Mipso Release Single 'Hurt So Good' + Announce Phase 2 of North American Album Release Tour

LISTEN/EMBED "COMING DOWN THE MOUNTAIN" HERE

For Coming Down The Mountain, Mipso venture further than ever from its string-band pedigree to discover a broader Americana where classic folk-rock and modern alt-country sounds mingle easily with Appalachian tradition. Adding drums and more electric instruments than ever to their intimate four-part harmonies and powerful acoustic meld, Mipso's music is lush and forward moving, with lyrics that sear and salve in turn. It's music that invites you in to stay a while. Look for the band touring in 2017 with this new, expanded instrumentation.

Coming Down The Mountain CD/Vinyl PreOrder and tickets to Mipso's upcoming shows are available now at www.mipsomusic.com.

Coming Down The Mountain is the band's fourth album release, and follows up their critically lauded Old Time Reverie (2015). After a year and a half of intense touring following their 2015 release, Mipso returned to their home state to write and record. Huddling in a friend's barn on land usually used for growing garlic and training dogs, they collected their ideas, shared influences, and discussed thoughts on what would eventually become Coming Down The Mountain. The album's ten songs - all originals - finds Mipso exploring the ideas of our changing relationship to the idea of home, and about being pushed or pulled by forces bigger than us. Produced by Brad Cook (Megafaun), and adding pedal steel, drums, banjo, and keyboards to the mix, the music on Coming Down The Mountain is full of wistful beauty, hopeful undercurrents, and panoramic soundscapes that impart intimacy.

MIPSO ON TOUR:

3/29	Redstone Room	Davenport, IA
3/30	Gabe's w/ Goose Town	Iowa City, IA
3/31	Turf Club w/ Tyler Childers	St Paul, MN
4/1	Lincoln Hall w/ Tyler Childers	Chicago, IL
4/2	The Frequency w/ Kunika	Madison, WI
4/4	Otus Supply w/ Tyler Childers	Ferndale, MI
4/5	Woodlands Tavern	Columbus, OH
4/6	Hard Rock Café w/ Tyler Childers	Pittsburgh, PA
4/7	The Hamilton w/ Dan Mills	Washington, DC
4/8	Milkboy w/ Dan Mills	Philadelphia, PA
4/9	The Broadberry w/ Dan Mills	Richmond, VA
4/19	Music Hall of Williamsburg w/ 10 String Symphony	Brooklyn, NY
4/20	Columbus Theatre w/ 10 String Symphony	Providence, RI
4/21	One Longfellow Square w/ 10 String Symphony	Portland, ME
4/22	The Sinclair w/ 10 String Symphony	Cambridge, MA
4/23	Bearsville Theater	Woodstock, NY
4/24	Iron Horse Music Hall w/ Avi Jjacob	Northampton, MA
4/26	Stolz Room at The Avalon Theatre	Easton, MD
4/27	The Southern w/ Claire Hitchens	Charlottesville, VA
4/29 - 4/30	MerleFest	Wilkesboro, NC
5/6	North Carolina Museum of Art w/ River Whyless	Raleigh, NC
5/13	NC Brewers and Music Festival	Huntersville, NC
5/16	The 8X10	Baltimore, MD
5/18	Beachland Tavern	Columbus, OH
5/19	The Southgate House Revival	Newport, KY
5/21	The Bishop	Bloomington, IN
5/25	The Willow Tree	Johnson City, TN
5/26 - 5/28	Rooster Walk Festival	Martinsville, VA
6/3	Yadkin Arts Center	Yadkinville, NC
6/15 - 6/18	CBA's Fathers Day Bluegrass Festiival	Grass Valley, CA
6/22	Eddie's Attic (2 Shows)	Decatur, GA
8/26	The Blue Ridge Music Center	Galax, VA
9/9	Mountain Song Festival	Brevard, NC

Additional tour dates to be announced

About Mipso: Chapel Hill's indie Americana quartet Mipso - Jacob Sharp (mandolin, vocals), Wood Robinson (bass, vocals), Joseph Terrell (guitar, vocals), and Libby Rodenbough (fiddle, vocals) - is influenced by the contradiction of its progressive home and the surrounding rural southern landscapes. Hailed as "hewing surprisingly close to gospel and folk while still sounding modern and secular" (Acoustic Guitar) and recently recognized by Rolling Stone as a favorite 2016 festival performance, Mipso brings a distinctly unique sound - full of wistful beauty, hopeful undercurrents, and panoramic soundscapes.