The dark psych-pop band Mini Mansions consist of Los Angeles-based vocalist/multi-instrumentalist Michael Shuman (also of Wires on Fire and bassist for Queens of the Stone Age), vocalist/bassist/keyboardist Zach Dawes, and vocalist/keyboardist/guitarist Tyler Parkford. The trio officially became Mini Mansions in 2009 after Queens of the Stone Age finished touring in support of Era Vulgaris. Shuman and Tyler picked the best of the songs they had already written and made those into an EP they self-released later in 2009. Mini Mansions continued recording, with QOTSA frontman Josh Homme mixing some tracks, and readied their self-titled debut album, which was released by Ipecac Records and Homme's Rekords Rekords imprint that November. ~ Heather Phares