/14/12 Vic Theatre Chicago, IL <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">4/15/12 St. Andrews Hall Detroit, MI <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">4/19/12 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">4/20/12 Water Street Music Hall Rochester, NY <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">4/25/12 The Guvernment Toronto, ON <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">4/27/12 Northern Lights Clifton Park, NY <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">4/28/12 Theatre of the Living Arts Philadelphia, PA<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">4/30/12 Cabaret Du Mile End Montreal, QC <o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">5/3/12 9:30 Club Washington, DC<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">5/4/12 9:30 Club Washington, DC<br>
5/5/12 Jefferson Theater Charlottesville, VA</span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:20.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.miniaturetigers.com" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">www.miniaturetigers.com</span></b></a></span><span style="font-size:20.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">For press inquiries on</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> </span><span style="color:black"><a href="http://www.miniaturetigers.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Miniature
Tigers</span></b></a></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> <b>please contact:</b><br>
Tasya Swisko // </span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:tasya@pressherepublicity.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">tasya@pressherepublicity.com</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> <br>
212.246.2640</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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