Nicole Barille and Sam Meister — better known now as Cleveland‘s Mr. Gnome — saw the release of their album Madness In Miniature last year to some high praise, including being named Verbicide’s Top 50 Albums of 2011.
Their new digital seven-inch, Softly Mad, features two B-sides from the Madness In Miniature sessions, “The Way” and “Still Life,” both of which show a more restrained side of the band that was previously only hinted at on the album. It will be released on March 20th on El Marko Records.
The duo will also be touring this spring, including a stop at SXSW. See below for tour dates, as well as a free MP3 download.
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Mr. Gnome on Tour
3/01 Nashville, TN @ Exit/In
3/02 Cincinnati, OH @ Mayday
3/03 Lexington, KY @ Green Lantern
3/06 Durham, NC @ Garage Bar at Motorco Music Hall
3/08 Atlanta, GA @ The Five Spot
3/09 Pensacola, FL @ The Handle Bar
3/10 Orlando, FL @ Orange You Glad Festival
3/13 Dallas, TX @ Double Wide – Prekindle SXSW pre-party
3/14 Austin, TX @ Red 7 – Terrorbird/Force Field SXSW party
3/15 Austin, TX @ Lucky Lounge – TapeOp magazine SXSW party
3/16 Austin, TX @ SXSW – TBA
3/17 Austin, TX @ SXSW – TBA
3/20 Fruita, CO @ Cavalcade
3/22 Boise, ID @ The Red Room – Treefort Music Festival
3/23 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
3/24 Seattle, WA @ Sunset Tavern
3/27 San Francisco, CA @ Thee Parkside
3/28 Sacramento, CA @ Luigi’s
3/29 Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theater
3/31 Albuquerque, NM @ The Launch Pad
4/03 Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
4/04 Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive
4/06 Springfield, MO @ The Outland
4/07 Kansas City, MO @ Riot Room/Middle of The Map Festival
4/10 Columbia, MO @ Sideshow
4/11 St. Louis, MO @ Plush
4/12 Indianapolis. IN @ Radio Radio
4/13 Chicago, IL @ Schuba’s
4/14 Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme
4/20 Cleveland, OH @ Beachland Ballroom
4/21 Toledo, OH @ Ottawa Tavern
4/27 Dayton, OH @ Blind Bob’s
4/28 Columbus, OH @ Skully’s