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Houndmouth returns with their first new music since 2019, sharing two new, original songs "
Good For You" and "Cool Jam." These tracks, recorded with Brad Cook (Waxahatchee, Hiss Golden Messenger) and mixed by Jon Ashley (The War On Drugs, B.J. Barham), find the Indiana-bred, platinum-selling band - vocalist/guitarist Matthew Myers, drummer/vocalist Shane Cody, and bassist/vocalist Zak Appleby - making their debut for Dualtone Records.
"
Good For You" sets an opulent, anachronistic scene for a narrator down on their luck. "Chartreuse and chandeliers / fancy that, seeing you out here," sings Matthew Myers as he depicts a moment of romantic reckoning ("had a drink and an episode") set in the shadow of Kentucky Derby pageantry. The band's harmonies imbue the languid breakup song with a weary optimism, as Myers mutters, "What a night, what a night." Listen here:https://youtu.be/OH5f3VtCPSE
Meanwhile, "Cool Jam" eulogizes a doomed romance with a surrealist touch, setting the mundane against a backdrop of faded dignity. Bad breaks arrive in a limousine and Cinderella rubs elbows with degenerates selling loosies outside the Kum & Go, all as the band conveys the slow realization that the magic is gone atop a bed of celestial organs. Listen to "Cool Jam" here: https://youtu.be/imi15tPsSOk
And watch a live performance of "
Good For You" from the band's Green House headquarters in Indiana. The Green House is a 19th-century shotgun-style house decked out in gold wallpaper and crystal chandeliers that used to belong to Cody's grandparents, as evidenced by the stairlift Myers rides into frame at the top of this performance:https://youtu.be/gStQuJIJ8Wg
Known for their "shaggy, swinging, big-screen storytelling" (NPR),
Houndmouth has received praise from USA Today, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, NME, Relix and many more. They've performed at Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, and SXSW as well as on CBS This Morning Saturday, Conan, Letterman and more. They are currently gearing up for their first post-pandemic tour dates, including Webster Hall in NYC, DC's Lincoln Theater, and two nights at
Thalia Hall in Chicago. See full dates below.
Tour Dates
07/14 Louisville, KY @ 91.9 WFPK's Waterfront Wednesday
08/14 New Braunfels, TX @ Sendero x Lone Star Rodeo 2021
08/20 Chillicothe, IL @ Summer Camp
Music Festival 2021
08/27 Knoxville, TN @ Second Bell
Music Festival
09/16 Oxford, MS @ The Lyric Oxford
09/17 Birmingham, AL @ Saturn
09/18 Atlanta, GA @ Terminal West
09/19 Carrboro, NC @ Cat's Cradle
09/21 Virginia Beach, VA @ Elevation 27
09/22 Charlottesville, VA @ Jefferson Theater
09/23 Asheville, NC @
Orange Peel
09/24 Lexington, KY @ The Burl
09/25 Franklin, TN @ Pilgrimage
Music and Cultural Festival
11/12 Detroit, MI @ El Club
11/13 Harrisburg, PA @ Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center
11/14 Woodstock, NY @ Levon Helm Studios
11/16 Northampton, MA @
Pearl Street
11/17 Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
11/19 Washington DC @ Lincoln Theater
11/20 New York, NY @ Webster Hall
11/21 Philadelphia, PA @ World Cafe Live
11/23 Millvale, PA @ Mr. Smalls Theater
11/26 Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
11/27 Indianapolis, IN @ The Vogue
12/10 Columbia, MO @ The Blue Note
12/11 Des Moines, IA @ Wooly's
12/12 Madison, WI @ Majestic Theatre
12/14 Minneapolis, MN @ Fine Line
Music Cafe
12/16 Milwaukee, WI @ Turner Hall Ballroom
12/17 Chicago, IL @
Thalia Hall
12/18 Chicago, IL @
Thalia Hall
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