The Walkmen's Hamilton Leithauser Announces Solo Album Black Hours, Shares "Alexandra" Video
Featuring members of the Shins, Fleet Foxes, Vampire Weekend, Dirty Projectors, and the Walkmen
By Evan Minsker on February 25, 2014 at 09:25 a.m.
Photo by Lauren Dukoff
It was reported last year that Walkmen frontman Hamilton Leithauser was working on his debut solo album with members of the Shins, Fleet Foxes, Vampire Weekend, and the Walkmen. Now, that album has been announced. Black Hours is out May 6 in North America, May 5 everywhere else via Ribbon Music. It's available in regular and deluxe editions. Tracklist below.
Leithauser has also shared the video for album cut "Alexandra", directed by Tristan Patterson. The track was co-written by Leithauser and Vampire Weekend's Rostam Batmanglij (who also produced and mixed the track and appears in the video). It'll be available as a 7" on Record Store Day (April 19) with the exclusive B-side "In the Shallows". Watch the video below. It features Leithauser surrounded by a bevy of scantily-clad backup dancers.
In addition to Batmanglij, Black Hours features contributions from Dirty Projectors' Amber Coffman, Richard Swift (the Shins, solo artist), the Walkmen's Paul Maroon, Fleet Foxes/Cave Singers' Morgan Henderson (who is also formerly of the Blood Brothers), and Hugh McIntosh of Leithauser's former band the Recoys.
Leithauser will play four shows at Joe's Pub in New York City on April 15 and April 16.
Black Hours:
01 5 AM
02 The Silent Orchestra
03 Alexandra
04 11 O'Clock Friday Night
05 St Mary's County
06 Self Pity
07 I Retired
08 I Don't Need Anyone
09 Bless Your Heart
10 The Smallest Splinter
11 Waltz [Deluxe Edition]
12 In Our Time (I'll Always Love You) [Deluxe Edition]
13 Utrecht [Deluxe Edition]
14 I'll Never Love Again [Deluxe Edition]
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