Richmond – Minnesota band Tiny Moving Parts is having a good day. The trio premiered the new music video for “Headache” via NPR, who called the track “a wide-swinging pop-punk song with some wily finger-tapping.” Tiny Moving Parts also announced it will release a brand new LP through Triple Crown Records, titled Celebrate, on May 20, 2016, and revealed the album art work and track listing. As if that wasn’t enough, the band also announced a summer headlining tour, with support from Prawn and Free Throw, throughout May and June. The tour will kick off in Fargo, North Dakota at The Aquarium and end at the Firebird, in St. Louis, Missouri.
Tiny Moving Parts is a three-piece family band, made up of brothers Matthew and William Chevalier and their cousin Dylan Mattheisen. The three grew up in the small town of Benson, Minnesota, where they developed a love for music, playing shows in basements and garages. Upon graduating, the trio released their debut EP Moving To Antarctica, followed by their first full-length This Couch is Long & Full of Friendship (Kind of Like Records). Shortly thereafter, Tiny Moving Parts signed with Triple Crown Records and released the LP Pleasant Living, via Triple Crown. The band has become known for creating fun yet smart mathy, post hardcore-pop punk. Back in 2014, Best New Bands caught up with Tiny Moving Parts at Riot Fest, in Chicago. In our interview, guitarist and vocalist Dylan Mattheisen discussed the inspiration behind Pleasant Living: ”Our ideal was to collide everything we like about music into one. We love really technical, crazy stuff, you can say like math rock, with a lot of time signatures and stuff. So we like that stuff and we wanted it to collide with catchy, melodic sing-a-longs. We just tried to find a happy balance with both worlds.”
In speaking of Celebrate, Mattheisen says the band’s third album “is really about optimism. Things get stressful throughout life, and you just need to stay positive or you’ll destroy yourself.” Celebrate was mixed by Vince Ratti (Circa Survive, The Wonder Years, Title Fight) and mastered by Sarah Register (Andrew WK, Brand New, Sia). Celebrate is available for pre-order via Triple Crown Records and through Big Scary Monsters in Europe and the U.K.
Celebrate Track List:
01) Good Enough
02) Happy Birthday
03) Birdhouse
04) Headache
05) Common Cold
06) Stay Warm
07) Breathe Deep
08) Volumes
09) Minnesota
10) Minnow
To celebrate the release of Celebrate, Tiny Moving Parts will embark on a full US headlining tour this summer, with support from Prawn and Free Throw. Tickets for select headlining dates are on-sale now and the entire tour will be on-sale this Friday at 12pm local time. See the full list of dates below.
Tiny Moving Parts Tour Dates w/ Prawn & Free Throw:
5/19 – Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium
5/20 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
5/21 – Dekalb, IL @ House Cafe
5/22 – Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
5/24 – Indianapolis, IN @ Hoosier Dome
5/25 – Pittsburgh, PA @ Smiling Moose
5/26 – Cleveland, OH @ Mahall’s
5/27 – Toronto, ON @ Sneaky Dee’s
5/28 – Howell, MI @ Bled Fest
5/29 – Columbus, OH @ Double Happiness
5/31 – Buffalo, NY @ The Waiting Room
6/01 – Boston, MA @ Middle East Upstairs
6/02 – New York, NY @ Studio at Webster Hall
6/03 – Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry
6/04 – Washington DC @ DC9
6/05 – Richmond, VA @ The Camel
6/07 – Chapel Hill, NC @ Local 506
6/08 – Jacksonville, FL @ 1904 Music Hall
6/09 – Tampa, FL @ Epic Problem
6/10 – Orlando, FL @ Backbooth
6/11 – Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade – Purgatory
6/13 – Dallas, TX @ The RBC
6/14 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk
6/16 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Rebel Lounge
6/17 – San Diego, CA @ Che Cafe
6/18 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
6/19 – Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
6/20 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom Of The Hill
6/22 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Kilby Court
6/23 – Denver, CO @ Hi Dive
6/24 – Lawrence, KS @ Jackpot Music Hall
6/25 – Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
6/26 – St. Louis, MO @ Firebird
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