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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"">The Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser Announces Debut Album
<i>Black Hours</i> May 6<sup>th</sup>; Watch The Video For First Single “Alexandra”
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</span></b><b><span style="font-size:16.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"">FOUR shows at NYC’s Joe’s Pub in April</span></b></p>
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</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><img id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CF3213.2E98FFA0" alt="Hamilton Leithauser photo by Lauren Dukoff 72450001_crop - LR" height="318" width="451"></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"">(Credit: Lauren Dukoff)</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Hamilton Leithauser</span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""> announces his debut solo album
<b><i>Black Hours</i></b> via <b><a href="http://smarturl.it/blackhoursnewsrbn">Ribbon Music</a></b> on
<b>May</b> <b>6th (North America)/May 5th (Rest of the world) </b></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">- inaugurating a new chapter in an already remarkable career from
<b>The Walkmen</b> front man. The album </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">brings Leithauser full circle and then some, from lonely midwinter piano-and-vocals sessions, to a loud, live Rock n Roll group and back again. Featuring
Leithauser with a slew of talented collaborators including <b>Rostam Batmanglij (Vampire Weekend), Paul Maroon (The Walkmen), Morgan Henderson (Fleet Foxes)
</b>and <b>Richard Swift (The Shins/solo</b>), the album showcases Leithauser at his most passionate, personal and free.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Leithauser will play FOUR special shows over TWO nights at Joe’s Pub in New York City on
<b>April 15th </b>and <b>April 16<sup>th</sup></b><sup> </sup>where <b><i>Black Hours</i></b> will be premiered live in all its gleaming glory. Tickets go
<a href="http://www.joespub.com/component/option,com_shows/task,view/Itemid,40/prod_no,24369">
<b>on sale</b></a> <b>February 27th</b>. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><span style="color:#000099"><a href="http://smarturl.it/alexandravideo">PRESS HERE</a></span></span></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""> to watch the video for the first single
“<b>Alexandra</b>,” which was directed by SXSW Film Festival Grand Jury award winning director
<b>Tristan Patterson</b>. The track was co-written by Hamilton Leithauser and Rostam Batmanglij, the latter producing and mixing the track. It will be available as a 7" on
<b>Record Store Day (April 19<sup>th</sup>) </b>backed with an exclusive track “<b>In The Shallows</b>.”</span></p>
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<p class="FreeForm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"">In its orchestrated rhythms, dynamic vocals, and generous production,
<b><i>Black Hours</i> </b>speaks<b> </b>from one booming voice. The instrumentation provides muscle and texture: Maroon covering a wide range of acoustic and electric guitars as well as grand piano; Batmanglij switching between guitar, harpsichord, piano, bass
and harmonica; <b>Morgan Henderson</b> from Fleet Foxes takes the marimba and upright bass, and
<b>Richard Swift</b> lays down impressive drums on seven tracks (Henderson & Swift will be accompanying Leithauser on a full U.S. tour).
<b>Amber Coffman</b> from <b>The Dirty Projectors</b> provides backing vocals on several numbers and even
<b>Hugh McIntosh</b> of Leithauser’s first band, <b>the Recoys</b>, returns to the drum stool for a pair of songs.</span></p>
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<p class="FreeForm"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Principal recording was done in August 2013 at
<b>Vox Studios</b> in <b>Los Angeles</b>, “the oldest private studio in the world”, where Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby, Johnny Mercer, and countless others cut demos before appearing on air at NBC studios, just across Melrose Ave.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Black Hours</span></i><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""> will be available on CD, standard and limited edition deluxe vinyl via Ribbon Music. Pre-order the
album from <a href="http://smarturl.it/blackhourscdvinyl">Ribbon Music</a> or iTunes in
</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#000099"><a href="http://smarturl.it/blackhoursstditunes">standard</a></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""> or
</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#000099"><a href="http://smarturl.it/blackhoursdlxitunes">deluxe</a></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""> editions and receive an instant download
of “<b>Alexandra</b>.” </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">The limited edition deluxe version of the album features a bonus EP of four songs.</span></p>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">The track listing for <i>
Black Hours</i> is as follows:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">1. 5 AM</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">2. The Silent Orchestra</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">3. Alexandra</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">4. 11 O’Clock Friday Night</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">5. St Mary’s County</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">6. Self Pity</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">7. I Retired</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">8. I Don’t Need Anyone</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">9. Bless Your Heart</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">10. The Smallest Splinter</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:16.0pt; text-indent:-16.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><span style="">11.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Waltz [Deluxe Edition]</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:16.0pt; text-indent:-16.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><span style="">12.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""> In Our Time (I’ll Always Love You) [Deluxe Edition]</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:16.0pt; text-indent:-16.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><span style="">13.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Utrecht [Deluxe Edition]</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:16.0pt; text-indent:-16.0pt"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><span style="">14.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""> I’ll Never Love Again [Deluxe Edition]</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><img id="_x0000_i1026" src="cid:image002.jpg@01CF3213.2E98FFA0" alt="Hamilton - Album Cover - LR" height="365" width="365" border="0"></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://www.hamiltonleithauser.com">http://www.hamiltonleithauser.com</a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="https://twitter.com/HLeithauser">https://twitter.com/HLeithauser</a></span></b></p>
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