Hurricane Bells Announces May Headlining Tour, 'Tonight Is The Ghost' In Stores April 12th

Brooklyn, NY’s Hurricane Bells will embark on their first U.S. headlining tour this May. The three-week run will take the band from The Echo in Los Angeles, CA, on May 7th and across the country to a hometown headlining show at the Mercury Lounge in New York, NY, on May 22nd. The band recently returned home from SXSW and heads out next week in support of Blue October as an acoustic duo (of band architect Steve Schiltz and Ashen Keilyn, also of Scout).

Hurricane Bells’ debut album, Tonight Is The Ghost, is also now set for an April 12th physical release date on Vagrant (available digitally now). The band was recently featured as one of Alternative Press‘ ‘”100 Bands You Need To Know In 2010,” and the magazine’s website also premiered the video for album track “This Is A Test” earlier this month (see below). The video for album b-side “Monsters,” which was featured on the The Twilight Saga: New Moon soundtrack, premiered on AOL Music’s Spinner blog last month.

Hurricane Bells tour dates:
APR. 7 ATLANTA, GA CENTER STAGE*
APR. 8 RICHMOND, VA HAT FACTORY*
APR. 9 PHILADELPHIA, PA TLA*
APR. 10 NEW YORK, NY WEBSTER HALL*
APR. 11 WASHINGTON, DC 9:30 CLUB*
APR. 16 ROCHESTER, NY WATER STREET*
APR. 17 COLUMBUS, OH LC PAVILION*
APR. 18 CLEVELAND, OH HOUSE OF BLUES*
APR. 20 CHICAGO, IL HOUSE OF BLUES*
APR. 21 ST. LOUIS, MO PAGEANT*
APR. 23 OMAHA, NE SOKOL HALL*
APR. 24 DENVER, CO GOTHIC THEATER*
APR. 27 LUBBOCK, TX LONESTAR EC PAVILION*
APR. 28 ODESSA, TX DOS AMIGOS*
APR. 29 TULSA, OK CAIN’S*
APR. 30 DALLAS, TX HOUSE OF BLUES*
MAY 7 LOS ANGELES, CA THE ECHO
MAY 8 SAN FRANCISCO, CA HOTEL UTAH
MAY 9 PORTLAND, OR DOUG FIR LOUNGE
MAY 10 SEATTLE, WA THE VERA PROJECT
MAY 13 MINNEAPOLIS, MN TURF CLUB
MAY 14 CHICAGO, IL SUBTERRANEAN
MAY 15 MILWAUKEE, WI CACTUS CLUB
MAY 18 DETROIT, MI MAJESTIC CAFÉ
MAY 19 TORONTO, ON EL MOCAMBO
MAY 20 BUFFALO, NY MOHAWK
MAY 21 BOSTON, MA TT THE BEAR’S
MAY 22 NEW YORK, NY MERCURY LOUNGE
* with Blue October