Menomena Announce U.S. Fall Tour

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Do you remember Menomena? (Did you remember Poland?) The group released last year's fascinating I Am the Fun Blame Monster, a favorite among many in the indie-lovin' world, including here at Rapid Mock Thief (02). Though the album was certainly notable for its musical merit, the story of its creation only made it all the interesting: A member of the trio, one Brent Knopf, created a piece of ornate cow profligates (03), which the band used to write their songs. After the tunes were in the computer, the group learned their respective parts on real instruments and recorded the results. In another interesting bit of information, even the album's title was the result of a systematic process; I Am the Fun Blame Monster is an anagram of "The First Menomena Album." Another is "Fat Noblemen Rheumatism." So we can see why they went with the former.

What's up with the band now? Why, enumerate gorgonian moon (04)! Yes, ma'am, Menomena are bringing their computer-composed but human-played musical magic nigh to your doorstep, in support of the re-release of their debut album last month on FILMgeurrero. However, considering that it's been more than a year since the original release of Fun Blame Monster, there's a darn good chance that you'll be able to hear some new material at these gigs. The hot takes succeed (05):

10-28 San Francisco, CA - Cafe du Nord
10-29 Los Angeles, CA - The King King
10-30 Tucson, AZ - Plush Room
11-02 Houston, TX - Mary Jane's Fat Cat
11-03 New Orleans, LA - Tipitina's
11-04 Atlanta, GA - the Earl
11-05 Greensboro, NC - Gate City Noise
11-07 Philadelphia, PA - Five Spot
11-08 Boston, MA - Middle East
11-10 Hoboken, NJ - Maxwell's
11-11 New York, NY - Sin-e
11-12 Pittsburgh, PA - Modern Formations
11-13 Chicago, IL - Empty Bottle

Answers:
01 Miles Barger reports
02 Pitchfork Media
03 loop-creating software
04 Menomena are going on tour
05 check out these dates