Neil’s new album ‘Palindrome Hunches’ is available today in the US and Canada.
You can download via iTunes or order the CD via Amazon or Record Store Day stores.
Please do post your reviews on the forum – and I’ll add press as it comes in.
Not sure if it’s too late.. but you can pre-order the deluxe CD edition of Palindrome Hunches (limited to 500 copies worldwide) here. Presented in a notebook style format with a chipboard front and back cover, the release features Neil Halstead’s handwritten lyric sheets as well as open space for your own ruminations as you listen to the album.
Check out Neil’s music video performing Tied To You from his new album “Palindrome Hunches.”
Neil Halstead US TOUR!
**a few more dates will be announced shortly**
9/28 – Eddie’s Attic – Atlanta GA
9/30 – The Casbah – Raleigh, NC
10/2 – IOTA – Arlington, VA
10/3 – World Cafe Live – Philly, PA
10/10 – The Ark – Ann Arbor, MI
10/12 – Schuba’s – Chicago, IL
10/13 – High Noon – Madison, WI
10/16 – Etown – Boulder, CO
10/17 – Walnut Room – Denver, CO
10/19 – Seattle Arts Fest – Seattle WA
10/20 – Doug Fir – Portland, OR
10/23 – Cafe Du Nord – SF, CA
10/24 – Crepe Place – Santa Cruz, CA
10/25 – Club Mercy – Santa Barbara, CA
10/26 – McCabes – Santa Monica, CA
10/27 – Largo at the Coronet – Los Angeles, CA
Neil has kindly taken time out from new album preparations to answer some of the questions you posed.
The new album
Ed: Your new album ‘Palindrome Hunches’ is coming out in August, is that still the plan?
Neil: Album is out september 12th
How would you describe it (compared to Oh Mighty Engine, for example)? How long have you been working on it? (from ‘Fy’)
I would say it’s a less whimsical record than OME. I think palindrome is much darker, it’s folky but the instrumentation with violin, piano and double bass open the sound up. I worked on the songs in different forms for a long time, i kinda couldn’t find a way to record it that i liked for quite a while
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