THE JULIANA HATFIELD THREE REUNITE FOR LONG-AWAITED SOPHOMORE RELEASE “WHATEVER, MY LOVE”
AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 17TH ON AMERICAN LAUNDROMAT RECORDS
BOSTON, MA – The Juliana Hatfield Three has reformed with the original lineup of Todd Philips (drums), Dean Fisher (bass), and Juliana Hatfield (guitar, vocals, keyboards, percussion) to release their sophomore album Whatever, My Love available February 17th on American Laundromat Records.
Recorded at Nuthouse Recording in Hoboken, NJ and co-produced by Hatfield and Tom Beaujour (Nada Surf, Guided By Voices, Minor Alps), the twelve songs on Whatever, My Love are gorgeous and punk, sleazy and sweet, unsentimental and funny. Hatfield, humble as always, acknowledges that, “We haven’t totally reinvented the wheel or anything” with this new album and that the recordings exhibit “stuff I am sort of known for, I guess”: a guitar-centric melodicism and lyrical examinations of emotional confusion. “But I am a lot more confident now than I was then with the first album…”
Whatever, My Love comes 21 years after the trio’s Become What You Are debuted on Atlantic Records. The 1993 album was an influential force of uncompromising, original guitar pop/rock and secured a permanent place in alternative rock history with the radio hits “My Sister” and “Spin The Bottle.”
With their new album, The Juliana Hatfield Three has in a sense responded to its former directive to “become what you are” by making an album that is exactly what it wants to be, identifiable in its acceptance—and celebration–of the eternally unknowable and unsolvable. The music is fresh and inspired; fully present and alive.
In the years since Become What You Are, Juliana Hatfield’s musical output has never slackened; on various major and independent labels, she has released an average of one album a year, solo and with other projects (Some Girls, Blake Babies, Minor Alps). Todd Philips has had a successful career in the film industry in L.A. and has also recently been touring as the drummer for the Lemonheads. Dean Fisher has been playing music in the Boston area, most notably with Tanya Donelly, and Dylan in the Movies.
Whatever, My Love is available for pre-order at American Laundromat Records (ALR-Music.com).
Photo Credits: Johnny Anguish/Daykamp Music
The Juliana Hatfield Three will be on tour in the U.S. in February and March. Confirmed tour dates as follows:
Feb 26 Portland, ME Port City Music Hall
Feb 27 Boston, MA The Sinclair
Mar 01 New York, NY The Bowery Ballroom
Mar 03 Philadelphia, PA Boot & Saddle
Mar 04 Washington, DC Black Cat
Mar 06 Cleveland, OH Music Box Supper Club
Mar 07 Chicago, IL Lincoln Hall
Mar 08 St. Paul, MN Turf Club
Mar 11 Seattle, WA Tractor Tavern
Mar 12 Portland, OR Doug Fir Lounge
Mar 14 Napa, CA City Winery Napa
Ma r15 San Francisco, CA The Chapel
Mar 16 Los Angeles, CA The Roxy Theatre
Tracklist:
1. Invisible
2. Now That I Have Found You
3. Ordinary Guy
4. If Only We Were Dogs
5. I’m Shy
6. Dog On A Chain
7. If I Could
8. Push Pin
9. Blame The Stylist
10. I Don’t Know What To Do With My Hands
11. Wood
12. Parking Lots
Recent Press Links:
Consequence of Sound: 12/11 posted news and song stream
Pitchfork: 12/11 posted news and streamed song
Rolling Stone.com: posted song and news 12/11
Mxdwn.com: 12/12 posted news and song stream
http://www.mxdwn.com/2014/12/12/news/listen-the-juliana-hatfield-three-release-new-song-if-i-could/
Exclaim!: 12/12 posted news and song stream
http://exclaim.ca/News/juliana_hatfield_three_return_with_first_new_album_since_1993
Stereogum: 12/12 posted news and song stream
http://www.stereogum.com/1724394/the-juliana-hatfield-three-if-i-could/mp3s/
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