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<b><span style="font-size:22.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif">Hamilton Leithauser</span></b></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:16.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif">Announces North American Tour Dates
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><img src="cid:image002.jpg@01D06640.6634F0B0" align="left" hspace="12" alt="Macintosh HD:Users:chloewalsh:Desktop:IMG_3914.jpeg" height="404" width="404"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Hamilton Leithauser,
who released his critically lauded debut solo album <b><i>Black Hours</i></b> on Ribbon Music last year, has announced a slew of live shows. The Walkmen frontman, who opened for Spoon and Broken Bells, has five dates with Lord Huron this spring before a summer
run that goes to Texas and the West Coast with Jack + Eliza. </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="https://youtu.be/AZvIcZ0xIkc" target="_blank">PRESS HERE</a></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> to watch Hamilton live for
KEXP in Seattle. </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> </span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Black Hours</span></i></b><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> - described by
<b><i>Newsweek </i></b>as “</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">uniformly excellent” in their Top Ten Albums of 2014 list -
</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">features collaborations with Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij, Dirty Projectors’ Amber Coffman, Richard Swift of The Shins, Morgan Henderson from Fleet Foxes and fellow member of The Walkmen Paul Maroon.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Catch Hamilton:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">4/19 Winston-Salem, NC – Phuzz Phest</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">4/30 New York, NY – Terminal 5 *
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">5/1 Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer *
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">5/2 Boston, MA – Paradise *
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">5/3 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club *
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">5/4 Washington, DC – 9:30 Club *</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">5/21 Dallas, TX – Club Dada</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">5/22 Austin, TX – The Parish</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">5/23 Houston, TX - Fitzgerald’s (Downstairs)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">6/4 Vancouver, BC – Venue #</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">6/5 Seattle, WA – Tractor Tavern #</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">6/6 Portland, OR – Mississippi Studios #</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">6/10 San Francisco, CA – The Independent #</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">6/11 Los Angeles, CA – Club Bahia #</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">6/13 San Diego, CA – The Casbah #</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">6/15 Phoenix, AZ – Crescent Ballroom #</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">6/17 Denver, CO – Lost Lake Lounge #</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">*with Lord Huron<br>
# with Jack + Eliza</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">Praise for <b><i>Black Hours</i></b>:</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">“Leithauser's voice has traces of
</span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/sam-cooke" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext; text-decoration:none">Sam Cooke</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> and Steve
Perry of </span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/journey" target="_blank"><span style="color:windowtext; text-decoration:none">Journey</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"> as
he stretches out on songs like the lachrymose "Self Pity" or the happy skiff le stomp "Alexandra."….the deep palette and intimate musicianship sustain a mood of late-night melodrama stretching toward 5 a.m. epiphany.” –
<b><i>Rolling Stone</i></b> </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif">“</span><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:#1A1A1A">Black Hours</span></i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:#1A1A1A"> is a tribute to a
diverse range of musical progenitors. But more deeply, it’s a testament to Leithauser’s inexhaustible stylistic ambition, and his ability to conquer expectations by throwing one curveball after another.” –
<b><i>Pitchfork </i></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:#101010">“Black Hours</span></i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif; color:#101010"> creates a fitting context for a beloved lead singer striking out on
his own. It helps cement the musical legacy of Leithauser and the band he rode in on, and hypothesizes a long, pleasant career ahead.” –
<b><i>Wondering Sound</i></b></span><b><i><span style="font-family:"Georgia",serif"></span></i></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif">For more information on Hamilton Leithauser contact Chloe Walsh or Carina Contreras at Press Here. 212 246 2640.
</span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="mailto:Chloe@pressherepublicity.com" target="_blank"><b><i>Chloe@pressherepublicity.com</i></b></a></span><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif">
/ </span></i></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif"><a href="mailto:carina@pressherepublicity.com" target="_blank"><b><i>carina@pressherepublicity.com</i></b></a></span><b><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Georgia",serif"></span></i></b></p>
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