Florida dance rockers Mouse Fire will release their sophomore album Big Emotion June 8th on Lujo Records. Emotion is the follow up to 2007 debut Wooden Teeth and sees help from friends Jeremy Griffith (Moments in Grace) on mixing and TW Walsh (Pedro the Lion, Headlights) on mastering. They will tour behind the new release for most of 2010.

The Polk County, Florida natives made Big Emotion to reflect the band's big changes: the departure of lead singer Joey Bruce. Now fronted by lead guitarist Shane Schuch, they saw the shift as an opportunity to re-gear and make an album that reflects each member of band, which is also Justin Cason on bass and Aaron Venrick on drums. Mouse Fire's upbeat tempos and dynamics flit with enough restraint to avoid disorder, keeping their song arrangements exciting and tight.

"Desert Woman" opens the album with laid back alt-country and a slight rock crunch, and first single "Don't Mess With A Texan" shows Mouse Fire's signature dance rock on full display with disco beats and sleek electric guitars. "The Comedy Of..." is an electro-heavy mix of strings and synths, while mostly acoustic ballad "But It's Not What You Think" shows the band's slower side. On the whole, Schuch's suave vocals glossing over driving bass lines, crunchy guitar licks, and synthesizer stabs proves Emotion to be Mouse Fire at its best.

Mouse Fire - Don't Mess With A Texan


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Tracklisting:
1. Desert Woman
2. Don't Mess With A Texan
3. Half a World Away
4. True I May Have Lost It
5. A Silly Boy From Tampa Bay
6. The Comedy Of...
7. All My Friends
8. Tic Toc
9. But It's Not What You Think
10. The One That Goes Away

Mouse Fire Live:

04/01/10 Salt Lake City, UT @ Club Vegas
04/02/10 Sacramento, CA @ Old Ironsides
04/03/10 Oakland, CA @ Mama Buzz Cafe
04/05/10 San Diego, CA @ Tin Can Ale House
04/06/10 San Diego, CA @ X1FM
04/07/10 Scottsdale, AZ @ Rouge
04/08/10 Las Vegas, NV @ Dive Bar
04/09/10 Tuscon, AZ @ The Hagart
04/10/10 Las Cruces, NM @ Equinox
04/13/10 Austin, TX @ Plush
04/14/10 San Antonio, TX @ GIG On The Strip
04/16/10 Houston, TX @ Notsuoh
04/17/10 Lafayette, LA @ Pilots Pub
04/22/10 Pensacola, FL @ The Handelbar
04/28/10 Columbia, SC @ New Brooklyn Tavern
05/03/10 Brooklyn, NY @ Glasslands
05/29/10 Austin, NY @ The Ghost Room
06/03/10 Las Cruces, NM @ Equinox