11.01.09
RUSSIAN SUPERSTAR BAND MUMIY TROLL TO RELEASE FIRST U.S. CD IN MARCH 2009
North American Debut Comrade
Ambassador To Feature A Cover of “California Dreamin'' Sung in Russian
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
LOS ANGELES, CA (NOVEMBER
24, 2008)š— Russia's biggest band, Mumiy Troll (/en) described as «a nuclear meltdown of The Bravery, Tom Petty and
The Afghan Whigs» by the Los Angeles Times, have announced the
release of their North American debut album Comrade
Ambassador on March 24, 2009. This is Mumiy Troll's ninth studio release
since they formed in Russia before the fall of the Soviet Union.
Comrade Ambassador will consist of 14 tracks taken from the band's two most recent
releases, AMBA (2007) and VIII (2008), and a bonus Russian-language cover of The Mamas & the Papas'
classic “California Dreamin''. In fact, all of the tracks on Comrade Ambassador will be in Russian.
Although Mumiy Troll have recorded a few tracks in English during their career
— band founder and songwriter Ilya Lagutenko is a linguist who speaks Russian,
English and Mandarin Chinese fluentlyš— those songs remain unreleased.š Track listing for Comrade Ambassador is as follows:
1. š šMamy Docherei (Mothers and Daughters)
2. š šHey, Tovarishch! (Hey, Tovarishch!)
3. š šProspali (We Overslept)
4. š šMuzykant (Musician)
5. š šYadernye Stantsii (Nuclear Stations)
6. š šYadovitaya Zvezda (Venomous Star)
7. š šV Jetom Svete (In Our World)
8. š šPyanaya Struna (Drunken String)
9. š šKoroleva Rocka (Queen Of Rock)
10. Metel' (Snowstorm)
11. Svideteli (Witnesses)
12. Pospi, Rock'n'Roll (Sleep Rock'n'Roll)
13. Gori Jeto Vse (Burn It All)
14. California Snitsa (California Dreamin')
The artwork for Comrade Ambassador
features the striking image of a superhero's body crowned with the head of a
Siberian tiger surrounded by iconography meaningful to the band.š Lagutenko explains: «I always thought
that the traditional symbol of Russiaš— the big bearš— is a bit outdated.š We grew up in the Russian far eastern port
city of Vladivostok, which is home of brave sailors, tireless explorers,
ambitious rock 'n' rollers and, yes, real Siberian tigers.š They're the biggest tigers in the world;
they're smart, fast and can survive harsh snow winters. That's why our comrade
is Supertiger wearing the Mumiy Troll logo! Sputnik, a nuclear case and the oil
pump are the symbols of drop-dead original energy Mumiy Troll kept at their
secret location and now ready to share with other side of Pacific!»
It is not an overstatement to say that Mumiy Troll is the most significant band
in modern Russia since the fall of the Soviet government. With charismatic
founder Lagutenko at the helm, Mumiy Troll has changed not only Russian music,
but also fashion, hairstyles and the behavior of young Russian music fans.
Mumiy Troll literally founded the Russian rock scene as it now exists, and are
by far the most successful independent artists in Russia today.
Mumiy Troll's sound is a unique hybrid of rock and pop, deeply
influenced by punk and the New York new wave scene of the late 70s, which
Lagutenko calls «rockapops»š— a moniker he coined to put an end to
constant debates in the Russian media about labeling their music with a
specific genre.
From being decried as “one of the most socially dangerous bands in
the world' by a local Communist party chief to hailed as “Best Band of the
Millennium' by leading Russian music critics, Mumiy Troll's ascent has been the
result of their unstoppable enthusiasm and determination. They began playing
clubs dates in Siberia and have steadily built an audience that now packs
arenas in Moscow, St. Petersburg as well as the Baltic States.š North American tour dates will be announced
shortly.
ABOUT MUMIY TROLL
Originally founded in Vladivostok, Russia in 1983 Mumiy Troll earned
early success in Moscow with startling albums and live performances that burst
with energy, warmth and debauchery. The band's «rockapops» sound has
taken the band to dizzying heights in Russia where they graced the covers of
Russian editions of GQ, Time Out, Rolling Stone and Hello!
Today, they are set to conquer the United States with their debut release, Comrade Ambassador. Mumiy Troll is: Ilya
Lagutenko – vocals, guitars, songwriting, Yuri Tsaler – guitar, keyboards and
saxophone, Eugene «Sdwig» Zvidionny – bass, Oleg Punginš— drums.
