The Walkmen‘s lead singer Hamilton Leithauser has mentioned the band’s reunion for the primary time.
Final month, the band introduced they have been coming again collectively for his or her first reside performances since 2014 at New York’s Webster Corridor on April 26 and 27.
Now, Leithauser has gone into some extra element concerning the reunion in an interview with Vulture, together with the query of whether or not or not there may be new music to come back from the post-punk revivalists.
“We haven’t mentioned that. I’m engaged on a lot stuff. I don’t see that occuring proper now,” he stated. “I wouldn’t be towards it sooner or later — I actually love writing with these guys. Possibly after we play collectively we’ll be curious about that, however not proper now.
“We’re not going to show into the Pixies or one thing like that. No person desires to do this. We simply needed to do what was enjoyable. We used to do that as a result of we wanted the cash, and it’s a must to get out and hold the engine working, so that you say sure to stuff you possibly shouldn’t have. Now we simply don’t must. We’re doing solely the stuff we need to do, and that’s an awesome feeling.
Leithauser additionally stated that he’s not seen any of his bandmates in particular person since deciding to reunite, so evidently, rehearsals for his or her Webster Corridor reveals haven’t but began. “The humorous half goes to be when all people refuses to rehearse, which I do know goes to occur — it’s essentially the most Walkmen factor on the earth.”
He did, nonetheless, reveal he’s engaged on a brand new solo album. “I assumed I completed it after which I stepped away to work on a documentary and I realised I wasn’t carried out,” he stated.
He additionally continued: “The factor I’m enthusiastic about is the massive loud rock and roll I assumed we did rather well, which was the stuff I additionally bought essentially the most uninterested in doing. All electrical guitars. I’ve songs like ‘A 1000 Instances’, which takes as a lot vitality as singing one thing like ‘The Rat’ nevertheless it’s deliberately acoustic.
“I don’t have that large energy instrument. To play with Paul and Matt and Walt and Pete, it turns into this wall, this drive. They’re nice musicians. We did work for a really very long time to give you that sound. It’s possible you’ll prefer it, it’s possible you’ll not prefer it, however you actually do comprehend it’s us when it comes on.”
The Walkmen teased their reunion earlier this month, sharing a video on social media that featured archival footage of them performing their signature tune, ‘The Rat’.
Bassist Peter Bauer introduced The Walkmen’s hiatus in November of 2013, with the band enjoying a farewell present in Philadelphia the next month. “Now we have no future plans in any respect,” he stated on the time. They carried out for the final time earlier than their hiatus in February 2014, with a present in New Orleans.