Mansions‘ debut album New Best Friends celebrated its five-year anniversary March 3 and its second pressing went on sale yesterday. Now we have a heartfelt blog post from vocalist Christopher Browder about the album’s anti-climactic original release and the journey the band has been on since then. View the full blog post after the jump. You can […]
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Mansions Blog About ‘New Best Friends’ Anniversary
March 5th, 2014 
Amber Wade 
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March 4th, 2014 Kriston McConnell Before Mansions released one of UTG’s favorite albums of 2013, Doom Loop, and their excellent 2011 effort, Dig Up The Dead, they released a full length titled New Best Friends. The album just had its five-year anniversary yesterday, and in celebration the group decided to release a limited 12″ pressing of it. In addition to […]
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January 18th, 2011 James Shotwell Mansions have announced plans to release their new album, Dig Up The Dead, on April 5, 2011. This will be the first new material from the group since 2009’s New Best Friends. Stay tuned to UTG for more details as the release date nears.
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January 17th, 2010 James Shotwell Artist: Mansions Album: Best of the Bees Genre: Indie/Rock Label: Doghouse 2009 was a banner year for Mansions. Emerging from the obscurity of the talent pool that is the internet, Christopher Browder [the sole musician on the act’s albums] has nearly become a [hipster] household name. His melancholy songs about love, loss, and life are […]
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March 17th, 2009 James Shotwell Artist: Mansions Album: New Best Friends Genre: Indie Rock Label: Doghouse Tracks: 1. I Told a Lie 2. Talk Talk Talk 3. Por Favor Is Spanish 4. Holidaze 5. Curacao Blue 6. Insulated 7. Take it Back 8. Gotta Be Alone 9. The Worst Part 10. Substitute Angel 11. Millions of Pieces 12. All […]
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