Boston alternative-rock band Letters to Cleo has announced their first new album in seventeen years. The currently untitled album will be released September 30th through Pledge Music. The band’s infectious energy on their hit single “Here and Now” off of Aurora Gory Alice made them a staple of 90’s alternative rock. After the band broke up in 2000, its members went on to have fulfilling careers in musical production, studio recording, and touring. Speaking of this reunion, frontwoman Kay Hanley said,
“It’s a blast. I mean, we spent our formative years learning how to do this stuff together. When it was done, we went out and lived our lives and now everyone’s bringing their experiences back to this at a new level of musicianship, but writing with these guys still feels effortless.”
Hanley went on to describe that while the band’s new sound will feature the chemistry that made the band’s original hits great, they are not content with hanging back. Rather, they intend on moving forward.
“It feels completely unforced. It sounds like classic Cleo. But at the same time, there’s nothing nostalgic about it”
EP TRACK LISTING
01. Hitch a Ride
02. Back to Nebraska
03. Can’t Say
04. 4 Leaf Clover
05. Good Right Here
Letters to Cleo 2016 Tour Dates
10/20-San Fransisco, CA-The Rickshaw Stop
10/22-Los Angeles, CA-The Troubadour
11/4-Chicago, IL-The Double Door
11/17-New York, NY-Bowery Ballroom
11/19-Boston, MA-The Paradise
Younger listeners might remember Letters to Cleo from the season six finale of Parks and Recreation, where they played at the Pawnee-Eagleton Unity Concert.
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