As we slowly make our way into the heart-shaped trenches of 2019, Hatchie has us circling two upcoming dates on our music calendar: One for her April 23 appearance at Royale with Girlpool, and the other for the June 21 release of her debut album Keepsake.
We’re excited for both, but the new record from Australia’s Harriette Pilbeam is destined to be one of the best of the year; we’ve already heard February lead single “Without A Blush”, the follow-up to last year’s excellent Sugar & Spice EP, and now we have another starry-eyed romp through the heavens of dream-pop in “Stay With Me”.
Pilbeam says the track “was written as a writing exercise in an effort to step away from my usual style into something more fun and dancey.”
And while the song wasn’t intended to be a Hatchie composition, we’re glad she kept it in-house.
“We originally wrote it with someone else in mind, but realized it was the perfect fit for my album as I wanted to expand into a different sound,” Pilbeam says. “It became one of my favourite songs on the record because I’m a sucker for crying-in-the-club tracks.”
April 23, bring a hankie.
Hatchie 2019 North American Tour Dates:
April 4 – Santa Ana, CA @ La Santa *
April 5 – San Diego, CA @ The Casbah *
April 6 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent Theater *
April 9 – San Francisco, CA @ The Independent *
April 11 – Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom *
April 12 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos *
April 13 – Vancouver, BC @ Biltmore Cabaret *
April 16 – St Paul, MN @ Turf Club *
April 17 – Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon *
April 18 – Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall *
April 19 – Ann Arbor, MI @ Blind Pig *
April 20 – Toronto, ON @ Longboat Hall *
April 21 – Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Ritz *
April 23 – Boston, MA @ Royale *
April 24 – Brooklyn, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg *
April 25 – New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *
April 26 – Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts *
April 27 – Asbury Park, NJ @ Asbury Lanes *
April 28 – Washington, DC @ Black Cat *
April 30 – Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall *
May 1 – Athens, GA @ 40 Watt *
May 2 – Birmingham, AL @ Saturn *
May 3 – Baton Rouge, LA @ Spanish Moon *
May 4 – Houston, TX @ Satellite *
May 5 – San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger *
May 7 – Austin, TX @ Mohawk *
May 8 – Dallas, TX @ Club Dada *
May 9 – Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street Coop *
May 10 – Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf *
May 11 – Tucson, AZ @ 191 Toole *
* w/ Girlpool