Doll Skin Release 'Manic Pixie Dream Girl' Cover, Launch Album Pre-Order

By: Caryn Robbins May. 01, 2017

Phoenix pop-punk favorites DOLL SKIN have released the cover for their upcoming sophomore LP MANIC PIXIE DREAM GIRL, in stores June 16th via EMP LABEL GROUP/AMPED, and in Europe via EMP/SPV, now available for Pre-order from empmerch.com on CD, LP and in several bundle configurations. Produced and Mixed by Cage9 frontman Evan Rodaniche (Lacey Sturm, Powerman 5000), MANIC is the follow up to Doll Skin's EMP debut, 2016's IN YOUR FACE (AGAIN), Produced by Grammy Winning Megadeth bassist David Ellefson, which garnered massive Worldwide press, spawned multiple singles including "Family of Strangers", "Let's Be Honest", and "Furious Fixation", and saw the band tour much of the year with Otep, Lacey Sturm, Fire From The Gods, Hellyeah, Dead Kennedys, Escape The Fate, September Mourning, Through Fire, and more. Doll Skin capped off the year snagging a spot on Alternative Press's list of "7 of the Best Rising Bands Under 21", before settling in to record their new album.

Not to be outdone, the band kicked off 2017 in equally notable fashion with a packed hometown show supporting John 5, and the announcement that the band would join the lineup of the 2017 VANS WARPED TOUR from June 16-25, appearing on the "Hard Rock" Stage alongside Metal and Punk Icons including The Dickies, Municipal Waste, Strung Out, The Adolescents, The Ataris, TSOL, (and their previous Otep tour-mates FIRE FROM THE GODS) and more .

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