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The Group Joins The Vans Warped Tour For 44 Dates, Kicking Off In Phoenix On June 25th
The Pinker Tones Will Perform An Extended Set Each Night In The Skull Candy Electronic Music Tent
“[Pinker Tones' 'Wild Animals' is] an endorphin-goosing dance album.”
- ROLLING STONE
“This Barcelona duo hit like a spicier Daft Punk, keeping the retro electronica but trading the po-mo mind games for hip-twisting grooves… for fans of Chromeo and Kraftwerk.”
- SPIN MAGAZINE
” Raising the bar for electronica used to be the realm of bands like Depeche Mode and New Order – but now groups like The Pinker Tones are bringing a wild energy and ambitious focus to a new generation.”
- ASSOCIATED PRESS
” Whatever crops up in the music — retro-funk breakdowns, bachelor-pad bossa novas, catchy choruses in Romance languages — the beat endures and thrives [on Wild Animals].”
- NEW YORK TIMES
” The boys from Barcelona hit the streets with [Wild Animals], a surprisingly confident and joyful collection of jaunty hooks and mondo beats that fully exploits all that the Pinker Tones hear and integrate in their port city.”
- THE WASHINGTON POST
“This group from Barcelona has developed a brilliant way to bring people to a musical climax thanks to their genius fusion of languages and rhythms in an electronic mood. ‘Wild Animals’ is one of the most amazing albums of the year.”
- PEOPLE EN ESPAÑOL
“Like some sort of hipster virus, the Pinker Tones’ poppy electronica has spread from the duo’s hometown of Barcelona.”
-BILLBOARD
The critics are buzzing about Barcelona-based electronic act The Pinker Tones‘ new album, ‘Wild Animals‘, as the group prepares to join the Vans Warped Tour on June 25 th in Phoenix. The dynamic duo will perform an extended set each night in the Skull Candy electronic music tent on the entire 44 date tour (SEE FULL TOUR DATES LISTING BELOW).
‘Wild Animals’ features a wide array of special vocal guests including reggae soul legend Jimmy Lindsay from Cymande on “The Whistling Song” and Amparo from Spanish band Amparanoia on “Electrotumbao”. First single will be the track, “Happy Everywhere.”
“Our last album, ‘The Million Colour Revolution’, was about utopia, a projection for how we wanted the world to be,” Mister Furia explains. “‘Wild Animals’ is about reality, our interpretation of the actual world we live in. Songs like “The Whistling Song”, “24″ and “On Se Promenait” are some of our happiest and most nostalgic yet.”
Just in 2007, the group was the subject of a New York Times feature, had an A&E television special, performed on KCRW’s “Morning Becomes Eclectic”, had a song featured on hit sitcoms “Ugly Betty” and “Entourage” and saw heavy video play on networks like mtvU, MTV Tr3s, Mun2, and LATV. The Pinker Tones also made a major splash at last year’s SXSW, where they performed five shows in only 36 hours and also blew away the audience at KCRW’s Sounds Eclectic Evening in Los Angeles alongside leading artists like The Shins, Lily Allen and Rodrigo and Gabriela. The Pinker Tones recent single “Karma Hunters” was also selected by national bilingual youth network Mun2 as the theme song for its popular reality show ‘Chicas Project’.
This past August, The Pinker Tones released ‘More Colours!’, an album complete with infectious remixes and collaborations featuring a stellar lineup of artists including Kinky, Nortec Collective, Zeta Bosio (Soda Stereo) and Mexican Institute of Sound. Over several national U.S. tours throughout 2007, the DJ crew brought their electrifying set to fans across the country. The New York Times even claimed that, “Unlike many electronica acts, The Pinker Tones thrive onstage.” With a live show that combines the intensity of a rock band and the excitement of a DJ set, the group is moving along on the path to global domination. The Pinker Tones have ventured from Barcelona to such faraway places as London, Caracas, Buenos Aires, Moscow, Toronto, Beijing and Johannesburg.
THE PINKER TONES ON VANS WARPED TOUR 2008 (SKULL CANDY TENT)
Wed Jun 25 – Cricket Wireless Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ
Thu Jun 26 – New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM
Sat Jun 28 – Utah State Fair, Salt Lake City, UT
Sun Jun 29 – Invesco Field At Mile High, Denver, CO
Tue Jul 01 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, St Louis , MO
Wed Jul 02 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Bonner Springs, KS
Thu Jul 03 – Superpages.com Center, Dallas, TX
Sat Jul 05 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Selma, TX
Sun Jul 06 – Sam Houston Race Park, Houston, TX
Wed Jul 09 – Lakewood Exhibition Center, Atlanta, GA
Thu Jul 10 – Central Florida Fairgrounds, Orlando, FL
Fri Jul 11 – Vinoy Park, Petersburg, FL
Sat Jul 12 – Bicentennial Park, Miami, FL
Sun Jul 13 – St Johns County Fairgrounds, Elkton, FL
Mon Jul 14 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Charlotte, NC
Tue Jul 15 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, Virginia Beach, VA
Wed Jul 16 – Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, MD
Thu Jul 17 – Tower Amphitheatre, Cleveland, OH
Fri Jul 18 – Comerica Park, Detroit, MI
Sat Jul 19 – Downsview Park Allen Road, Toronto, ON
Sun Jul 20 – Park Jean Drapeau, Montreal, QC
Wed Jul 23 – Tweeter Center for the Performing Arts, Mansfield, MA
Thu Jul 24 – Darien Lake P.A.C., Darien Center, NY
Fri Jul 25 – Susquehanna Bank Center, Camden, NJ
Sat Jul 26 – Nassau Coliseum, Uniondale, NY
Sun Jul 27 – Toyota Pavilion, Scranton, PA
Mon Jul 28 – Raceway Park, Englishtown, NJ
Tue Jul 29 – Post Gazette Pavilion At Star Lake, Pittsburgh, PA
Wed Jul 30 – Riverbend Amphitheatre, Cincinnati, OH
Thu Jul 31 – Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre, Noblesville, IN
Fri Aug 01 – Marcus Amphitheater, Milwaukee, WI
Sat Aug 02 – First Midwest Bank Amphitheatre, Tinley Park, IL
Sun Aug 03 – Canterbury Park, Shakopee, MN
Tue Aug 05 – Credit Union Centre, Saskatoon, SK
Wed Aug 06 – Race City Speedway, Calgary, AB
Fri Aug 08 – Idaho Center Amphitheatre, Nampa, ID
Sat Aug 09 – Gorge Amphitheatre, George, WA
Sun Aug 10 – Columbia Meadows, St. Helens, OR
Wed Aug 13 – Save Mart Center, Fresno, CA
Thu Aug 14 – Cricket Wireless Amphitheatre, Chula Vista, CA
Fri Aug 15 – Shoreline Amphitheatre, Mountain View, CA
Sat Aug 16 – Sleep Train Amphitheatre, Marysville, CA
Sun Aug 17 – The Home Depot Center, Carson, CA
For more information about The Pinker Tones and Wild Animals, please contact:
Paul Dryden (paul.dryden@cookman.com) or
Jennifer Sarkissian (Jennifer.sarkissian@cookman.com)
at Nacional Records – 818.763.1397.
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