Keeping fans adequately fed as they await the band’s highly anticipated debut album, The Hails today announce the second leg of their first-ever headline tour. Adding on to their previously announced dates that kick off in two weeks, The Hails will travel coast to coast in celebration of What’s Your Motive, their LP arriving on September 8. Across the tour dates, the band will be joined by other indie breakaway acts Cannibal Kids, Foxtide, Shallow Alcove, and more to be announced. See all tour info here and below.
Upon the announcement of the tour’s 2023 dates, fans took to the internet pleading for more dates to be added in their cities. Never ones to deny people a good time, The Hails added 16 more shows for February 2024. Tickets for the newly announced dates are on sale NOW.
Arriving next Friday, The Hails’ debut album, What’s Your Motive, is a progressively zooming out view of what happens in life when you break cycles of complacency. Moving chronologically through the track list, the focus goes from noticing these changes in yourself, to noticing how these changes need to be made in others, and the permanent misalignment you can feel when you don’t grow alongside people you once knew. An album with a worldview that expands as you listen further, What’s Your Motive is a culmination of every coincidence in life that allowed for the five band members to unite under a refined, experimental sonic identity – Presave.
UPCOMING HEADLINE TOUR DATES
2023
September 14 – Washington, DC – DC9*
September 15 – Philadelphia, PA – Kung Fu Necktie*
September 16 – New York, NY – Mercury Lounge*
September 17 – Boston, MA – Middle East (Upstairs)*
September 19 – Cleveland, OH – Foundry*
September 20 – Chicago, IL – Beat Kitchen*
September 22 – Nashville, TN – The End*
September 23 – Atlanta, GA – The Vinyl#
September 27 – Orlando, FL – Will’s Pub#
September 28 – Gainesville, FL – High Dive#
September 29 – Tampa, FL – Crowbar#
September 30 – Miami, FL – The Ground#
2024
February 1 – Houston, TX – White Oak Music Hall ^
February 2 – Dallas, TX – Club Dada ^
February 3 – Austin, TX – Mohawk (Inside) ^
February 7 – Phoenix, AZ – Valley Bar ^
February 8 – San Diego, CA – Voodoo Room at House of Blues ^
February 9 – Los Angeles, CA – Moroccan Lounge ^
February 11 – San Francisco, CA – Brick and Mortar ^
February 13 – Portland, OR – Mission Theater ^
February 14 – Seattle, WA – Barboza ^
February 16 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court ^
February 17 – Denver, CO – Lost Lake ^
February 20 – Minneapolis, MN – 7th Street Entry
February 21- Milwaukee, WI – Cactus Club
February 23 – Indianapolis, IN – Hi Fi
February 24 – Columbus, OH – The Basement
February 27 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle Back Room
* with support from Shallow Alcove
# with support from Cannibal Kids
^ with support from Foxtide
All tour info here
Earlier this year, The Hails spent time on the road supporting The Happy Fits, The Beaches and the moss, all while interspersing their own headline dates and rolling out singles from their upcoming album. Their singles leading up to their LP earned over 1.5 million streams, major national attention from the likes of Billboard and Consequence, as well as regional praise from every market they’ve stepped foot in. Winning over new listeners through the airwaves and from the stage, The Hails have primed themselves for a momentous unleashing of What’s Your Motive on September 8.
ABOUT THE HAILS
Following a string of encounters too strange to be coincidence, Robbie Kingsley, Franco Solari, Dylan McCue, Andre Escobar and Zach Levy came together to form The Hails. Despite first playing in an insular Miami high school music scene, the band officially formed at the University of Florida in Gainesville, turning the tattered carpeting and beer bottle lined shelves of their shitty college house into a distinct, refined sound that is now synonymous with their name.
After graduation, the group made the pilgrimage back to their home of Miami, the city that directly influenced the sound of their early shimmering singles “Younger” and “Stay,” debut EP He Seems Upset (2020), and the subsequent Alive in Strange Ways (2021). Recent highlights of the road include holding court at festivals including III Points, WonderStruck and Okeechobee, interspersed between sold-out shows across the state of Florida, and tour support for WILLIS, The Happy Fits, The Beaches and the moss.
Firing the starting pistol of their next chapter, The Hails began rolling out the singles from their debut album What’s Your Motive, which will arrive on September 8. The band’s new era has earned them praise from Billboard, Consequence, EARMILK and many others, as well as editorial support on Spotify’s All New Indie, Fresh Finds and Fresh Finds Indie playlists. Beginning this September, The Hails will bring their new music to the road on their first ever headline tour.
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