Mineral - UK AND EUROPEAN TOUR STARTS THIS MONTH

UK AND EUROPEAN TOUR STARTS THIS MONTH

Legendary emo-pioneers Mineral are gearing up for their first ever tour of Europe and the UK at the end of this month. Following a sold out tour across the States that was rapturously received by critics and fans alike, the Texan four-piece finally make it across the pond for their long awaited and highly anticipated run of shows. Support at all shows are label friends the Solemn Sun. 

FULL TOUR DATES

UK and Europe tour dates ticket sales: http://www.songkick.com/artists/443248-mineral

JANUARY 2015

31 Milan, IT @ Live Forum

FEBRUARY 2015

1  Rimini, IT @ Velvet Club

3  Berlin, GER @ Bi Nuu

4  Cologne, GER @ Gerbaude

5 Paris, FR @ Glazart

6  Southampton, UK @ Joiners

7  Bristol, UK @ The Exchange

9  Nottingham, UK @ Bodega Social Club

10 Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club

11 Glasgow, UK @ Stereo

12 Manchester, UK @ Ruby Lounge

13 London, UK @ The Underworld SOLD OUT

Last year Xtra Mile Recordings proudly reissued Mineral’s two seminal albums The Power of Failing and EndSerenading, each on double 45 RPM vinyl, as well as ‘Mineral – 1994-1998’ a 2x CD compilation of both albums with bonus material and previously unreleased tracks. 

Check out Mineral’s page on the Xtra Mile Recordings to purchase: http://bit.ly/1llnh7y

Since the band announced their reunion after they disbanded 17 years ago, they’ve enjoyed a renaissance as fans new and old have flocked to the shows and purchased the albums. Their shows in New York back in September sold out in record time and our very own Frank Turner flew out especially, declaring they sounded “impressively good, powerful, loud and clear” in his review for Noisy. 

Mineral formed in 1994 and came to untimely end in 1997 just before the release of their second album EndSerenading. Despite a surprisingly small amount of time together, they’ve been cited as inspiration by a host of bands and artists, including Jimmy Eat World and of course Frank Turner. 

Taking the baton from mid-nineties emo band Sunny Day Real Estate, they crystallised the slow, melodic loud/quiet dynamic that wax sealed the genre, crafting an eternally distinctive and beloved sound. Their debut album The Power of Failing is a passionate paen to spirituality and love, bathed in crescendos of hollered guitar, while posthumous follow-up Endserenading – finished after the official split of the group - broods and simmers with patience, pain and redemption. Both albums are recognised as essential, packed with trailblazing cuts which have since informed plenty of peers and imitators, while never being bettered. 

QUOTES:

“Packed crowds have left ecstatic and the band’s influence and legacy- achieved with just two albums” - Big Cheese Magazine 

“ The first album, as raw and roughshod as ever, remains a pure explosion of cathartic emotion, while the second presented a cleaner, slightly more refined version of their sound.” Record Collector

QUOTES:

“Packed crowds have left ecstatic and the band’s influence and legacy- achieved with just two albums” - Big Cheese Magazine

“…the songs from EndSerenading that stand out most, mainly because the band broke up before it even came out. Both For Ivadel and A Letter brim with youthful energy and spirit, and actually sound more tender and moving than they were on record.” – Team Rock, Verdict: 8/10

“ The first album, as raw and roughshod as ever, remains a pure explosion of cathartic emotion, while the second presented a cleaner, slightly more refined version of their sound.” Record Collector