The Awkward Stage Look Good On New Album

Slimming Mirrors, Flattering Lights, The Awkward Stage's follow-up to 2006's Heaven Is For Easy Girls debut, will be released by Mint Records on June 10.

Group leader, multi-instrumentalist, actor and cremationist Shane Nelken was joined on the album by guitarist Tygh Runyan (The Beans), percussionist Tony Koelwyn (Bossanova) and trumpeter Chris Mitchell (Vancouver Symphony Orchestra).

"Anime Eyes" can be heard here.

The Awkward Stage will play these hometown shows:

May 15 Vancouver, BC @ The Railway Club
May 17 Vancouver, BC @ The Railway Club
June 13 Vancouver, BC @ The Biltmore Cabaret

Here are the songs on Slimming Mirrors, Flattering Lights:

"The Sun Goes Down On Girlsville"
"Your Heart Serves Only You"
"Anime Eyes""(Prettier…)"
"Skeletal Blonde""Hey, Modern School Girl"
"Only Good Days Caught On Camera"
"(Than…)"
"True Love On Three With Feeling"
"We Dreamt Of Houses"
"I Hurt The Ones That Love Me""(Them…)"
"Youth Is A War"
"Mini Skirt Of X-Mas Lights"
"Dandelion"