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Animal Style Records recently welcomed Exeter, UK's Muncie Girls to their roster. The label will release the band's debut LP From Caplan to Belsize in February along with Specialist Subject Records and Uncle M Music. Pre-Orders are now live! The band is heading out on tour with Such Gold this Fall and Tellison in the Spring. Full dates listed below.

You can check out a new video for the track "Gas Mark 4" from From Caplan to Belsize below.

You can also check out an earlier video for the track "Gone With The Wind" below as well.

Born in punk shows and dive bars to three driven teenagers in 2012, Muncie Girls embodies the classic punk rock story in a modern context. Fueled by discontent and anxiety, the Exeter trio eloquently addresses modern living as a self-aware young adult. The result is an ambitious and poignant rebellion against social norms that touches on everything from politics to interpersonal relationships.

After an impressively prolific start, releasing EPs and splits every year since their formation, Muncie Girls is finally gearing up for the release of their first full-length via Animal Style in 2016. The album's title, a reference to Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar, perfectly compliments the themes found on the album – coping, healing, and shedding restraints. Musically, the album is a dynamic and emotional exploration of punk and indie rock. The album's bouncy catchiness is sure to be a hit with fans of Hop Along, Lemuria, Latterman, and RVIVR, but one of the defining characteristics of Muncie Girls is their ability to explore outside their immediate influences.

Ultimately, what sets Muncie Girls apart is bassist and lead vocalist Lande Hekt's unique perspective and its impact on her understated lyricism. Hekt's dry, unembellished writing style is, in many ways, reminiscent of classic American literature – a trait exceptionally unusual for a punk rock band from Exeter.

EU Fall 2015 Tour with Such Gold:

NOV 21 - GER - Freiburg @ Artik w/ Such Gold + Cold Reading
NOV 22 - CH - Luzern @ Treibhaus w/ Such Gold + Cold Reading
OV 23 - ITA - Milano @ Honky Tonky w/ Such Gold
NOV 24 - ITA - Modena @ La Tenda w/ Such Gold
NOV 25 - ITA - Udine @ Cas'aupa w/ Such Gold
NOV 26 - SLO - Maribor @ Dvorana Gustaf w/ Such Gold
NOV 27 - HUN - Budapest @ Gozsdu Manó Club w/ Such Gold
NOV 28 - AUT - Vienna @ das BACH w/ Such Gold
NOV 29 - GER - Nürnberg @ K4 w/ Such Gold
NOV 30 - GER - Hannover @ LUX w/ Such Gold
DEC 01 - GER - Berlin @ Cassiopeia w/ Such Gold + the liberation service
DEC 02 - GER - Hamburg @ Molotow
DEC 03 - GER - Koln @ AZ
DEC 04 - GER - Münster @ Cafe Lorenz w/ Such Gold + The Uprising

UK Spring 2016 Tour with Tellison:

MAR 26 - Lincoln @ Liquor
MAR 27 - Leeds @ The Wardrobe
MAR 28 - Cambridge @ The Portland Arms
MAR 29 - Glasgow @ Bloc
MAR 30 - Edinburgh @ The Mash House
MAR 31 - Birmingham @ The Sunflower Lounge
APR 01 - Manchester @ Soundcontrol
APR 02 - Bedford @ Esquires
APR 03 - Bristol @ Stag & Hounds
APR 05 - Guildford @ Boileroom
APR 06 - Oxford @ The Wheatsheaf
APR 07 - London @ The Garage