Mondo Drag Released ''New Rituals'' January 26, 2010
Date: Monday, February 08 @ 08:00:00 UTC
Topic: Album Release News


Alive Naturalsound Records is pleased to announce the release of Mondo Drag New Rituals on January 26th, 2010.

From deep in the cosmos of Iowa, this psychedelic outfit has created a strange brew of garage, psych, space, sludge and stoner rock. New Rituals, their debut for Alive, is an incursion into extended psychedelic blues guitar jams and haunting vocals over heavy, steady bass lines and thumping percussion.

Formed by Johnnie Cluney (drums/vocals), Nolan Girard (rhythm guitar/vocals), John Gomino (keyboards/saxophone), Dennis Hockaday (bass), and Jake Sheley (lead guitar) the band is flying head-first into the future, while channeling artists from the past; Pink Floyd, Pentagram, Blue Cheer, even Hendrix are part of their musical lexicon, while Sonic Youth hint to their current references.



"They rock. Most songs clock in at over 6 minutes, yet you don't notice the time go by because they seem to take that long just to rev up. Each song stretches, cries, screams, and tears itself apart." - Berkeley Place

Mondo Drag has shared the stage with bands such as Witchcraft, Dead Meadow, Pentagram, and Radio Moscow, to name just a few. They'll be touring in Feb/March...

Tour Dates:

Feb 6 @ White Lightning Warehouse - Iowa City, IA
Feb 9 @ Off Broadway - St Louis, MO
Feb 10 @ The Swamp - Carbondale, IL
Feb 11 @ Al's Bar - Lexington, KY
Feb 12 @ Springwater - Nashville, TN
Feb 13 @ Wall Street - Murfreesboro, TN
Feb 14 @ Loudhouse Coffee - Greenbrier, TN
Feb 15 @ Blue Rock Tavern - Cincinnati, OH
Feb 16 @ Corktown Tavern - Detroit, MI
Feb 17 @ The Mopery - Chicago, IL
Feb 18 @ 7th Street Place - DeKalb, IL
Feb 20 @ RME Hall - CD RELEASE SHOW
Mar 11 @ Vaudeville Mews - Des Moines, IA
Mar 12 @ TBA - Kansas City/Lawrence, KS
Mar 13 @ Kirby?s Beer Store - Wichita, KS
Mar 14 @ The Conservatory - Oklahoma City, OK
Mar 15 @ TBA - Dallas/Ft Worth/Denton, TX
Mar 16 @ TBA - Dallas/Ft Worth/Denton/Austin, TX
Mar 17 @ Cheers On 6th SXSW - Austin, TX
Mar 18 @ SXSW - Austin, TX
Mar 19 @ SXSW - Austin, TX
Mar 20 @ Electra Beauty Lounge SXSW - Austin, TX Mar 21 @ SXSW - Austin, TX
Mar 22 @ SXSW - Austin, TX
Mar 23 @ Super Happy Fun Land - Houston, TX
Mar 24 @ TBA - Shreveport, LA
Mar 25 @ TBA - New Orleans, LA
Mar 26 @ Spring Street Firehouse, Birmingham, AL
Mar 27 @ TBA - Memphis, TN
Mar 28 @ Juanita?s - Little Rock, AR

Link to MP3 of "Love Me (Like A Stranger)": www.alivenergy.com/Mondo%20Drag_Love%20Me.mp3

Link to Purchase: www.alive-totalenergy.com/x/?page_id=996

Released as: CD, LP (red vinyl ltd. edition of 500) and digital

[Source: CWPR]







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