Niis are the latest band to join the Rise Records family, and have celebrated by announcing the details of a new EP.

The band’s new EP is set to be called ‘Play Niis’ and will be released on October 23.

Vocalist Mimi Doe had this to say about what the EP means to them:

“Picture this, you’ve just left the movies at the mall, your mom is calling you on your brand new flip phone. You ignore it and walk into the nearest hot topic. A song you haven’t heard before is playing on the speakers. They don’t have the cd you wanted and he hasn’t texted you back, so you go home, flip on the tube, Buffy’s on and she’s listening to that same song. That’s the vibe we’re going for here with Play Niis.”

The artwork looks like this:

Whilst the tracklisting is more like this:

1. Bad Aim
2. Big Fish Baby
3. Earthquakes
4. Take Your Mess
5. No Flowers
6. Westside

And you can hear the first taste now in the form of ‘Earthquakes’, a song that feels like it has been pulled from the beginning of the century whilst still feeling fresh and modern.

Mimi had this to say about the track, and what it means to be releasing it on Rise:

“It’s a song about growing through pain and heartbreak. Coming to terms with lost love and the profound scars it can leave on your heart. In a way, it’s a love letter to heartbreak itself. Working with Rise has been a dream. They truly are a label who have cultivated such an amazing environment for us to thrive and experiment.”

The band are due to hit the road with Movements, Balance & Composure and Midrift next month. Here are the dates they are playing:

OCTOBER

07 – SEATTLE Showbox SoDo
08 – PORTLAND McMenamins Crystal Ballroom
10 – SAN JOSE San Jose Civic
12 – SALT LAKE CITY The Complex
14 – DENVER Mission Ballroom
15 – OMAHA Steelhouse Omaha
17 – CLEVELAND Agora Theater & Ballroom
18 – CHICAGO The Salt Shed
20 – ROYL OAK Royal Oak Music Theatre
21 – PITTSBURGH Stage AE
23 – NEW YORK Terminal 5
24 – PHILADELPHIA Franklin Music Hall
25 – BOSTON Roadrunner
28 – SILVER SPRING The Fillmore Silver Spring
30 – RICHMOND The National
31 – NORFOLK The NorVa

NOVEMBER

02 – RALEIGH The Ritz
04 – ST PETERSBURG Jannus Live
06 – ORLANDO Hard Rock Live Orlando
07 – ATLANTA Tabernacle
10 – SAN ANTONIO Boeing Center at Tech Port
11 – DALLAS The Bomb Factory
13 – MESA Mesa Amphitheatre
14 – SANTA ANA Observatory OC