Tiny Masters Of Today 'Skeletons' album

"Skeletons," the first single and title track from the new Tiny Masters Of Today album will be released digitally April 14, 2009. The single features the album's title track and the exclusive B-side "Feel OK." Check out the video – directed by Emmy winning director Jason Oliver Goodman.

Recently the Brooklyn teen punk sensations - composed of brother-sister Ivan and Ada - took their music to the people, debuting music from "Skeletons" in Austin at SXSW. Billy Altman writes of their SXSW performance; "when it comes to music that matters heart and attitude trump everything else… Somewhere, Joey, Johnny and Dee Dee Ramone are listening - and smiling."

So what does this new album sound like? Fans of the familiar shouting and sloganeering and general anti-establishment nose thumbing won’t be disappointed but the sonic palette has broadened somewhat. While their rag-tag sound is clearly informed by classic-era punk rock, they think nothing of incorporating hip-hop, electronica, dub, and even disco into a messy and uproarious concoction. The end result is frantic and funny, equally poignant and pugnacious. Politically charged and strikingly original, a curious pastiche of styles and subjects all channeled through their own, very unique, filter.

With "Skeletons," the Tiny Masters went it totally alone, producing and writing the entire album themselves. The tracks were largely recorded at their home in Brooklyn, using the computer program Garageband. They brought the songs to Seaside Lounge studio with engineer Patrick McCarthy for additional recording and the final product was mixed by Matt Stein at U.W.M.S.C. in New York.

"...their songs are like Sesame Street being brought to you by the letters D, E, V, and O and with Kim Gordon playing Cookie Monster."—NME

Tiny Masters Of Today biography
Comprised of siblings Ivan (age 13) and Ada (age 11) the pre-teen punk duo have been tearing it up in the UK with two sold-out singles, rave reviews plus BBC and XFM airplay. Their spring UK tour saw them playing to packed houses and magazines from Newsweek (who called their "brief, bratty" songs "remarkable") to Artrocker (who put them on the cover and proclaimed them "the future of rock and roll.") to The Guardian, the NME and a host of others have written about the siblings while none other than David Bowie declared their first single “Genius.”

Tiny Masters Of Today's debut album Bang Bang Boom Cake, features 13 songs including their new Mute Irregulars single Radio Riot. The album was recorded in New York with production duties handled by legendary Jon Spencer Blues Explosion drummer Russell Simins and the Elegant Too. Simins, who frequently serves as the band's live drummer, plays on most of the album and there are a number of surprise cameos and collaborations brought out of the diverse New York music community Tiny Masters Of Today are growing up in. Kimya Dawson (Moldy Peaches), Fred Schneider (the B-52s), Gibby Haynes (the Butthole Surfers) and Karen O and Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs) amongst others all lend their unique talents to tracks.

With Bang Bang Boom Cake, Tiny Masters of Today have delivered on the promise of their previous singles, bringing an outrageous punk pastiche that touches on everything from hip-hop to techno to good old-fashioned garage rock. Lyrically, they still skewer politicians and adults and phonies, but somehow manage to avoid wallowing in grown-up cynicism. While there is a serious undercurrent, it is equally matched with enough hilarity to create something that is both serious and fun. Serious fun.

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