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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Hamilton Leithauser Announces West Coast Tour Dates</span></b><span style="font-size:20.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"">
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:20.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Black Hours</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:20.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif""> Out TODAY via Ribbon Music</span></b><span style="font-size:20.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><img id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.jpg@01CF7F42.19F46590" alt="Hamilton Leithauser photo by Lauren Dukoff 72790002 - LR" height="355" width="485"></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" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"">"Leithauser's rich, impassioned croon was what gave the Walkmen their sophisticated lounge twist, and he mines this seam for his own
work...these are Lynchian torch songs adorned with the cavernous surf guitars that gave the Walkmen the feel of New York garage pop's own Del-Tones, and simmering with romantic turmoil." -
<b>The Guardian</b></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"">"</span></i><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:#111111; background:white">Black Hours feels stately
and hand-crafted, even as bits of vein-bulging intensity poke through." –<b> NPR</b></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"">“Black Hours knowingly and passionately charts a journey through songwriting archetypes, from doomed fatalist to well-adjusted realist.”
- <b>Uncut</b> </span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></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""> has announced additional dates to his US tour. The newly added West Coast dates include stops in <b>Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Portland and Seattle</b>. Tickets go on sale <b>Friday</b>, <b>June 6<sup>th</sup></b>. Full list of live dates below. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Today, Leithauser releases his already critically lauded debut solo album <i>Black Hours</i> via <b><a href="http://smarturl.it/iretirednews">Ribbon Music</a></b>. <a href="http://smarturl.it/iretiredvideo">PRESS
HERE</a> to watch the lyric video for <i>Black Hours</i> album track “<b>I Retired,</b>” which was co-written and produced by Vampire Weekend’s <b>Rostam Batmanglij</b>.</span></p>
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<b><i>Black Hours</i></b> </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. The album features 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 upcoming tour dates will consist of</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""> Leithauser, <b>Paul
Maroon</b>,<b> Nick Stumpf</b> and <b>Kevin Barker.</b> </span></p>
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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>.
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>. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="http://music.thetalkhouse.com/talks/carrie-brownstein-sleater-kinney-portlandia-talks-with-hamilton-leithauser-the-walkmen-for-the-talkhouse-podcast/">PRESS HERE</a> to hear Hamilton
interviewed by Sleater Kinney/Wild Flag/ Portlandia talent Carrie Brownstein for the inaugural
<b><i>The Talkhouse </i></b>podcast series.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Hamilton recently discussed the new album with Paste Magazine.
<a href="http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/06/hamilton-leithauser-all-your-restless-blues-1.html">
PRESS HERE</a> to read the interview. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Hamilton is also the featured guest on
<i>Grantland</i>'s Podcast today. <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/grantland-pop-culture/id642537435?mt=2">
PRESS HERE</a> to hear him in conversation with Chris Ryan or visit <a href="http://grantland.com/">
http://grantland.com</a>. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">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"">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>
6/22 Nashville, TN @ <a href="http://tktwb.tw/1miPzDh">3rd & Lindsley</a><br>
6/23 Louisville, KY @ <a href="http://ticketf.ly/1miPFL3">Zanzabar</a></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> * </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">6/25 Milwaukee, WI @ Summerfest <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"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">7/10 Cambridge, MA @
<a href="http://bit.ly/1miPXRY">The Sinclair</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">7/12 Philadelphia, PA @
<a href="http://bit.ly/1miQ1Bt">Prince Music Theatre</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">7/13 Washington, D.C. @
<a href="http://ticketf.ly/1miQ7sB">The Hamilton</a></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">7/25 Newport, RI @ Newport Folk Festival</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">7/31 Los Angeles, CA @
<a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/592427?utm_medium=bks">The Echo</a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">8/2 San Francisco, CA @
<a href="http://www.thechapelsf.com/event/593211">The Chapel</a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">8/4 Portland, OR @
<a href="http://www.ticketfly.com/purchase/event/592115?utm_medium=bks">Doug Fir Lounge</a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">8/5 Seattle, WA @
<a href="http://tickets.thetripledoor.net/eventperformances.asp?evt=690">Triple Door</a></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">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></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">8/21 Groningnen, NL @ Groningen Noorderzon Festival</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">*supporting Ray LaMontagne</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:11.0pt; 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-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="https://twitter.com/HLeithauser">https://twitter.com/HLeithauser</a></span></b></p>
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