Menomena's forthcoming record Mines is now available for pre-order on CD and LP via Barsuk in the US, and City Slang in Europe. If you pre-order the record, you will get the chance to purchase a limited edition double 7 inch with B sides "Copius" and "Let Me Know". You will also have the opportunity to purchase a limited edition Glow-in-the-dark poster by Tyler Stout (the same artist that designed the Menomena Beatlejuice, Ghostbusters, & Never Ending Story posters). The above poster, which features the stereoscopic image from the album cover is also on sale, along with a nifty Menomena T-shirt. On top of all that, Barsuk is offering 5 special deluxe packages which include original artwork by drummer Danny Seim.
update: all of the deluxe packages have sold out
Tyler Stout's limited edition poster depicts a sinister scene where meth addicts vandalize and and steal the beautiful statue that sits outside of Menomena's practice space in the scenic western hills of Portland, OR. As legend goes, the statue was stolen and cut apart to be sold for scrap by a roaming gang of tweakers. The police notified local metal shops to be on the look out for the statue, and when she was eventually brought in by the notorious thieves (minus her arms, and legs, which were never recovered), it was returned to it's original place outside of Menomena's practice space. She is now immortalized in her mangled form as a stereoscopic (3d image) on the cover of Menomena's 4th full length album, Mines, and in this hauntingly beautiful poster.
For those of you who still purchase music, Mines is definitely an album worth owning. Since I have a personal relationship with the band, I was able to hear the progression of these songs as they morphed from improved ideas to highly polished songs. The amount of labor (both creative and emotional) that went into crafting this album is more than most could imagine. Please support this amazingly original band by buying their album! As a side note, "Let Me Know" is a really great song, so it is worth doing the pre-order just to get a copy of that limited edition double 7 inch. I was actually surprised that it didn't make it on the full length album. 
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