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Chicago's Bare Mutants & Outer Minds on tour, playing Cake Shop and Union Pool

May 3, 2012

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by Bill Pearis

Bare Mutants

Chicago residents and HoZac labelmates Bare Mutants and Outer Minds are on the road together currently, a tour that rolls through NYC tonight (5/3) at Cake Shop and Friday (5/4) at Union Pool. There’s a few other dates left on this short tour, all of which are listed at the bottom of this post.

Bare Mutants are fronted by Jered Gummere whose distinct baritone you may recognize from his other band, The Ponys. The group also features The 1900s’ Jeanine O’Toole, and the Mannequin Men’s Seth Bohn. With a droney, organ driven sound, comparisons can be made to Crystal Stilts or Crime & the City Solution. Outer Minds, meanwhile, are a little more groovy and jangly, while still within that Hozac garagey sound.

Spotify has a couple Bare Mutants and Outer Minds tracks to stream each. You can also watch video of both bands below and check out all remaining tour dates.

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