Following his 2016 album ‘I Had A Dream That You Were Mine’ with Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij and his 2017’s one-off single with Angel Olsen ‘Heartstruck (Wild Hunger)’, former The Walkmen vocalist Hamilton Leithauser is back with new track ‘Here They Come’.
“’Here They Come’ is about a friend who tends to run from his problems,” he explains. “When the going gets tough, he tends to just cut and run. The song is about the specific moment when the lights are coming up in a movie theatre where he’s been hiding out all day, and life’s complications are just coming back into focus.”
My song Isabella is about the kind of friend everyone has in New York…the kind of friend who’s parents might be paying the rent. And if you ask me, that’s precisely the reason she can’t seem to get it together. At first it may not seem like the most flattering portrayal of a friend…but to be honest, it’s not necessarily a friend’s saintliness that I find most interesting, and I mean the song as a compliment.
A lot of people have been writing in recently asking about my new record—which is great. But even more people have been writing in asking if I was thinking about getting a haircut any time soon—which is fine. So, just the other day as I was on my way to play Isabella for my writer/musician friend, it dawned on me that I might kill two birds with one stone, and hopefully get a little positive feedback…and maybe a little trim.
“Isabella” is out March 6th, 2020 Thank you to Maggie Rogers Song by Hamilton Leithauser
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