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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Exclusive: Carrie Brownstein interviews Hamilton Leithauser for inaugural <i>Talkhouse Podcast</i></span></b><span style="font-size:20.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://smarturl.it/hamiltonjoespubnpr">NPR</a> Music </span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Streaming
Audio of Leithauser's Joe's Pub Show</span></b><span style="font-size:20.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"">More Summer Dates Confirmed</span></b><span style="font-size:20.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
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<b>(Photo Credit: Ebru Yildiz)</b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">In the run up to the release of his already critically lauded debut album,
<b><i>Black Hours</i></b>, <b>Hamilton Leithauser</b> recently spoke to <b>Carrie Brownstein</b> (Portlandia, Wild Flag, Sleater-Kinney) for veritable music site <b><i>The Talkhouse</i></b><i>. </i>The pair of veteran musicians discuss the transition into becoming
a solo artist, as well as their shared experiences of performing live among many other topics. Additionally, they preview tracks from Hamilton's new album, including live recordings from his performance at Joe's Pub. This marks the very first episode of
<b><i>The Talkhouse</i></b><i>’</i>s podcast series. Visit <a href="http://thetalkhouse.com/talks/carrie-brownstein-sleater-kinney-portlandia-talks-with-hamilton-leithauser-the-walkmen-for-the-talkhouse-podcast/">http://thetalkhouse.com</a> to hear the interview.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Last month, Leithauser made his non-Walkmen live debut with his new band and a string and horns section when he performed songs from
<b><i>Black Hours</i></b> at an intimate Joe’s Pub show in New York City. NPR Music have an audio stream of the performance
<a href="http://smarturl.it/hamiltonjoespubnpr">HERE</a>. <b><i>Black Hours</i></b> will be released on
<b>June 3rd</b> via <a href="http://smarturl.it/11oclockvideonews"><b>Ribbon Music</b></a>.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Leithauser has also announced additional dates this summer, including stops in
<b>Nashville</b>, <b>Louisville</b>, <b>Cambridge</b>, <b>Philadelphia</b> and his hometown of
<b>Washington, D.C</b>. The lineup for these shows will consist of Leithauser, <b>
Paul Maroon</b>,<b> Nick Stumpf</b>,<b> and Kevin Barker.</b> These come off the heels of recent confirmed dates with both Ray LaMontagne and Death Cab For Cutie, and an appearance at
<b>Newport Folk Festival</b>. Full list of dates below.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">For a taste of the live show,
<a href="http://smarturl.it/alexandraconan">PRESS HERE</a> to watch Leithauser and his band performing the album's buoyant first single, “<b>Alexandra</b>" on
<b><i>Conan</i></b>. "Alexandra" was also made available as a limited edition 7” on this year’s Record Store Day, backed with exclusive b-side “<b>In The Shallows</b>.”
<a href="http://smarturl.it/alexandra7inchsc">PRESS HERE</a> to stream both tracks.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">The music video for
<i>Black Hours</i> album track “<b>11 O’Clock Friday Night</b>,” directed by The Walkmen's
<b>Paul Maroon</b> and including vocals from <b>Amber Coffman</b> of the <b>Dirty Projectors</b>, can be viewed
<a href="http://smarturl.it/11oclockvideo">HERE</a>.</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-GB">Tour Dates (New dates in bold)</span></u></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">5/22 Port Chester, NY @ The Capitol Theatre ^<br>
5/26 Paris, FR @ <a href="http://www.digitick.com/hamilton-leithauser-concert-la-boule-noire-paris-26-mai-2014-css4-digitick-pg101-ri2381102.html"><span lang="EN-GB">La Boule Noir</span></a><br>
5/27 London, UK @ <a href="http://www.alt-tickets.co.uk/alttickets/event_ate_18549a.html">Bush Hall</a><br>
5/30 Barcelona, Spain @ Primavera Sound Festival</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">6/7 New York, NY @ <a href="http://www.bam.org/music/2014/soundcheck">BAM Harvey Theater</a> (WNYC/BAM Radiolovefest)<br>
6/18 St Louis, MO @ <a href="http://www.fabulousfox.com/shows_page_single.aspx?usID=397">Fox Theatre</a> * <br>
6/20 Lincoln, NE @ <a href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/ray-lamontagne-lincoln-nebraska-06-20-2014/event/06004C69E6D685A9?artistid=935501&majorcatid=10001&minorcatid=1">Pinewood</a> * <br>
<b>6/22 Nashville, TN @ <a href="http://tktwb.tw/1miPzDh">3rd & Lindsley</a> (WRLT Event with Ben Ottwell of Gomez)<br>
6/23 Louisville, KY @ <a href="http://ticketf.ly/1miPFL3">Zanzabar</a></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">6/24 Kansas City, MO @ <a href="http://tickets.kcstarlight.com/single/EventDetail.aspx?p=626">Starlight</a> * <br>
6/27 Chicago, IL @ <a href="http://concerts.livenation.com/event/04004C670BBBAAE1?crosssite=TM_US:935501:33036">First Merit Bank</a> *</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">6/28 Minneapolis, MN @
<a href="http://t.co/7Te0KEX4dm">Carlson Family Stage at Northrop</a> *</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">7/10 Cambridge, MA @
<a href="http://bit.ly/1miPXRY">The Sinclair</a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">7/12 Philadelphia, PA @
<a href="http://bit.ly/1miQ1Bt">Prince Music Theatre</a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">7/13 Washington, D.C. @
<a href="http://ticketf.ly/1miQ7sB">The Hamilton</a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">7/25 Newport, RI @ Newport Folk Festival<br>
8/13 Paris, FR @ La Route Du Rock</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">8/16 Wales, UK @ <a href="http://www.greenman.net/">Green Man Festival</a></span><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-GB">^ supporting Death Cab for Cutie</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-GB">*supporting Ray LaMontagne</span><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><a href="http://www.hamiltonleithauser.com"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-GB">http://www.hamiltonleithauser.com</span></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><a href="https://twitter.com/HLeithauser"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-GB">https://twitter.com/HLeithauser</span></b></a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center" align="center"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jameshamiltonleithauser"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"" lang="EN-GB">https://www.facebook.com/jameshamiltonleithauser</span></b></a></p>
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