Mannequin Pussy Announce New EP 'Perfect' Out Now
Today, Philadelphia indie punk band Mannequin Pussy release their new EP Perfect.
At the start of 2020, everything was looking up for Mannequin Pussy. The band had released their third album, Patience, and was touring steadily behind it. After nearly a decade of playing, the band finally had gotten the chance to turn music into a full-time occupation. And then, COVID-19 reached the United States, rescinding life as many people knew it. For a while, it seemed like maybe the lull would be temporary, a brief pause before things could resume as they were. And then the numbers ballooned, and the months stretched on, and memories of rooms packed with strangers started to feel alien, dangerous even in imagination. Mannequin Pussy's new Perfect EP bursts forth from those sprawling months of social isolation and internet-fueled anxiety.
After spending most of the year apart from each other and everyone else in 2020, Mannequin Pussy decided to book studio time and work together in person again. They brought two pre-written songs into the session, but opted to write new material together on the fly from the excitement of reunion. “We just figured if we forced ourselves into this situation where someone could hit 'record,' something might come out," Missy says. "We'd never written that way before." What came out of that compressed session time with Grammy Nominated producer Will Yip, are some of Mannequin Pussy's most furious, incandescent songs yet.
PERFECT TRACK LISTING
1. Control
2. Perfect
3. To Lose You
4. Pigs is Pigs
5. Darling
Mannequin Pussy are hitting the road this summer supporting Japanese Breakfast on select dates. Tickets for Japanese Breakfast support dates are on sale Thursday, May 27 at 10am local time. In addition, the band will embark on a headlining run this fall with support from Angel Du$t and Pinkshift with more dates to be added. Tickets on sale now via mannequinpussy.com.
TOUR DATES
w/ Japanese Breakfast
7/21 Silver Spring, MD The Fillmore
7/22 Richmond, VA The National
7/23 Asheville, NC The Orange Peel
7/24 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade
7/25 Birmingham, AL Saturn
7/26 Carrboro, NC Cat's Cradle
7/28 Asbury Park, NJ Asbury Lanes
7/29 New Haven, CT College Street Music Hall
7/30 Jersey City, NJ White Eagle Hall
8/2 Holyoke, MA Gateway City Arts
8/3 Rochester, NY Anthology
8/4 Detroit, MI Saint Andrew's Hall
8/5 Cleveland, OH Agora Ballroom
8/6 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
8/7 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
8/8 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer
Headlining Tour
9/14 Chicago, IL Schubas Tavern
9/15 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
9/16 Minneapolis, MN 7th Street Entry
9/17 Omaha, NE Slowdown
9/18 Kansas City, MO The Riot Room
9/21 Salt Lake City, UT Kilby Court
9/23 Seattle, WA The Crocodile
9/24 Spokane, WA Lucky You Lounge
9/25 Portland, OR Holocene
9/26 Boise, ID Treefort Music Festival
9/28 Oakland, CA The New Parish
9/29 Santa Cruz, CA The Atrium at the Catalyst
9/30 Los Angeles, CA Teragram Ballroom
10/13 Dallas, TX Dada
10/14 Houston, TX The Secret Group
10/20 Nashville, TN High Watt
10/21 Cincinnati, OH Woodward Theater
10/26 Albany, NY Upstate Concert Hall
10/27 Boston, MA The Sinclair
10/28 Brooklyn, NY Music Hall of Williamsburg
Mannequin Pussy is Missy (vocals/guitar/keys), Colins “Bear” Regisford (bass), and Kaleen Reading (drums).