Today, June 7th, Man Man will release their new album, Carrot On Strings, on CD/LP/DSPs worldwide through Sub Pop Records. Following the single releases of “Iguana,” “Tastes Like Metal,” and “Alibi” comes the new official video for their cheeky tableau, “Cryptoad,” which was directed by former Man Man member Dan Scofield. If only car washes could clean the soul of a man…
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Carrot On Strings was recorded at Mant Sounds studio in Glassell Park, Los Angeles, and produced by Matt Schuessler, with whom Man Man frontman Ryan Kattner (Honus Honus) had worked on a cover of Neu!’s “Super” for the seminal Krautrock band’s box set. He and the band knocked out the songs live (workshopped in front of live audiences while Man Man toured) over 5 days in August 2022 and then hashing other sonic ideas over the following months. “I wanted things to be loose,” Kattner shares. “My intention was just to knock it all out,” he says. He even recorded more than a few of the single-track vocals while reclining on a couch. “It’s pretty wild,” he says — “because, you know, it wasn’t actually wild at all. It was the first time I wasn’t sequestered in an isolation booth, extensive baffling keeping me apart from the rest of the music. Something about being in the mixing room, tracking vocals, songs blasting out of the monitors that just felt perfect for this particular album.”
As previously announced, Man Man will tour the UK & Europe in late October and November. See below for a full list of shows.
Wed. Oct. 30 – Paris, FR – La Maroquinerie
Thu. Oct. 31 – La Rochelle, FR – La Sirène
Fri. Nov. 01 – Rouen, FR – Le 106
Sat. Nov. 02 – Lille, FR – Le Grand Mix
Mon. Nov. 04 – Bristol, UK – The Lanes
Tue. Nov. 05 – Leeds, UK – Headrow House
Wed. Nov. 06 – Birkenhead, UK – Future Yard
Thu. Nov. 07 – Glasgow, UK – Hug & Pint
Fri. Nov. 08 – Edinburgh, UK – Sneaky Pete’s
Sat. Nov. 09 – Middlesbrough, UK – Teesside Univ. Students’ Union
Sun. Nov. 10 – London, UK – MOTH Club
Tue. Nov. 12 – Rotterdam, NL- Rotown
Wed. Nov. 13 – Lasne, BE – Rideau Rouge
Thu. Nov. 14 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso
Fri. Nov. 15 – Wiltz, LU – Prabbeli
Sat. Nov. 16 – Dijon, FR – La Vapeur
Carrot On Strings is available to order from Sub Pop. LP orders in North America from megamart.subpop.com, select independent retailers, and in the UK/Europe from Mega Mart 2 (the new, UK-based sibling site to the world-famous Sub Pop Mega Mart) and select UK/EU independent retailers will receive the Loser Edition on Transparent Orange. All color vinyl versions are available while stock lasts.