Album
Black Hours
2014 · Rock
3 collectors on Gatefold own this
Black Hours is an Alt/Indie album by Hamilton Leithauser, originally released in 2014. On Gatefold: 6 pressings tracked, owned by 3 collectors.
About
While Hamilton Leithauser has pointed to crooners like Frank Sinatra, Cole Porter, and Randy Newman as influences on his first solo record, you won’t hear them on <i>Black Hours</i>. At least, not overtly. Stylistically, you might catch a hint of Ol’ Blue Eyes on “5 AM” or a whiff of Newman’s somber piano pop on tune like “St. Mary’s County,” but here the frontman of The Walkmen (currently on “extreme hiatus”) sounds more like that band on effusive numbers like “Alexandra” and “11 O’Clock Friday Night.” The pop jewel “I Don’t Need Anyone” has reedy guitars and indie-thoroughbred blood; horns, strings, harmonica, and marimba make strong bedfellows for Leithauser’s vocals on songs like “I Retired” and “The Silent Orchestra.” With guests like Vampire Weekend’s Rostam Batmanglij, Dirty Projectors’ Amber Coffman, Fleet Foxes’ Morgan Henderson, The Shins’ Richard Swift, and Paul Maroon of The Walkmen, <i>Black Hours</i> feels satisfyingly textured and alive, and even exciting with its comforting familiarity. Don’t miss the bonus tracks: the surprising “Waltz” or the supremely moving “In Our Time.”
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Tracklist
Side A
- A15 AM
- A2The Silent Orchestra
- A3Alexandra
- A411 O'Clock Friday Night
- A5St Mary's County
Side B
- B1Self Pity
- B2I Retired
- B3I Don't Need Anyone
- B4Bless Your Heart
- B5The Smallest Splinter
Sound DNA
- Alt/Indie
- Indie Rock
- clean
- nostalgic
- urban
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Amber CoffmanFEATURING VOCALS
- Anna StumpfFEATURING VOCALS
- David RalickeHORNS
- Ellis Von LudwigCONDUCTOR
- Hamilton LeithauserARRANGED BY VOCALS VOCALS, ACOUSTIC GUITAR
- Hugh McIntoshDRUMS
- Keats DieffenbachSTRINGS
- Morgan HendersonBASS BASS, MARIMBA, PERCUSSION BASS, PERCUSSION
- Nate WalcottHORNS
- Nathan SchramSTRINGS
- Paul MaroonARRANGED BY BACKING VOCALS ELECTRIC GUITAR, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, PIANO, ARRANGED BY
- Richard SwiftDRUMS DRUMS, BACKING VOCALS
- Rob MooseSTRINGS
- Rostam BatmanglijACOUSTIC GUITAR, HARMONICA, PIANO, HARPSICHORD, TAMBOURINE, SHAKER, BACKING VOCALS SLIDE GUITAR, PIANO, ELECTRIC BASS, HARPSICHORD, TAMBOURINE, SHAKER, BACKING VOCALS
- Sean BillingsHORNS
- Michael HarrisBASS
3 collectors on Gatefold own this · 6 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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