If you need music that hugs back, here’s your prescription: Freelance Whales. This lush Queens, New York 5-piece has walked out of a collection of surreal ghost-stories and atop the busy streets. Their ethereal precious-pop goes down like a soul-warming cup of tea and melts in the mouth like bittersweet dark chocolate for something cosmically Zen.

Since your favorite band doesn’t incorporate glockenspiels or waterphones in their music, your new favorite band does. With intimately interlocking vocal harmonies and gently blossoming refrains, their tunes invite you into your audio first-kiss. Their debut album Weathervanes drops April 13th on Frenchkiss/ Mom + Pop Records, and is unequivocally worth checking out.

In support of their album, the band rocks the road this spring with Cymbals Eat Guitars and Bear in Heaven.

US Tour Dates

3/25 – Bottom Of The Hill – San Francisco, CA
3/28 – Crocodile Café – Seattle, WA
3/29 – The Biltmore Cabaret – Vancouver, BC
3/31 – Kilby Court – Salt Lake City, UT
4/1 – Hi Dive – Denver, CO
4/2 – Replay Lounge – Lawrence, KS
4/3 – Turf Club – St. Paul, MN
4/4 – Schuba’s – Chicago, IL
4/6 – El Mocambo Club – Toronto, ON
4/7 – Il Motore – Montreal, QB
4/8 – The Middle East – Boston, MA

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