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Jan 09, 2025 By Mark Redfern Photography by Sam Gold

Hamilton Leithauser of The Walkmen has announced a new solo album, This Side of the Island, and released a new single from it, “Knockin’ Heart,” via a music video. This Side of the Island is due out May 7 via Glassnote. Check out the single and album details below, followed by his upcoming tour dates, including a March residency at Cafe Carlyle in New York City. It’s his seventh annual residency there.

Leithauser co-produced the album with his wife Anna Stumpf and The National’s Aaron Dessner. Leithauser worked on the album in his home studio in New York City, The Struggle Hut, but finished it at Dessner’s Long Pond Studio in Hudson Valley, New York.

Leithauser had this to say about the new single in a press release: “‘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 shared the album’s title track in December.

Leithauser’s last album was 2020’s The Loves of Your Life. In 2022 The Walkmen announced they were reuniting for some 2023 shows.

This Side of the Island Tracklist:

1. Fist of Flowers
2. Burn the Boats
3. Ocean Roar
4. Knockin’ Heart
5. What Do I Think?
6. Off the Beach
7. I Was Right
8. Happy Lights
9. This Side of the Island

Hamilton Leithauser Tour Dates:

February 10, 2025: Los Angeles, CA @ Largo at the Coronet
February 11, 2025: Los Angeles, CA @ Largo at the Coronet (SOLD OUT)
February 12, 2025: Los Angeles, CA @ Largo at the Coronet (SOLD OUT)
February 17, 2025: London, UK @ EartH
February 25, 2025: Toronto, ON @ The Drake Hotel (SOLD OUT)
February 26, 2025: Toronto, ON @ The Drake Hotel (SOLD OUT)
February 28, 2025: Chicago, IL @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall (SOLD OUT)
March 1, 2025: Chicago, IL @ Old Town School of Folk Music - Maurer Hall (SOLD OUT)
March 6, 2025: New York, NY @ Cafe Carlyle
March 7, 2025: New York, NY @ Cafe Carlyle
March 8, 2025: New York, NY @ Cafe Carlyle
March 12, 2025: New York, NY @ Cafe Carlyle
March 13, 2025: New York, NY @ Cafe Carlyle
March 14, 2025: New York, NY @ Cafe Carlyle
March 15, 2025: New York, NY @ Cafe Carlyle
March 19, 2025: New York, NY @ Cafe Carlyle
March 20, 2025: New York, NY @ Cafe Carlyle
March 21, 2025: New York, NY @ Cafe Carlyle
March 22, 2025: New York, NY @ Cafe Carlyle
March 26, 2025: New York, NY @ Cafe Carlyle
March 27, 2025: New York, NY @ Cafe Carlyle
March 28, 2025: New York, NY @ Cafe Carlyle
March 29, 2025: New York, NY @ Cafe Carlyle

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