The Walkmen have introduced they are going to reunite subsequent yr for his or her first performances since 2014.
The New York indie rockers – one in every of a number of bands that spearheaded the so-called “post-punk revival” of the early 2000s – will play a pair of concert events at Webster Corridor in New York Metropolis, on April 26 and 27. Tickets for the exhibits will go on sale this Friday (November 18), with a pre-sale starting on Wednesday (November 16) at 10am EST.
In an announcement shared on social media saying the exhibits, frontman Hamilton Leithauser referenced bassist Peter Bauer telling the Washington Submit the band had been happening an “excessive hiatus” in 2013.
“I assumed that meant there could be quite a lot of Monster vitality drinks and possibly that red-headed snowboarder man could be hanging round quite a bit… however none of that really occurred,” Leithauser joked.
“As an alternative, within the ensuing years we’ve all labored on a ton of various tasks in a ton of various locations. Just lately, somebody despatched us a clip of us taking part in at Irving Plaza from 2003, and it simply seemed very thrilling. So, we’ve determined we’d prefer to play collectively once more.”
The Walkmen teased their reunion earlier this month, sharing a video on social media that featured archival footage of them performing their signature tune, “The Rat”.
Bauer introduced The Walkmen’s hiatus in November of 2013, with the band taking part in a farewell present in Philadelphia the next month. “We’ve no future plans by any means,” he stated on the time. They carried out for the final time earlier than their hiatus in February 2014, with a present in New Orleans.
The Walkmen’s final album collectively was 2012’s Heaven. “I don’t suppose any of us needed to write down one other Walkmen file,” Bauer stated when saying the band’s hiatus the next yr. “Possibly that can change down the road, possibly it received’t.”
Since embarking on a hiatus, members have all pursued separate inventive endeavours. Leithauser, Bauer, guitarist Paul Maroon and multi-instrumentalist Walter Martin have all launched solo albums.
Drummer Matt Barrick labored with Fleet Foxes in a touring and session capability, contributing to their 2017 album Crack-Up and taking part in with the band dwell. Barrick additionally shaped the supergroup Muzz with Interpol frontman Paul Banks and Josh Kaufman of Bonny Mild Horseman, with the trio releasing their self-titled debut album in 2020.
