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Lord Huron’s Strange Trails Goes Top Ten
Lord Huron’s new album Strange Trails (available via IAMSOUND Records) debuted this week at #10 on Billboard’s Top Albums and #23 on the Top 200. In addition, the record is charting #1 at Folk, #2 at Rock, #2 at Alternative, #4 Current Digital Albums and #5 at Vinyl. To celebrate, the band will perform on “Conan” on May 18. Strange Trails was written and produced by frontman Ben Schneider and recorded at the band’s own Whispering Pines studio in Los Angeles. Listen to Schneider speak with NPR’s “All Things Considered” about the new record here: http://n.pr/1FhV2A5. In addition to their spring headline run, Lord Huron have confirmed additional summer tour dates including stops at Lollapalooza and Newport Folk Festival. All tour dates are listed below. The video for the album’s lead single “Fool For Love” is out now, watch it here: http://bit.ly/194qNUg. The band wrote and produced the video themselves, with co-direction from Schneider and Arms Race. The song itself reached #2 in the U.S. and #3 globally on “Spotify’s Top 10 Most Viral Tracks.” See track listing below. Originally a musical and visual solo project by Michigan-native-turned-Angeleno Schneider, Lord Huron members now include Mark Barry (percussion, vocals), Miguel Briseno (bass, percussion) and Tom Renaud (guitar, vocals). After a pair of EPs, their critically acclaimed debut album Lonesome Dreams was released in 2012, followed by extensive touring both stateside and abroad. STRANGE TRAILS TRACK LISTING 1. Love Like Ghosts 2. Until the Night Turns 3. Dead Man’s Hand 4. Hurricane (Johnnie’s Theme) 5. La Belle Fleur Sauvage 6. Fool for Love 7. The World Ender 8. Meet Me in the Woods 9. The Yawning Grave 10. Frozen Pines 11. Cursed 12. Way Out There 13. Louisa 14. The Night We Met
LORD HURON LIVE April 16 Portland, OR Crystal Ballroom* April 17 Vancouver, BC The Vogue Theatre* April 18 Seattle, WA The Showbox* April 19 Boise, ID The Record Exchange In-Store April 20 Salt Lake City, UT The Depot* April 21 Aspen, CO Belly Up Aspen* April 22 Denver, CO Gothic Theatre* April 24 Kansas City, MO Middle Of The Map Fest April 25 Milwaukee, WI The Riverside* April 26 Minneapolis, MN First Avenue* April 27 Chicago, IL Vic Theatre* April 30 New York, NY Terminal 5† May 1 Philadelphia, PA Union Transfer† May 2 Boston, MA Paradise† May 3-4 Washington, D.C. 9:30 Club† May 6 Nashville, TN Ryman Auditorium* May 8 New Orleans, LA Civic Theatre May 9 Houston, TX House of Blues* May 10 Dallas, TX South Side Music Hall* May 11 Austin, TX Stubb’s Waller Creek* May 13 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre‡ May 14 San Diego, CA North Park Theatre‡ May 15 Oakland, CA Fox Theater‡ May 16 Los Angeles, CA The Wiltern‡ June 1 Paris, FR Pop up du Label June 3 London, UK Koko June 4 Leeds, UK Brudenell Social Club June 5 Glasgow, UK King Tuts June 6 Dublin, Ireland Whelans July 10 Pioneertown, CA Pappy & Harriet’s Pioneertown§ July 11 Tucson, AZ Rialto Theatre§ July 12 Albuquerque, NM Sunshine Theater§ July 14 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom§ July 15 Little Rock, AR Revolution§ July 16 Memphis, TN Minglewood Hall§ July 18 Birmingham, AL Sloss Music and Arts Festival July 20 Atlanta, GA Variety Playhouse§ July 21 Orlando, FL Beacham Theater§ July 22 Columbia, SC Music Farm Columbia§ July 23-25 Floyd, VA FloydFest July 25 Camden, NJ XPoNential Music Festival July 26 Newport, RI Newport Folk Festival July 28 Buffalo, NY Town Ballroom§ July 29 Cleveland, OH House of Blues§ July 31 Royal Oak, MI Royal Oak Music Theatre§ August 2 Chicago, IL Lollapalooza August 3 Omaha, NE Slowdown August 6 Bellvue, CO Mishawaka Amphitheater *with Leon Bridges †with Hamilton Leithauser ‡with Family Of The Year §with Widowspeak BOLD Sold Out |