New York’s Hard Girls have premiered a new song, “Guadalupe on The Banks of the Styx.” The song has a minute of build before exploding with a unison of voices, guitars and slapping drums. The song is from a to be released album that will see the light of day in 2017. For now, let Hard Girls’ anthemic new song hold over the waiting period, or catch the band on tour with Jeff Rosenstock this fall.
“San Jose, our hometown, used to be a city where the poor and middleclass found prosperity together. Historically it’s a very multicultural city, with a long history of programs for betterment of the poor. But in the Web 2.0 era it has become almost exclusively a city for the 1%. Real estate prices have spiked enormously in a very short period of time. As a direct result of the changing economic environment, San Jose cultivated the largest homeless camp in the country, known as “The Jungle.” In recent years, the city broke up The Jungle, forcing thousands of people who had finally found somewhere to stay to be scattered throughout the streets. “Guadalupe on the Banks of the Styx” is a song about a place that was once beautiful—where anyone could find peace for just the cost of crossing the river—but has, in our lifetime, become a place of lost and wandering souls.”
Tour Dates (w/ Jeff Rosenstock):
Oct 14 Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo
Oct 24 Richmond, VA @ Strange Matter
Oct 25 Durham, NC @ Duke Coffee House
Oct 26 Athens, GA @ Georgia Theater
Oct 27 Tallahassee, FL @ Club Down Under
Oct 28 – 29 Gainesville, FL @ The Fest
Nov 1 Houston, TX @ Walter’s
Nov 2 Austin, TX @ Mohawk (indoor)
Nov 3 Dallas, TX @ Club Dada
Nov 5 St. Louis, MO @ Firebird
Nov 6 Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
Nov 7 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry
Nov 9 Madison, WI @ University of Wisconsin Madison – The Set
Nov 10 Detroit, MI @ El Club
Nov 11 Cleveland, OH @ The Grog Shop
Nov 12 Ithaca, NY @ Martha Hamblin Hall
Nov 14 Providence, RI AS220
Nov 15 Boston, MA @ The Sinclair
Nov 16 Philadelphia, PA @ Philamoca
Nov 17 Washington, DC @ DC9
Nov 18 New York, NY @ Market Hotel
