Of course, Houndmouth has gifted fans with not one but two new songs as they get ready to hit the road.
With just weeks to go before the start of their tour later this summer, they delivered a mid-week boost with their new songs "Good for You" and "Cool Jam," their first new music in two years, rcorded with Brad Cook (Waxahatchee, Hiss Golden Messenger) and mixed by Jon Ashley (The War On Drugs, B.J. Barham).
"Good for You" comes from the perspective of a narrator down on their luck, faced with a bitter breakup with a backdrop of the Kentucky Derby. But despite the context, it's still somehow carefree if not blissful. "Cool Jam" is actually more impassioned, reflective of a failed romance and a realization that the magic is gone. Of the two tracks, the latter is our favorite.
Hear both songs below.
Houndmouth's tour schedule:
08/14 — New Braunfels, TX — Sendero x Lone Star Rodeo
08/20 — Chillicothe, IL — Summer Camp Music Festival
08/27 — Knoxville, TN — Second Bell Music Festival
09/16 — Oxford, MS — The Lyric Oxford
09/17 — Birmingham, AL — Saturn
09/18 — Atlanta, GA — Terminal West
09/19 — Carrboro, NC — Cat’s Cradle
09/21 — Virginia Beach, VA — Elevation 27
09/22 — Charlottesville, VA — Jefferson Theater
09/23 — Asheville, NC — Orange Peel
09/24 — Lexington, KY — The Burl
09/25 — Franklin, TN — Pilgrimage Music and Cultural Festival
11/12 — Detroit, MI — El Club
11/13 — Harrisburg, PA — Harrisburg Midtown Arts Center
11/14 — Woodstock, NY — Levon Helm Studios
11/16 — Northampton, MA — Pearl Street
11/17 — Boston, MA — Paradise Rock Club
11/19 — Washington DC — Lincoln Theater
11/20 — New York, NY — Webster Hall
11/21 — Philadelphia, PA — World Cafe Live
11/23 — Millvale, PA — Mr. Smalls Theater
11/26 — Indianapolis, IN — The Vogue
11/27 — Indianapolis, IN — The Vogue
12/10 — Columbia, MO — The Blue Note
12/11 — Des Moines, IA — Wooly’s
12/12 — Madison, WI — Majestic Theatre
12/14 — Minneapolis, MN — Fine Line Music Cafe
12/16 — Milwaukee, WI — Turner Hall Ballroom
12/17 — Chicago, IL — Thalia Hall
12/18 — Chicago, IL — Thalia Hall