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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 Releases Video for “I Don’t Need Anyone” –
<a href="http://smarturl.it/IDontNeedAnyone">PRESS HERE</a> to Watch</span></b><span style="font-size:20.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"">New North American Live Dates with Spoon and Broken Bells, Newport Folk Festival and more</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Black Hours</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size:18.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif""> Out NOW<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:20.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif""><img id="Picture_x0020_5" src="cid:image006.png@01CF9F61.F1E56320" alt="HLIDontNeedAnyonethumbnail" height="284" width="509" border="0"></span><span style="font-size:20.0pt; 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 unveiled a new music video for “<b>I Don’t Need Anyone.</b>”
<a href="http://smarturl.it/IDontNeedAnyone">PRESS HERE</a> to watch the video, directed by
<b>Paul Maroon</b>. The track is from Leithauser’s critically lauded debut album
<b><i>Black Hours</i></b>, which was released in June via <b>Ribbon Music</b>. </span>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Leithauser is currently on tour in the US and will be supporting Spoon and Broken Bells on several dates later this year. Full list of dates below.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">He recently visited WXPN’s
<i>World Café</i>. <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/world-cafe/2014/07/01/327233334/hamilton-leithauser-on-world-cafe">
PRESS HERE</a> to listen to the interview and session where Leithauser performs several tracks from
<i>Black Hours. </i></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Black Hours</span></i><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""> </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, 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.</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">Tour Dates</span></u></b><span style="font-size:13.5pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">7/25 Newport, RI @ Newport Folk Festival<br>
7/31 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo<br>
8/2 San Francisco, CA @ The Chapel<br>
8/4 Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge<br>
8/5 Seattle, WA @ Triple Door<br>
8/13 Paris, FR @ La Route du Rock<br>
8/14 Hasselt, BE @ Pukkelpop </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif""></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">8/21 Groningen, NL @ Groningen Noorderzon Festival<br>
8/23 Paredes De Coura, PT @ Parades De Coura</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">8/14-17 Wales, UK @ Green Man Festival</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia","serif"">9/2 Washington, DC @ The Lincoln Theatre +<br>
9/6 Norfolk, VA @ Norva +<br>
9/11 Munhall, PA @ Carnegie Music Hall of Homestead +<br>
9/12 Indianapolis, IN @ Egyptian Room +<br>
9/13 Hamilton, ONT @ Supercrawl<br>
9/14 Royal Oak, MI @ Royal Oak Music Theatre +<br>
9/26 New York, NY @ Central Park (Rumsey Playfield) %<br>
9/27 Philadelphia, PA @ Electric Factory %<br>
9/28 Richmond, VA @ The National %<br>
9/29 Nashville, TN @ Ryman Auditorium %<br>
10/1 Athens, GA @ The Georgia Theatre %<br>
10/2 Birmingham, AL @ Iron City Birmingham %<br>
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+ with Spoon<br>
% with Broken Bells</span></p>
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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>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:"Georgia","serif""><a href="https://www.facebook.com/jameshamiltonleithauser">https://www.facebook.com/jameshamiltonleithauser</a><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Georgia","serif""><b>For more information, contact: Chloe Walsh or Carina Contreras at Press Here Publicity – 323-556-9752 or 212-246-2640 /
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