On A Golden Shore is out today! A damn fine record, if we may say so. A lot of love, joy, blood, sweat and tears went in to the making of this album. Thanks to everyone who helped making it happen…you know who you are. Come and see us at one of our upcoming shows.
Our new single “Sweet Light” is out today…a glorious onslaught of blissed-out electric guitars and wide-screen pedal steel.
The accompanying video was filmed at
@the_betsey
and features a cameo by our sweet deutsche friend
@henningwehn
.
A special thank you to the ever effervescent, soulful and gracious folks that are
@EdwynCollins
&
@GraceMaxwell
for making ‘Hollow Heart’ possible.
Thank You. X
Four shows down, ten to go. The tour has been amazing so far…big thanks to you, folks! 🙌
Next up is our sold out show at the Moth Club, London with indie legend Gerry Love. Make sure to get down early, it’s going to be one special night. Full tour dates below. 👇
Our new single “Sweet Light” is dropping on 7th February 2024…it’s taken form our forthcoming fifth album “On A Golden Shore”, out 8th March 2024 on Loose Music.
Pre-order the album here:
Hey folks, we’ve made a little playlist of songs we have been listening to lately for your pleasure.
Mellower than a pint of mild. Dispatches from the English country side. A song to fill the autumn air…
Hope you dig & see you soon!
📻
‘Sea of Mirrors' our new album is out now and available on multiple formats (ltd signed copies available). Accompanying album ‘Holy Joe's Coral Island Medicine Show’ is also out today (Physical copies only). Listen and order your copy now
Looking forward to our penultimate show for the year at
@railwaylive
in Winchester this Wednesday. 🙌🏽
Then onto a sold out
@thelexington
on Thursday. Thanks all. 🙏🏼
“Happiness Is A Bird” - out now!
“The first single ‘Happiness is a Bird’ sees the band continue to ride their distinct brand of cosmic Americana, this time melding Jerry Garciaesque psychedelia with the warm breeze of the Balearic islands.”
Listen here:
We’re playing London Moth Club on April 8th. Last time we were there the world seemed somewhat different. Will you join us in some solace for an evening? Ticket link in bio. 🌈
Richards old band
#theeighteenthdayofmay
so debut album will be out on vinyl for the first time on May 18th through
@CardinalFuzz
. Keep yer eyes peeled for preorders. It’s a stunner.
Here’s the full track listing of our mix for
@jamesendeacott
’s
@MorningGlorySoh
Show on
@sohoradio
yesterday. If you haven’t listened to the show yet, you can hear it on Mixcloud here: . Mix starts 1 hour 7 minute in...
‘Black Light Night’ , our second single from our forthcoming album on
@LooseMusic
is out absolutely everywhere tomorrow. Spread the word and shout from the rooftops.
Throwback to the recording of On A Golden Shore at Clashnarrow Studio in the Scottish Highlands, Spring 2023. A magical time in a magical place. Made possible thanks to the kindness and generosity of
@EdwynCollins
&
@GraceMaxwell
.
And last but not least,
@WhisperingBob
Harris Emerging Artist award. This special award celebrates the breakthrough artist, duo or group that has particularly impressed the legendary music broadcaster throughout the year. The 2023 recipient will be
@TheHangingStars
#amauk23
Thanks to everyone who’s come to shows, bought a record or supported us in any way this year. You make it all worthwhile. Here’s a pic from our amazing show
@NorwichArtCentr
the other night by
#rshashamane
see you all next year. 🙌🏽🌟🙌🏽
As the year is drawing to a close, we wanted to say a huge thank you to everyone that has come to our shows, bought our records, put on shows or put us up. It’s been quite the year…we cheered, we cried, we fist-pumped the air.
🌞 🕊 Happiness Is A Bird - our new single, out 10/10/23 on Loose Music 🌵🌞
We have also repressed a limited number of CDs of our first album “Over The Silvery Lake” - available now via Bandcamp. Link in bio.
#bandcampfriday
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#thehangingstars
#happinessisabird
Had a beautiful day doing a session for
@WhisperingBobTV
and got our Sandy Denny cup filled by the eminent
@WhisperingBob
as well. Made up. Watch this space.
“…glowing, cosmic UK Americana...a set of epic soundtracks conjuring kindred spirits Teenage Fanclub and the Velvets”. On A Golden Shore got ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ in this months
@MOJOmagazine
…make sure to pick up a copy from your local newsagents. Pre-order here:
We had fun at The Long Road Especially after introducing our anti Tory tune I Don’t Want To Feel So Bad Anymore a proud conservative member of the audience came up and tried to heckle us I asked him if he didn’t have a poor person to go and heckle instead
Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for all your support this year. We will
Come back stronger and better for you.
Here’s to hope and a brighter year.
Love & light
The Hanging Stars
PS
#fuckbrexit
Thank you folks for all your support this year. 🙏🏼
You make it all worthwhile.
And thank you to the good people of
@railwaylive
in Winchester & last nights beautiful crowd at the Lexington.
What a way to end this year. ❤️
Loads of exciting news for next year stay tuned!