The Mammals announce US Tour Dates, and 2-Continent Album Release

photo by Tom Eberhardt Smith

/nōˈnet/ noun

1. a group of nine people or things, especially musicians.
2. the new album by The Mammals.

Listen to single “If You Could Hear Me Now” + Pre-order the album now to receive yours by May 22th, or support the band on Patreon to receive your copy even sooner!

The Mammals are a party band with a conscience, inspired by their folk predecessors and Americana peers. One wintery week in New York’s Hudson Valley, they descended upon the studio with an abundance of meaningful songs and extraordinary players to create an album worthy of their nearly 20 year history. 

At the creative heart of the project are songwriting multi-instrumentalists and founding members Mike Merenda and Ruth Ungar Merenda. While their touring history has been either as a duo or quintet, they chose a “more the merrier” approach to the session, inviting both veteran bandmates Jacob Silver, Ken Maiuri, Konrad Meissner, and Charlie Rose and more recent collaborators Will Bryant, Brandon Morrison, and Lee Falco.

The songs journey thru the 2020 emotional landscape of environmental sorrow and societal violence with the hope and authenticity that The Mammals’ steadfast fans have come to rely on. Like a shimmering wall of sound, with sparkling piano and banjo, soaring fiddle, pedal steel, and organ, these arrangements were performed live by nine warm-blooded mammals, and captured by producer/engineer Adam Armstrong.

The ten song album (plus five song bonus disc) is due out April 10 in Australia and May 22 in the US.