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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><img width="314" height="122" id="Picture_x0020_4" src="cid:image004.jpg@01CD1648.CCF495D0" alt="cid:image001.jpg@01CCEBFA.12ECEC50"></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:36.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">MINIATURE TIGERS</span></b><b><u><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">
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PREMIERES THEIR “SEX ON THE REGULAR” NSFW MUSIC VIDEO <br>
TODAY WITH <i>IFC.COM</i></span></u></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">PLUS HITS THE ROAD WITH FUN. THIS WEEK FOR THE BAND’S SPRING 2012 TOUR
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</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><img width="624" height="319" id="Picture_x0020_28" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CD1640.B42D2D30"></span><b><span style="font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><br>
(Screen Shot of Miniature Tigers’ “Sex on the Regular” NSFW music video; illustrations by lead singer, Charlie Brand.)</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">In advance of the band’s tour with
<b>Fun.,</b> <b><a href="http://www.miniaturetigers.com/">Miniature Tigers</a></b> premieres their seductive single, “<b>Sex on the Regular,</b>” with a fitting NSFW music video today on
<b><i>IFC.com</i></b> </span><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D"><a href="http://www.ifc.com/fix/2012/04/premiere-miniature-tigers-sex-on-the-regular">HERE</a></span></b><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">.</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">
</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Lead singer <b>Charlie Brand,</b> who is deeply inspired by the popular English painter David Hockney, illustrated the video’s x-rated images in Hockney’s fashion, which was assembled and edited
by director <b>Max Goldblatt</b>. The high-energy dance track is off of <b>Miniature Tigers</b><span class="apple-style-span">' brilliant </span>abstract-pop record,
<b><i>Mia Pharaoh</i></b></span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">,</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> which is out now on
<b>Modern Art Records</b><span class="apple-style-span">, in conjunction with </span>
<b>Warner Music</b>'s<b> Independent Label Group</b><span class="apple-style-span">.
</span></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">The four-piece will serve as main support for
<b>Fun.</b>’s <b>Spring 2012 Tour</b>, which kicks-off this <b>Friday, April 13<sup>th</sup></b> at
<b>The Brick </b>in<b> Minneapolis, MN</b>. All tour dates listed below. </span><span class="apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span class="apple-style-span"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">LISTEN</span></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">
to <b>Miniature Tigers’</b> </span></span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Mia Pharaoh</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> exclusively streaming on <b><i>Spin.com</i></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">
<b><a href="http://www.spin.com/articles/first-spin-hear-miniature-tigers-sexy-mia-pharaoh-lp">HERE</a></b></span></span><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif""><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">P<span class="apple-style-span">raise for Miniature Tigers and
<i>Mia Pharaoh</i>: </span></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;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">“They [Miniature Tigers] have a really ethereal way of translating music - actually, they have a very different approach to our "You Got Me" song <span class="apple-style-span"> [during
our session with Red Bull's Soundclash] </span>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.”</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> -
<i>d<span class="apple-style-span">rummer <b>?uestlove</b> of <b>The Roots</b></span></i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">“</span></i><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Album three
</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif"">[Mia Pharaoh]<i>opens</i>
<i>with a pair of curveballs, the horndog electro-disco fantasies "Sex on the Regular" and "Female Doctor." The lyrics are pure R. Kelly kitsch ("I'm your secret/You can take me out and play me like a saxophone"), but the tunes are as sneakily hummable as ever,
and frontman Charlie Brand makes a surprisingly decent Romeo</i>.” – <b><i>RollingStone.com</i></b><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>
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</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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<span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">"…if Shakespeare’s Romeo had been in a band, Brand’s vocals would have come out his mouth. A total loverboy voice…" -
<b><i>The</i> <i>Huffington Post<br>
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</i></b></span></span><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">“Miniature Tigers are getting bigger…Their new album [</span></i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Mia Pharaoh<i>] gets
a little bit racier than previous fare (see: ‘Sex on the Regular’) and is meant to shock listeners...” –
<b>InterviewMagazine.com</b></i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Miniature Tigers Spring 2012 Tour with Fun.:</span></u></b><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">4/13/12 The Brick Minneapolis, MN </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">4/14/12 Vic Theatre Chicago, IL </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">4/15/12 St. Andrews Hall Detroit, MI </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">4/19/12 Newport Music Hall Columbus, OH</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">4/20/12 Water Street Music Hall Rochester, NY </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">4/25/12 The Guvernment Toronto, ON </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">4/27/12 Northern Lights Clifton Park, NY </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">4/28/12 Theatre of the Living Arts Philadelphia, PA</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">4/30/12 Cabaret Du Mile End Montreal, QC </span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">5/3/12 9:30 Club Washington, DC</span></b><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><br>
</span><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><span style="font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D"><img border="0" width="274" height="274" id="_x0000_i1027" src="cid:image003.jpg@01CD1640.B42D2D30"><br>
</span></b><b><i><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black">Mia Pharaoh</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:black"> Album Artwork</span></b><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D">
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