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On 2nd June, former member of the band Pavement, the excellent Stephen Malkmus is to release a new 7” and digital single on Domino. 

Gardenia is the first single to be taken from the recently released Real Emotional Trash album and is backed with new track Walk Into The Mirror.

The single precedes a rare visit to the UK which will see Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks playing the following shows, with support on all dates, except Dublin, from fellow Domino recording artists Wild Beasts.

June 
Thu      5  London, Shepherds Bush Empire
Sat       7  Manchester, Academy 2
Sun      8  Glasgow, Oran Mor
Mon     9  Dublin, Tripod

Real Emotional Trash, Stephen Malkmus’ fourth solo record, and his the second with The Jicks, received the following acclaim on its release:

“Real Emotional Trash is a fantastic psychedelic feast, full of cosmic guitar crackle and electric piano and batshit poetry. It’s the album Malkmus has been driving at ever since he learned how to rip off the Velvet Underground and Quicksilver Messenger Service at the same time…downright glorious.” – Rolling Stone

“The indie Frank Zappa creates his post-Pavement masterpiece” – Mojo

“There’s never been a better time to turn on to him, and tune in” Uncut

“The most feted songwriter of the slacker explosion” – The Times

The Jicks line–up now includes Sleater Kinney and Quasi drummer Janet Weiss. Real Emotional Trash was recorded with TJ Doherty whose recent engineering credits include Wooden Wand, & Wilco.

The album marks a departure – for the first time Malkmus has a band behind him whose chops and intuitive ability to run off a cliff in search of a chord progression matches his own. Janet Weiss, whose backing vocals illuminate a lot of these songs, is a drumming sensation. Along with bassist Joanna Bolme she forms a rhythm section whose sassiness is matched only by its heaviness and wig-out confidence; and having clicked, the Jicks really know how to cut loose.