The Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser Announces New Album, Shares Video: Watch

The Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser is coming back, later this winter, with a new album. This Side of the Island, the follow-up to 2020’s The Loves of Your Life, is out March 7 via Glassnote. Leithauser shared the title song last month, and, today, he’s released the new song “Knockin’ Heart.” Find its animated music video below.

Leithauser co-produced the new album with his wife, Anna Stumpf, and the National’s Aaron Dessner. In a press statement about the new single, Leithauser said:

“Knockin’ Heart” is sung by an estranged, stoned lover on their way home, who is dying to get a message through to someone who is probably not listening. It is “I will love you for life if you’ll let me.” I wrote and recorded it one evening and put it away for over a year. I knew I liked it, and I didn’t want to mess anything up by trying to perfect it. It was the last song I played for Aaron when we got together, and the first song he helped me work on. I’d say he raised the ceiling and lowered the floor on the entire thing sonically. He actually used a funny bass technique he said he’d used on a Taylor Swift song, which I got a kick out of. I gotta say his bass sounds fantastic. Now there are three basses on it! One of mine and two of his. That is a first for me.

Leithauser will support his new album with concerts in Los Angeles, London, Toronto, and Chicago. He’ll also, for the seventh time, play a residency at New York’s Café Carlyle. See his upcoming schedule below.

This Side of the Island is Leithauser’s first solo album since the Walkmen reunited in 2023. Prior to the reunion, the band had not played a real live show for a decade.

Hamilton Leithauser: This Side of the Island

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This Side of the Island:

01 Fist of Flowers
02 Burn the Boats
03 Ocean Roar
04 Knockin’ Heart
05 What Do I Think?
06 Off the Beach
07 I Was Right
08 Happy Lights
09 This Side of the Island

Hamilton Leithauser:

02-10 Los Angeles, CA - Largo at the Coronet
02-11 Los Angeles, CA - Largo at the Coronet
02-12 Los Angeles, CA - Largo at the Coronet
02-17 London, England - EartH
02-25 Toronto, Ontario - The Drake Hotel
02-26 Toronto, Ontario - The Drake Hotel
02-28 Chicago, IL - Gary & Laura Maurer Concert Hall
03-01 Chicago, IL - Gary & Laura Maurer Concert Hall
03-06 New York, NY - Café Carlyle
03-07 New York, NY - Café Carlyle
03-08 New York, NY - Café Carlyle
03-12 New York, NY - Café Carlyle
03-13 New York, NY - Café Carlyle
03-14 New York, NY - Café Carlyle
03-15 New York, NY - Café Carlyle
03-19 New York, NY - Café Carlyle
03-20 New York, NY - Café Carlyle
03-21 New York, NY - Café Carlyle
03-22 New York, NY - Café Carlyle
03-26 New York, NY - Café Carlyle
03-27 New York, NY - Café Carlyle
03-28 New York, NY - Café Carlyle
03-29 New York, NY - Café Carlyle

Hamilton Leithasuer: This Side of the Island Tour

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