PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS COMPLETE WORK ON NEW ALBUM

Celebrated Denver, Colorado quartet PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS has completed work on their highly anticipated new album, entitled Mercy. Mercy will see an October 3, 2006 release via Abacus Recordings.

The critically acclaimed band, known for their exhilarating live performances and dynamic hard rock sound that combines both fervent aggression and heartfelt melody, recorded Mercy at Seattle's Red Room Recording Studios with Producer extraordinaire Matt Bayles (ISIS, PEARL JAM, MASTODON). The follow-up to 2004's Up In Them Guts, Mercy contains eleven songs executed in PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS incomparable style, the album documenting the fast-rising band at the top of their game musically, while the aching, captivating vocals of frontman / guitarist Gared O'Donnell soar overhead. The album features stunning, beautiful cover artwork from Chris Taylor (DARKEST HOUR, PIG DESTROYER) in addition.

The final track listing for Mercy is “One Fucked Pony”, “Crooked Mile”, “Widow: A Love Song”, “Keep Your Teeth”, “To Spit a Sparrow”, “Never Felt Prettier”, “Killed by Killers who Kill Each Other”, “Little Death”, “Church Date”, “Mercy” and “Penitence”. A sneak preview of what Mercy holds in store is available now as the song "Crooked Mile" has been posted online at the PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS MySpace page at this location: www.myspace.com/pmfs.

PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS (Gared O’Donnell (vocals / guitar), Chuck French (guitar), Neil Keener (bass)and Mike Ricketts (drums)), who have toured relentlessly with such diverse acts as THE ATARIS, HIGH ON FIRE, THURSDAY, CONVERGE, CURSIVE and THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN, will embark on a European headlining tour beginning July 25 at the Barfly in London, UK. The much-traveled band is expected to announce a plethora of North American live dates in support of Mercy shortly. A full listing of upcoming PMFS live dates can be found at the bottom of this message.

PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS are available for interviews upon request. To speak with the band / request a copy of Mercy, simply contact Carl Schultz at ACTION! PR via any of the means listed below. Updated PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS news and tour information will be made available at the PMFS online domains (www.PMFS.net / www.myspace.com/pmfs), the Abacus Recordings website: www.ABACUSRECORDINGS.com and the ACTION! website: www.ACTION-PR.com.

"Colorado's best underground band…turbulent and relentless…deeply personal…a combination that somehow appeals to both angst-ridden teens and mellow indie-rockers alike." - DENVER POST

"scuzz-rock scions" - ALTERNATIVE PRESS

"ferocious…like SHELLAC or UNSANE, merged with the prickly, discordant melody of DRIVE LIKE JEHU and the punk suss of HOT WATER MUSIC. abrupt, powerful and shocking" - KERRANG!

"visceral, cathartic and caustically honest…vicious collision of punk, post-hardcore and rock and roll" - WESTWORD

"Planes Mistaken for Stars— what a great band name! And what a great fuckin' band. something new and irresistible" - PITCHFORK


PLANES MISTAKEN FOR STARS tour dates:

July 25 London, UK The Barfly (Monarch)
July 26 Wolverhampton, UK Little Civic
July 27 Coventry, UK Colosseum
July 28 Derby, UK Victoria Inn
July 29 Manchester, UK Urbis
July 30 Dublin, IRE Crawdaddy
July 31 Liverpool, UK Barfly
August 1 Leeds, UK Josephs Well
August 2 Newport, UK Le Pub
August 3 Exeter, UK Cavern Club
August 4 Oxford, UK Zodiac
August 6 Rotterdam, NET Nighttown
August 7 Berlin, GER Magnet
August 9 Giessen, GER MuK
August 10 Wiesbaden, GER Schlachthof
August 11 Sant Feliu, ESP Sant Feliu Festival
August 12 Karlsruhe, GER Stadtmitte
August 13 Cologne, GER Underground
August 14 Hamburg, GER Molotow
August 16 Paris, FRA Batofar
August 17 Belgium, BEL Pukkelpop
August 18 London, UK Pardons