Fun. Announce Album Details

117from the press release:

 

Nettwerk Music Group is proud to announce the release of AIM AND IGNITE, the
highly anticipated debut from fun., out August 25th.  AIM AND IGNITE was produced by Redd Kross’ Steven McDonald and is a stunning array of diverse inspirations from three extraordinary musicians-former front man of The Format Nate Ruess, ex-Anathallo multi-instrumentalist Andrew Dost and Steel Train’s Jack Antonoff.  When combined, they create an irresistible album that rethinks classic 70s pop, where ornate arrangements and inspired orchestrations meet present-day rock ‘n’ roll. The band recently joined Manchester Orchestra for a 34-date North American tour in April and has been hypnotizing sold out crowds night after night in major cities such as New York, Boston, Nashville, Los Angeles, Cleveland and Chicago.  

From the album-opening “Be Calm” which melds finely wrought chamber-pop orchestrations with guitar-fueled rock ‘n’ roll, to the richly intricate melodic twists and turns on “All The Pretty Girls,” from the brash and brassy blue-eyed soul of “Barlights” (which was arranged by longtime fave Roger Joseph Manning Jr. of Jellyfish) to the Randy Newman-esque “Light A Roman Candle With Me,” AIM AND IGNITE is an irresistible collection of freewheeling pop songcraft full of passion, imagination and creative vigor.

fun. recently debuted their song, “At Least I’m Not As Sad (As I Used To Be),” on their MySpace page, and it was met with immediate excitement, receiving close to 500,000 plays and a tremendous amount of action on message boards. The song is now available at digital stores.

http://www.myspace.com/fun

AIM AND IGNITE Track Listing:

1. Be Calm
2. Benson Hedges
3. All The Pretty Girls
4. I Wanna Be The One
5. At Least I’m Not As Sad (As I Used To Be)
6. Light A Roman Candle With Me
7. Walking The Dog
8. Barlights
9. The Gambler
10. Take Your Time (Coming Home)

TOUR DATES:

May 19th                     Bottom of the Hill                    San Francisco, CA (sold out)
May 21st                     Troubadour                             West Hollywood, CA (sold out)
May 22nd                    Voodoo Stage @ HOB            San Diego, CA (sold out)
May 23rd                     Club Congress                        Tucson, AZ
May 24th                     Clubhouse                               Tempe, AZ
May 26th                     Emo’s                                       Austin, TX (moved to bigger venue)
May 27th                     The Loft                                    Dallas, TX
May 28th                     Walter’s on Washington           Houston,TX
May 29th                     Spanish Moon                          Baton Rouge, LA
May 30th                     Proud Larry’s                            Oxford, MS
May 31st                     The Bottletree                           Birmingham, AL
June 2nd                     State Theatre                            St. Petersburg, FL
June 3rd                      The Social                                Orlando, FL
June 4th                      The Social                                Orlando, FL

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