Palehound Announces 'YMCA Pool' 7” Out 1/26 on Saddle Creek + Co-Headline Tour w/ Weaves

Palehound

Announces YMCA Pool 7” Released January 26 
via Saddle Creek “Document Series”
Preview New Track “Sea Of Blood”

Band Heads Out on 4-Week Co-Headline Tour w/ Weaves
Starting Feb 2.
(see dates here or below)

Sophomore Album A Place I’ll Always Go
Out Now via Polyvinyl Record Co.

Photo credit: Kevin Neal

“scrappy and buzzy guitar rock, bolstered by Kempner's dexterous riffs … also offers some darker, nuanced shades that evoke the album's themes." - NPR

“A Dazed-Sounding Tribute To The Magic Of Queer Love” - The Fader

“Kempner hums [these] private pleasures over a gently looping acoustic guitar line that sounds like something from one of Broken Social Scene’s whispered love songs, luxuriating in her present bliss and overcoming past anxieties.” - Pitchfork

“Her songs tend to pack the punch of dark personal experience and observations while still sounding bubbly; they often go down like jello shots.” - New York Magazine’s “Vulture”

Prolific powerhouse Ellen Kempner aka Palehound has announced their newYMCA Pool seven-inch, to be released January 26 on Saddle Creek. Kempner co-produced the release alongside Alicia Bognanno of Bully, who also engineered the tracks last summer in Nashville. Today, the band shares a brand new track from the release, “Sea of Blood.” YMCA Pool is Saddle Creek’s fourth release in their Document series, which highlights artists from around the world that they have fallen in love with.
 

LISTEN & SHARE “SEA OF BLOOD” HERE

Kempner explains the origin of the tracks found on YMCA Pool sharing, "I've had these songs lying around forever and could never really find a place for them on a record. After we toured with Bully, Alicia Bognanno offered to record some stuff  for me at her house in Nashville, which seemed like a great opportunity. We spent two days hiding from the heat in her house recording... and also at Dave and Buster's.” 

Having just finished a US headlining tour (which saw shows with Big Thief, Jay Som, Mitski, M Ward, and more), the band also announced their upcoming co-headlining tour with Weaves today (see dates here or below). Palehound’s sophomore album, A Place I’ll Always Go, is out now on Polyvinyl Record Co. 

YMCA Pool 7” Track Listing:
1.  YMCA Pool
2. Sea Of Blood

Illustration by Sami Martasian

Palehound + Weaves Co-Headline Tour Dates
* = Weaves co-headline

1/18: Halifax, Nova Scotia @ In the Dead of Winter Music Festival
2/07: Holyoke, MA @ Gateway City Arts*
2/08: Philadelphia, PA  @ Johnny Brenda’s*
2/09: Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Bazaar*
2/10: Washington, DC @ Union Stage*
2/11: Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter*
2/13: Atlanta, GA @ Masquerade - Purgatory*
2/14: Nashville, TN @ The Basement*
2/16: Austin, TX @ Sidewinder*
2/17: Dallas, TX @ Three Links*
2/20: San Diego, CA @ Soda Bar*
2/21: Los Angeles, CA @ Bootleg Theater*
2/22: San Francisco, CA @ Noise Pop*
2/23: Santa Cruz, CA @ Atrium*
2/27: Omaha, NE @ Slowdown Jr.*
2/28: Chicago, IL @ Schubas*
3/16: Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair

Pre-Order YMCA Pool 7”
Purchase A Place I’ll Always Go

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