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Jun 07, 2019 By Christopher Roberts Palehound

Palehound (aka Ellen Kempner) has released a new album, Black Friday, today via Polyvinyl. Now that the album is out, you can stream the whole thing below. Also below are her upcoming tour dates.

In February, prior to the album’s announcement, Palehound shared the album’s “Killer” (it was one of our Songs of the Week). When the album was announced she shared a video for another song from the album, “Aaron.” Then she shared another song from it, “Worthy,” via a video for the track. That was followed by the album’s title track, “Black Friday.”

Palehound’s last album was 2017’s A Place I’ll Always Go.

Kempner co-produced Black Friday with Gabe Wax (Beirut, Soccer Mommy). It was recorded at Panoramic House in Stinson Beach, California, mainly tracked live with Kempner and her bandmates Jesse Weiss (drums) and Larz Brogan (bass).

Kempner also had this to say about the album in a previous press release: “Making music’s always been a therapeutic thing for me-that’s such a big part of the reason why I do it in the first place. What I always want to do with my songs is to help people heal in some way, or come to some new understanding about whatever it is that they’re going through. Even if it’s just hearing a song and feeling less alone than they were before, that would mean so much to me.”

Read our recent Artist Survey interview with Palehound.

Palehound Tour Dates:

06/15: Chicago, IL @ House of Vans %
10/11: New York, NY @ Webster Hall #
10/12: Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground Ballroom #
10/13: Boston, MA @ Wilbur Theatre #
10/15: Montreal, QC @ Le Tulipe #
10/16: Toronto, ON @ Phoenix Concert Theatre #
10/17: Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre #
10/18: Chicago, IL @ Metro #
10/19: Madison, WI @ The Sylvee #
10/21: Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue #
10/24: Portland @ Crystal Ballroom #
10/25: Vancouver, BC @ Vogue Theatre #
10/26: Seattle, WA @ Moore Theatre #
10/28: San Francisco, CA @ The Fillmore #
10/30: Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory #
11/01: Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom #
11/02: Albuquerque, NM @ Sister #
11/04: Austin, TX @ Stubb’s #
11/05: Dallas, TX @ Trees #
11/07: Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse #
11/08: Saxapahaw, NC @ Haw River Ballroom #
11/09: Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer #
11/10: Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club #
11/11: Columbus, OH @ Athenaeum Theatre #

% = w/ The Breeders and Divino Niño
# = w/ Big Thief

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