MUMIY TROLL’s Digital Release Of ‘POLAR BEAR’ Confirmed For March 16

March 11, 2010

Previously Unreleased New Material and Remixes Support Viral Buzz Over Censored ‘Polar Bear’ Video, SXSW appearances, and New Tour Dates

Russia’s biggest rock band, MUMIY TROLL (http://iemarketing.net/mumiytroll/) announced today that they will release a digital EP Polar Bear on March 16 from The Village Label. Tracks include a new version of the title track, Polar Bear along with remixes from UK producers The Sharp Boys, plus a bonus single Paradise Ahead.

Mumiy Troll (pronounced MOO-Me Troll) also plans to capitalize on the bands viral buzz from the censored video for Polar Bear which features, an oversexed pickle and a rude dancing bear who meets an explosive, fiery fate. More can be seen here: http://www.idesignprod.com/mumiytroll/videostreams/PolarBear.asx.

Additionally, the band will be heading to SXSW this month and playing select cities in the US around their first festival appearance in Austin.

Confirmed tour dates are:
03/10 @ Sullivan Hall, New York, NY
03/11 @ Putnam Den, Albany, NY (WEQX Radio Show)
03/14 @ Spaceland, Los Angeles, CA
03/19 @ Austin Convention Center @ SXSW (Studio SX interview, 11:30 a.m.)
03/19 @ Jovita’s, Austin, TX (SXSW, Sweet Relief day party, 4:30 p.m.)
03/19 @ Valhalla, Austin, TX (SXSW showcase, 1 a.m.)
04/30 @ Glavclub, Moscow, Russia
05/30 @ Glavclub St. Petersburg, Russia

On March 2, Mumiy Troll made their North American television debut on CBS’s The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODQVR-pR0xc) which was one of the only appearances from a Russian band on national television.

Mumiy Troll began as “one of the most socially dangerous bands in the world” as noted by a local Communist party chief in the former Soviet Union; yet, was hailed as “Best Band of the Millennium” by leading Russian music critics after the fall of communism. Mumiy Troll began playing club dates in Siberia in their hometown of Vladivostok and steadily built a large fan base that now packs arenas in Moscow and St. Petersburg as well as the Baltic States. Having played over 1,000 gigs since the turn of the century, and boasting a back catalogue of eight full-length CDs, Mumiy Troll are the most influential and successful independent artists in Russia today.