{"id":41317,"date":"2025-11-06T20:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T20:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/41317\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T20:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T20:28:10","slug":"of-mice-men-to-play-long-beach-acoustic-show-ahead-of-album-release-daily-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/41317\/","title":{"rendered":"Of Mice & Men to play Long Beach acoustic show ahead of album release \u2013 Daily News"},"content":{"rendered":"

Although they\u2019ve been making music for more than 15 years, Orange County based alt-metal rockers Of Mice & Men<\/a> still don\u2019t take anything for granted. For the band members, their long career and every new album is sort of a miracle, so it made sense for the quartet to name their upcoming ninth studio album \u201cAnother Miracle.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt really is a testament to our fans that have allowed us to continue this career and be on our ninth album because really I never thought any band can make nine albums,\u201d said Valentino Arteaga, the band\u2019s drummer during a phone interview a few days before the Nov.14 release of the new 12-track record.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be a band in our ninth album, that is another miracle,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The band will also mark the release with a record-signing session and an acoustic performance Thursday, Nov. 13 at Long Beach\u2019s famed record store Fingerprints Music<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe love doing all kinds of stuff like that with local record stores because we are music collectors ourselves. I myself have over a thousand vinyl records at home and we want to support the record stores because that\u2019s where we found new artists, that\u2019s where we spent a lot of our time growing up,\u201d Arteaga said.<\/p>\n

\"OrangeOrange County based alt-metal rockers Of Mice & Men are set to release the band\u2019s ninth studio album \u201cAnother Miracle.\u201d (Photo courtesy the band)<\/p>\n

Formed in Costa Mesa in 2009, the band has played music festivals including the Vans Warped Tour<\/a>, the Soundwave Music Festival and toured with bands such as Metallica, Linkin Park<\/a>, and Slipknot.<\/p>\n

Arteaga said the band, which also includes lead guitarist Phil Manansala, rhythm guitarist Alan Ashby and lead singer and bassist Aaron Pauley, considers their latest album to be one of their most personal and most expansive records.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say sonically it\u2019s heavy, it\u2019s melodic, it\u2019s got the balance of everything I feel like fans know and love about Of Mice & Men. But there\u2019s also a huge amount of experimentation that we are hoping will reach a new audience,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The album starts with an experimental tune for the band with the song \u201cA Waltz.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt dives into a style of metal that our band has never really done, adding a lot of theatrical elements, some interesting melodies and even some inspiration from classical music and cinematic qualities,\u201d he said. \u201c We wanted to open the album with something that we\u2019ve never done before. We\u2019re kicking down the door and hoping people realize that we\u2019re not just going to make the same album over and over again.\u201d<\/p>\n

The title track \u201cAnother Miracle,\u201d is a more aggressive yet melodic tune with a positive message.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt poses that question of what\u2019s another miracle? What\u2019s one more to help somebody who might need it. It\u2019s just posing that question to the universe,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Another recently released single is \u201cWake Up,\u201d which is a throwback to the 1990s with its shoegaze feel and inspiration coming from an alt-rock icon.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of our big inspirations for that song was\u00a0 Alanis Morissette and we reached out to her management in hopes that she may want to collaborate on the song, and the question is still going. She hasn\u2019t said no to us yet,\u201d Arteaga said.<\/p>\n

But even if that miracle doesn\u2019t happen, the band will continue to push on creating new miracles along the way.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re showing no signs of slowing down. We love writing music, we love putting out albums and as long as there are people listening, shoot even if there aren\u2019t people listening, we\u2019re still going to make albums. We\u2019re musicians and we love what we do,\u201d Arteaga said.<\/p>\n

Of Mice & Men<\/p>\n

When: 5:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 13<\/p>\n

Where: Fingerprints Music, 3811 Atlantic Ave., Long Beach<\/p>\n

Tickets: Open to people who pre-order the album.<\/p>\n

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