The Mumbles are a New Orleans based Avant Soul Duo -- a tiny band with a mighty sound. Using two keyboards and a drum kit, they combine soul music with avant and old time jazz to create "pop songs in the key of partying down" (Time Out New York). Keysman Keith Burnstein and drummer Ethan Shorter met in the rhythm section of a 14 piece hip hop orchestra, soon striking out on their own in late 2006 to write tunes that would become Mumbles mainstays. As a duo, the boys distilled songs to their essence, delighting in a dynamic that "...marries the bedroom intimacy of a singer-songwriter, with the expansive musical prowess of a psych jazz outfit" (Seven Days Vermont). MORE ABOUT THE MUMBLES After the completion of their first record, Once Eponymous, in 2008, The Mumbles toured the country on the heels of a national AAA radio campaign, with fine stations nation wide playing the disc in heavy rotation. Critics have called the break-out single, 'Bite-Size (Brawn w/ Brio)', "Lounge music for the super-hip" (Roanoke Times) with a vibe that is "...equal parts Tom Waits gruffness and Woody Allen pathos" (The L Magazine). During breaks in their travels, the band recorded the "richly textured and arty" (Danbury News Times) "Muddy Mantras" with vocalist Meredith Claire. In November 2010, the Mumbles holed up in the recording studio with producer Brian J to record their forthcoming full-length album, Annunciation St. Currently, the boys are putting the finishing touches on the record and plan to release it in June 2011. As festival season draws to a close in New Orleans, The Mumbles will be back out on the road in support of the new album, playing shows at lots of the usual stomping grounds and expanding nationally, with stops in new markets. New dates are being added daily, so check back often! The Mumbles' "Muddy Mantras" and "Once EPonymous" are both available on iTunes and at CDbaby.com http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/TheMumbles The Mumbles have been featured on these quality radio stations in the U.S. and Canada: WWOZ-New Orleans, LA CKUA-Edmonton, Ontario KVMR-Nevada City,CA KMUD-Redway, CA KDNK-Carbondale, CO KVNF-Paonia, CO WESU-Middletown, CT WWUH-Westhartford, CT WMNF-Tampa, FL KUNI-Cedar Falls, IA WEFT-Champaign, IL WFBH-Bloomington, IN WHAY-Whitley City, KY WMKY-Moorhead, KY KRVS-Lafayette, LA WERS-Boston, MA WHFC-Bel Air, MD WERU- E. Orland, ME KAXE-Grand Rapids, MN KCMO-Saint Paul, MN KFAI-Minneapolis, MN KDHX-St. Louis, MO KOPN-Columbia, MO WDVR-Sargentlsville, NJ WAER-Syracuse,NY WFUV-NY. NY WJFF-Jeffersonville,NY WDPS-Dayton,OH KSMF-Ashland,OR KRVM-Eugene,OR KBOO-Portland, OR WDIY-Bethlehem,PA WXPN-Philadelphia,PA KPCW-Park City, UT KRCL-Salt Lake City, UT KZMU-Moab, UT WRRW-Virginia Beach, VA KSER-Everett, WA WOJB-Hayward, WI