After debuting their new album, ‘Skeletons’ (out on Mute on 15 June) at 2009’s SXSW, the core Tiny Masters Of Today unit of siblings Ivan and Ada (ages 15 and 13 respectively) is joined by drummer Jackson Pollis for a return to the UK headlining The Lexington’s Mute Irregulars night on 13 April on a bill that will include Poppy & The Jezebels and Pull In Emergency, a headline show at the Luminaire on 14 April, supporting Errors at the ICA on 15 April and an Artrocker all ages show at the Vibe Bar on 19 April (alongside Pull In Emergency amongst others).
Almost overnight, the band went from a few homemade recordings on a MySpace page to collaborating with Karen O and Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kimya Dawson, Fred Schneider (B-52s) and Gibby Haynes (Butthole Surfers), being remixed by CSS and Liars, and touring the world. David Bowie even lauded their first homemade single as "Genius." Not bad for a band that double as full-time students in the NY school system
With new album ‘Skeletons’, the Tiny Masters went it totally alone, producing and writing the entire record themselves. The tracks were largely recorded at their home in Brooklyn, using the computer program Garageband. They brought the songs to Seaside Lounge studio with engineer Patrick McCarthy for additional recording and Matt Stein at U.W.M.S.C. in New York mixed the final product.
Fans of the familiar shouting and sloganeering and general anti-establishment nose thumbing won’t be disappointed by the new album but the sonic palette has broadened somewhat. While their rag-tag sound is clearly informed by classic-era punk rock, they think nothing of incorporating hip-hop, electronica, dub, and even disco into a messy and uproarious concoction. The end result is frantic and funny, equally poignant and pugnacious. Politically charged and strikingly original, a curious pastiche of styles and subjects all channeled through their own, very unique, filter.
Tiny Masters Of Today announce UK dates in April around the release of their brand new single, ‘Skeletons’, out on 7” and download on 13 April 2009. Full live dates are listed below.
Almost overnight, the band went from a few homemade recordings on a MySpace page to collaborating with Karen O and Nick Zinner of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kimya Dawson, Fred Schneider (B-52s) and Gibby Haynes (Butthole Surfers), being remixed by CSS and Liars, and touring the world. David Bowie even lauded their first homemade single as "Genius." Not bad for a band that double as full-time students in the NY school system
With new album ‘Skeletons’, the Tiny Masters went it totally alone, producing and writing the entire record themselves. The tracks were largely recorded at their home in Brooklyn, using the computer program Garageband. They brought the songs to Seaside Lounge studio with engineer Patrick McCarthy for additional recording and Matt Stein at U.W.M.S.C. in New York mixed the final product.
Fans of the familiar shouting and sloganeering and general anti-establishment nose thumbing won’t be disappointed by the new album but the sonic palette has broadened somewhat. While their rag-tag sound is clearly informed by classic-era punk rock, they think nothing of incorporating hip-hop, electronica, dub, and even disco into a messy and uproarious concoction. The end result is frantic and funny, equally poignant and pugnacious. Politically charged and strikingly original, a curious pastiche of styles and subjects all channeled through their own, very unique, filter.
"…their songs are like Sesame Street being brought to you by the letters D, E, V, and O and with Kim Gordon playing Cookie Monster."—NME
The video is directed by Jason Oliver Goodman (who made the opening credits to TV show ‘Mad Men’):
13 APRIL – MUTE IRREGULARS NIGHT – THE LEXINGTON,
- headline show, support from Poppy & The Jezebels + Pull In Emergency
14 APRIL – LUMINAIRE
- headline show, support from Poppy & Friends + Catalan Corruption + Poppsicaels
16 APRIL – ICA
- supporting Errors + Blk Jks
19 APRIL – ARTROCKER ALL AGES SHOW – VIBE BAR
- on a bill with Bang Bang Bang + Pull in Emergency + The Brownies + Uh Ohs + The Lovely Eggs + Fresh Legs + Kids Love Lies + Hotpants Romance
- headline show, support from Poppy & The Jezebels + Pull In Emergency
14 APRIL – LUMINAIRE
- headline show, support from Poppy & Friends + Catalan Corruption + Poppsicaels
16 APRIL – ICA
- supporting Errors + Blk Jks
19 APRIL – ARTROCKER ALL AGES SHOW – VIBE BAR
- on a bill with Bang Bang Bang + Pull in Emergency + The Brownies + Uh Ohs + The Lovely Eggs + Fresh Legs + Kids Love Lies + Hotpants Romance
