On the eve of their biggest national tour to date (stops include SXSW and a Daytrotter session), Boston indie heroes Hallelujah the Hills forsook the bedroom and entered an actual studio for the first time ("My 8-track will never forgive me," laments frontman Ryan Walsh), emerging with two brand-new songs to hold us over until they record album no. 2 this spring. "Don't Take The Law" is short but feels longer, or at least bigger, managing to swell from sotto-voce, bee-swarm jangle to an anthemic, junkshop-orchestra sing-along in under two minutes. Walsh calls it "my joking attempt at starting a whole new subgenre of pop music entitled 'Police Officer/Vigilante Love Ballads.' Just like the Wichita Lineman failed at jumpstarting the 'Telephone Line Repairman Love Ballad' genre, we hope to fail in a similar, spectacular manner." Consider it done. Grab the mp3 above, then bid HTH a fond farewell when they play a free show February 24 at the Milky Way with Amoroso and Jersey's Titus Andronicus.
Feb 29 2008 8:00P@ Union Hall, Brooklyn, NY w/ Evangelicals, Headlights
Mar 1 2008 8:00P@ Soundfix, Brooklyn, NY
Mar 2 2008 8:00P@ Garfield Artworks, Pittsburgh , PA
Mar 3 2008 8:00P@ Beachland Tavern (w/ Headlights/Evangelicals) - Cleveland , Ohio
Mar 4 2008 8:00P@ The Elbow Room- Ypsilanti , Michigan
Mar 5 2008 3:00pm Hear Ya Session, Chicago , IL
Mar 5 2008 8:00P@ Abbey Pub - Chicago , Illinois
Mar 6 2008 12:00P@ Daytrotter.com, Rock Island , Illinois
Mar 6 2008 8:00P@ The Annex - Madison, Wisconsin
Mar 7 2008 8:00P@ Nomad World Pub (w/ Ela and Curse Words) - Minneapolis , Minnesota
Mar 8 2008 8:00P@ The Maintenance Shop (w/ Poison Control Center) - Ames , Iowa
Mar 9 2008 5:00P@ Vaudeville Mews **early show** - Des Moines , Iowa
Mar 11 2008 8:00P@ New Deli - Fayetteville , Arkansas
Mar 12 2008 8:00P@ Friends Bar (SXSW Misra Showcase) Austin , Texas
Mar 13 2008 SXSW TBA Austin , Texas
Mar 14 2008 SXSW Friends Bar Berklee SXSW Party (day show) Austin , Texas
Mar 15 2008 8:00P@ Jackrabbit Lounge - Shreveport , Louisiana
Mar 17 2008 Afternoon @ Grimey's Record Shop, Nashville, TN
Mar 17 2008 8:00P @ Springwater, Nashville, TN
Mar 19 2008 8:00P@ The Rudyard Kipling - Louisville , Kentucky
Mar 20 2008 8:00P@ The Venue - Lafayette , Indiana
Mar 21 2008 8:00P@ Café Bourbon Street , Columbus , OH
Mar 22 2008 8:00P@ TBA, New York