The Walkmen’s Leithauser Has His Own Tour

Called Black Hours, the album arrives May 5 globally and May 6 in North America.  Although it’s Leithauser’s debut solo effort, he did invite a few friends to appear on the disc, including Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij, Morgan Henderson from Fleet Foxes, The Shins’ Richard Swift and The Walkmen’s own Paul Maroon.

“Alexandra” is the album’s first single.  The video for the song was helmed by SXSW Film Festival Grand Jury award-winning director Tristan Patterson.

Leithauser will give the album a proper debut when he plays four shows in two nights at Joe’s Pub in New York City April 15-16.  The tour begins the same day Black Hours is released in North America.  Here are the dates:

April 15 – New York, N.Y., Joe’s Pub
April 16 – New York, N.Y., Joe’s Pub
May 6 – Los Angeles, Calif., El Rey Theatre
May 7 – San Francisco, Calif., The Chapel
May 9 – Seattle, Wash., The Triple Door
May 10 – Portland, Ore., Aladdin Theater
May 12 – Minneapolis, Minn., Fine Line Music Café
May 13 – Chicago, Ill., Park West
May 15 – Cambridge, Mass., The Sinclair
May 17 – Washington, D.C., Sixth & I Historic Synagogue

General onsales begin March 7.  Check out HamiltonLeithauser.com for more information.