The Hard Quartet Hard Quartet, The SKU: 25.00 26.00 £25.00 - £26.00 £25.00 - £26.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Matador Released Date: 4th October 2024 Buying Format: 2LP 2LP Coloured Vinyl Buying Options Choose an option2LP2LP Coloured VinylClear The Hard Quartet quantity Add to basket ReservePre Order Add to your Wishlist Description Product Info The Hard Quartet announce their eponymous debut album, out October 4th on Matador Records. Following speculation, The Hard Quartet’s existence was made official on July 30th with the band’s first single and video, ‘Earth Hater’, and an accompanying video directed by EYEDRESS. “Soon, the whole group is reflecting and laughing and offering a window into the free-wheeling process that informs their proudly leaderless new collaboration: an idea first proposed by Sweeney over the phone to Malkmus during the early days of the pandemic,” wrote GQ in a short profile piece introducing the group. “After collaborating in various permutations and running into each other frequently on the road, the idea of making music together—by nobody’s rules but their own, distinct from any industry trends or standards—felt like a no-brainer. Sweeney looks back in awe at the Hard Quartet’s first week of working together, during which they quickly amassed nearly an album’s worth of songs and settled into an identity that felt distinct from any of their previous projects. (“This is not a project—it’s a band,” Malkmus says firmly. Sweeney responds with a triumphant, guttural, “Yeeeah!”)” The Hard Quartet will play debut shows in New York, Los Angeles and London in October. The band will be touring extensively in 2025. The Hard Quartet is comprised of: Emmett Kelly, a songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist best known for his work in The Cairo Gang and The Double, as well as in the company of artists such as Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Ty Segall, Rob Mazurek, and many more. Stephen Malkmus, a songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist best known for his work with Pavement, the Jicks, Silver Jews, Straw Dogs, and eponymously. Matt Sweeney, a songwriter, guitarist, producer and vocalist best known for his work with Chavez, Superwolf, his music for Red Dead Redemption 2 and his guitar work in the company of a panoply of artists from Guided by Voices and Cat Power to Johnny Cash and Adele. Jim White, a drummer and songwriter best known for his work with Dirty Three, Xylouris White, eponymous-ly, and with such stalwarts as Guy Picciotto, Cat Power, Bill Callahan and Venom P Stinger. “Leave yourself behind and go into something where you’re actually listening to others and trying to come up with a solution to whatever kind of esoteric thing you are attempting to do in your life. You know what I mean?” — E.K. “We’re all jazzed.” — S.M. “The way Jim plays really affected the way I hear things. He has this way of making everything sound good. All of a sudden, you really pay attention to everything else that’s going on because of what Jim is doing.”— M.S. “There’s this thing where I’ll have a story in my head when I have an intention, and I can hear it in the drums. It doesn’t matter if I tell anyone—even the people I’m playing with. You don’t even have to be particularly conscious of it yourself. But if you have an intention, something happens to the sound. It’s really weird.” — J.W. Artist Hard Quartet, The Genre Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label Matador Buying Options 2LP , 2LP Coloured Vinyl Format 2LP , Coloured Vinyl Condition New Country UK Track Listings Chrome Mess Earth Hater Rio's Song Our Hometown Boy Renegade Heel Highway Killed By Death Hey It Suits You Six Deaf Rats Action For Military Boys Jacked Existence North of the Border Thug Dynasty Gripping the Riptide Share this On Facebook On Twitter Via Email More from Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo View Product Quick View Breeders, The Mountain Battles Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | 4AD | 1LP Released 15th May 2018 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Breeders, The Mountain Battles £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: 4AD SKU: CAD2803 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 15th May 2018 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Girlpool Forgiveness Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Anti | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 22nd July 2022 £20.00 - £22.00 Select options Girlpool Forgiveness £20.00 - £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Anti Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 22nd July 2022 Read More Select options View Product Quick View Foxing Foxing Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Grand Paradise | 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 13th September 2024 £26.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Foxing Foxing £26.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Grand Paradise SKU: MISC52 Formats: 2LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 13th September 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View So Pitted Neo (Loser Edition) Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Sub Pop | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 16th February 2016 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders So Pitted Neo (Loser Edition) £16.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Sub Pop SKU: SP1153X Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 16th February 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Drums, The Brutalism Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Epitaph | 1LP Released 5th April 2019 £17.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Drums, The Brutalism £17.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Epitaph SKU: 8714092764918 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 5th April 2019 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders 2023's picks View Product Quick View Chroma Ask For Angela Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Alcopop | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 20th October 2023 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Chroma Ask For Angela £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Alcopop SKU: ALCOPOP265X Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 20th October 2023 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Avail Front Porch Stories Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Fat Wreck | 1LP Released 11th August 2016 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Avail Front Porch Stories £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Fat Wreck SKU: FAT647 Formats: 1LP Released Date: 11th August 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Nearly New View Product Quick View Phantastic Ferniture Phantastic Ferniture Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Transgressive | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 17th January 2024 £10.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Phantastic Ferniture Phantastic Ferniture £10.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Transgressive SKU: nn279126 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 17th January 2024 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View NO CEREMONY/// NO CEREMONY/// Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | NOC/// | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 2nd September 2013 £19.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders NO CEREMONY/// NO CEREMONY/// £19.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: NOC/// SKU: NOC001LP Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 2nd September 2013 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Tim Armstrong A Poet’s Life Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Hellcat | 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released 31st May 2024 £25.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Tim Armstrong A Poet’s Life £25.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Hellcat SKU: 204914 Formats: 1LP, Coloured Vinyl Released Date: 31st May 2024 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders See more in Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Start again
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