Mal Not Bad announces tour with Miya Folick and shares live version of "No Worries"
Mal Not Bad announces North American tour dates with Miya Folick & shares live version of "No Worries"
Debut album 'This Is Your New Life' out now via Same Same
WATCH "No Worries" (live):
https://youtu.be/lpc9NF4ZVzw
LISTEN 'This Is Your New Life' album:
https://awal.ffm.to/thisisyournewlife
"on 'This Is Your New Life,' the L.A. musician carves out a sacred space of live instrumentation and ambient electronics"
SPIN
"addictively replayable, fantastic”
The Guardian
"Mal’s innate sense of sonic exploration and their curiosity to push their own boundaries makes ‘This Is Your New Life’ an album that teems with possibilities"
CLASH Magazine
"an alluring experimental piece with infinite replay value"
The Line of Best Fit
"echoing art pop guitars bounce off shuffling drums and pulsing electronic beats, crafting a careful balance of spacious sonics, shifting dynamics, and off-kilter melodies”
Under The Radar
"a pop track unfurling in soft focus... you’re gonna want to listen to this one over and over and over again"
KCRW
“…atmospheric and explorative, full of beautiful cadence and consuming tones”
Wonderland Magazine
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(23rd August) Mal Not Bad has been announced to support Miya Folick on new North American tour dates this October and has shared a live version of "No Worries" - filmed in May 2023 in Altadena, California.
"No Worries" is a track lifted from Mal Not Bad's recently released debut album 'This Is Your New Life'.
The album also features the previously released singles "AP" ("addictively replayable, fantastic” - The Guardian), "Mustang" ("glitchy, electronic" - Brooklyn Vegan) and "Life" ("a pop track unfurling in soft focus... you’re gonna want to listen to this one over and over and over again" - KCRW).
Mal Not Bad is the project of LA musician, producer and visual artist Mal Hauser, who previously has collaborated and toured with acts including Mk.gee, Skullcrusher, NoSo, illuminati hotties, Jay Som amongst others.
Clocking in at just under half an hour, 'This Is Your New Life' – as its title suggests – is as much a gesture to their past as it is a gateway to new beginnings. Across its twelve tracks, Mal Not Bad draws upon influence from the spiralling electronic and ambient worlds of Aphex Twin and Brian Eno, to the deft songwriting nuances of Feist, David Byrne and Alex G, with its subject matter stretching across relationships — to ones we love and with ourselves, and with death and life itself, as well as reflections upon modern day communication, and ultimately pausing to observe the world around us, rather than being consumed by the chaos.
Self-produced and recorded by Mal Not Bad in their home in the Melrose District of Los Angeles, 'This Is Your New Life' features instrumental contributions from saxophonist Henry Solomon (known for his work with HAIM), drummer Madi Vogt (Kim Gordon, Lauren Mayberry) and keys from Sam Weber, with the album mastered and co-mixed by James Krausse (Beyoncé, Porches) and John Lowell Anderson (Margaret Glaspy, Lindsey Buckingham).
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Prior to the release of 'This Is Your New Life' today - Mal Not Bad has released two EPs - their debut EP ‘In Free Fall’ released in January 2021, and 2022's 'Continuous Short Feature Film' - released amidst UK/EU & US tours with Skullcrusher and illuminati hotties.
Following further recent dates with acts including Babehoven, A. O. Gerber, and Great Grandpa’s Al Menne, Mal Not Bad's releases to date have been widely supported at BBC 6 Music (Guy Garvey, Huey Morgan, Nemone, Don Letts), at US radio (NPR and KCRW) and at press by publications including The Guardian, The Independent, COLORS, Consequence, SPIN, NME, CLASH Magazine, The Line Of Best Fit, Wonderland Magazine, NPR, Brooklyn Vegan, DIY Magazine, Dork Magazine, Under The Radar, amongst others.
Mal Not Bad supports Miya Folick on tour this October. Mal Not Bad's debut album 'This Is Your New Life' is out now via Same Same.
LIVE DATES
October
03 Troubadour - Los Angeles, CA
06 Club Congress - Tucson, AZ (supporting Miya Folick)
08 The Catalyst - Santa Cruz, CA (supporting Miya Folick)
10 The Observatory Constellation Room - Santa Ana, CA (supporting Miya Folick)
11 The Echo - Los Angeles, CA (supporting Miya Folick)
12 Gold-Diggers - Los Angeles, CA
'This Is Your New Life' album artwork & track list
1. Far Gone
2. AP
3. No Worries
4. Cycle
5. Cycle (outro)
6. Come On/Hard Times
7. Inst II Pt. I
8. Inst II Pt. II
9. Life
10. Mustang (feat. Junaco)
11. Inst I
12. Dodgeball
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