View basket “Ignition” has been added to your basket. 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 On Sale View Product Quick View Twisted Utopia Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Specialist Subject | 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 17th January 2015 £6.99 £14.00 Add to basket Reserve View Reservations Twisted Utopia £6.99 £14.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Specialist Subject SKU: SPS031 Formats: 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 17th January 2015 Reserve View Reservations Read More Add to basket View Product Quick View Hinds Leave Me Alone Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Lucky Number | 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released 8th January 2016 £22.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Hinds Leave Me Alone £22.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Lucky Number SKU: LUCKY92LP Formats: 180g, 1LP, Includes Download Code Released Date: 8th January 2016 Read More Back Order View Pre/Back Orders View Product Quick View Super Unison Auto Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo | Deathwish Inc. | 1LP Released 14th October 2016 £16.00 Back Order View Pre/Back Orders Super Unison Auto £16.00 Genre: Alternative Rock / Punk Rock / Emo Label: Deathwish Inc. 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