The Sacred Mood - New Album & Cover Art!

Dear Friends,

We are proud to unveil the cover art for our upcoming studio album

'The Sacred Mood'

which we have set to release worldwide on

June 11, 2013

via

TuneCore, Bandcamp, iTunes & Amazon.
As a follow up to our 2011 album ‘A Southern Revelation’, we returned to Soundtrack Black Studio in the hills of East Tennessee to once again work with friend and studio owner Joel Stooksbury, who mixed, engineered and co produced the new album along with My Ruin guitarist Mick Murphy.

‘The Sacred Mood’ is a subtle reinvention for My Ruin. In an industry that is ever changing, we’re not a band who pays attention to the current trends. We’ve found our sound and we simply do what we do while staying true to our roots. I think our fans appreciate our integrity and we appreciate our fans. We offered the last album as a free download where people could donate to the band if they wanted and it was a great success but we are taking a different approach with our new album which we are self releasing once again. Unfortunately, we have learned over time that most record labels are not for us and we seem to do better on our own as a DIY independent band which is what we always have been, today more than ever with our eighth album ‘The Sacred Mood’ as a testament to our staying power.
The atmosphere of the new album is heavily drenched in the heat of the South where it was recorded and fueled by insomnia filled nights in Los Angeles where it was written. The cover was designed with this in mind by a talented Manchester, UK based artist & illustrator named Kayleigh Brookes who also happens to be a longtime fan of the band. The art that goes with the album is very different than anything we’ve previously done before. We decided to use real elements of nature mixed with iconic illustrations to create something unique to My Ruin that would go with the otherworldly language of the lyrics. We wanted an ethereal image for the cover and chose the moon for the background because we felt it evoked the mood of the album as a whole. The image was actually inspired by a photograph which was taken by Tor Burrows who has worked with me creating music videos for My Ruin’s last 2 albums and is currently working on a teaser commercial for the album which we plan on debuting in April. I really enjoy working with Tor on our videos and being that I have always worked alone when designing the artwork for many of our previous recordings, I thought it would be an interesting change to collaborate with someone on this side of things.

We are releasing ‘The Sacred Mood’ digitally and designing a unique hardcover print & e-book to accompany it. Included in the book will be photographic images and illustrations of the band, lyrics, musings, a few short stories and original art pieces. This is something I have wanted to do for a long time and our new album has given me the perfect opportunity to make it happen. We're looking forward to sharing it with the fans of our band who have continued to follow us over the years and those who are just discovering our music for the first time.

♥
Mrs M


For all press inquiries on the new album, please contact: myruinbiz@sbcglobal.net

New 2012 Calendar Teaser!

Dear Friends,

As the hour grows closer to our leaving LA to head to the UK, I wanted to write a few words to say thank you again for the amazing feedback on the new album. It's a great feeling to see how many of you have downloaded since the release and even better to hear how much you love it. That makes what we do worth it and meaningful. We are really looking forward to playing it live!

We have a couple last minute announcements we will be posting here later this evening which might surprise many of you to find out but nothing to worry your pretty little heads about. Everything's cool and the tour is still full force! We're excited about all the shows and the action is go - so if you haven't got yourself a ticket yet, what are you waiting for? Get yours today @ www.ticketweb.co.uk and we'll see you at all the shows and after parties we have planned!

This is A Southern ℜevelation!

♥
Mrs M

SOUTHERN REVELATION TOUR!

Dear Friends,

Surprise! We’ve been working on something very special behind the scenes to celebrate the release of our new album “A Southern Revelation” which we are making available as a *Free Download* and gift to fans starting December 7th, 2011 exclusively via www.myruin.net and today we finally get to officially spill the beans.....

[Video Edited by Rhiis Lopez]

We are proud to announce our “Southern Revelation Tour” which is being presented by Monsta Ents / STC Touring in association with Laney Amps, Devolution Magazine, Seventh Circle Artworks, Redeemer and Circle Pit. Special guests for the tour are British metal heavyweights Godsized along with Colchester thrashers and long time friends Sanctorum and Nottingham rockers Long Day Fear!

www.facebook.com/godsizedband

www.facebook.com/sanctorum

www.facebook.com/longdayfear

We’re looking forward to returning to the UK and we’ll be ringing in the New Year by kicking things off in a big way with our first show in Glasgow, Scotland on January 18th for my birthday! In the past we have always played London on this occasion but since we were forced to cancel our last show at Classic Grand on our previous tour due to my being severely ill at the time, we wanted to do something special for our friends and fans who have been waiting to see us to make up for it. Previously purchased tickets from March 2011 will remain valid for the new show and we will be having an after party / meet & greet following our set on this and a few other select shows during the tour.

We’re playing many of our favorite cities in the UK this time around which except for two familiar haunts, will be our first time playing most of these new venues including one night near Paris in Vaureal, France which I’m sure will be a evening to remember and ending the tour back in England at a deconsecrated church! We are also excited to announce we have a new drummer by the name of Isaac Lee. Isaac has replaced Matt LeChevalier who toured our “Ghosts and Good Stories” album with us and remains a good friend. Unfortunately Matt being based in France became a bit difficult for us logistically and did not allow for My Ruin to work as much as we would like as a band. With the new album, we felt it was time to look for a more permanent drummer.

Although not originally from Los Angeles, Isaac currently lives in LA and we felt an immediate connection with him when he reached out to us after hearing from a mutual acquaintance that we were quietly looking for someone new to fill the drum seat. It’s been great getting to know Isaac and watch the songs from our new album come to life with the band which is on fire at the moment in the rehearsal studio. We just filmed our first video together for the song “Tennessee Elegy” and have recently confirmed several warm up shows which we will soon be announcing in and around LA for November & December.

On a personal note: My Ruin would like to thank our publicist Mona Miluski who is once again working the press with us for our tour and new album. After leaving Tiefdruck Musik, Mona continued to work with My Ruin on our last release “Ghosts and Good Stories” when we were still on the label but left for dead with no support whatsoever. Mona recently launched her own independent agency “Platinum-PR” and has remained a loyal and dedicated member of our team since 2010 as well as a great friend. She is also a kick ass front woman in her own band “A Million Miles”.

We would also like to give a very special and heartfelt thank you as well to Mick Wood of Monsta Ents / STC Touring. Mick was one of the many promoters on our last UK tour and he also hosted our London after show party at Nambucca. A few months back Mick contacted us to let us know he was thinking of starting his own agency and was interested in bringing My Ruin back to the UK in early 2012. To be honest, we were a bit gun shy having just fired Factory Music at the time however, over the last few months organizing this tour together with Mick, we have come to know one of the most hard working and self determined people we have had the pleasure to work with in the industry. From day one Mick has been 100% professional and continues to put his heart and soul into making sure every aspect of our first tour with him is handled properly. This has been a welcome change from our previous dealings and we truly appreciate his enthusiasm and passionate work ethic as we officially welcome Mick and STC Touring to our team.

Tour dates as follows:

January 2012:
18 Classic Grand - Glasgow, Scotland
19 Moho – Manchester, UK
21 Scala – London, UK
22 The George – Andover, UK
24 White Rabbit – Plymouth, UK
25 Tunnels – Bristol, UK
27 Legends – Newcastle, UK
28 Slade Rooms – Wolverhampton, UK
29 Hydrant –Brighton, UK
31 Leicester Square – Leicester, UK

February:
01 The Well – Leeds, UK
02 Chinnery’s – Southend, UK
04 LeForum –Vaureal, France
07 Waterfront – Norwich, UK
08 Arts Centre – Colchester, UK

Stay tuned to our Facebook pages for all the after show parties / meet & greet events to be announced over the weekend. Specially priced advance tickets are on sale now so click this link below and get your tickets for one or more of the shows today! Don't miss out on this awesome tour with support from 3 kick ass bands and thank you for your continued rock love.
www.ticketweb.co.uk


OUR FANS ARE THE BEST, RUIN THE REST!

xo
Mrs M