Boston’s Horse Jumper of Love Announce UK/EU Sep/Oct 2023 Headline Tour Dates
Boston’s Horse Jumper of Love Announce UK/EU Sep/Oct 2023 Headline Tour Dates
Tickets on sale 19th May 2023 - https://linktr.ee/horsejumperoflove
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New Mini-Album Heartbreak Rules Released 19th May 2023 via Run For Cover Records
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US Dates w/ LSD And The Search For God + Panchiko
Boston, MA trio Horse Jumper of Love are pleased to announce a run of Sep/Oct 2023 UK and EU headline tour dates for later this year, with tickets on sale Friday 19th May (see below for full listings).
The band have also revealed a video for new single ‘Singing By The Sink’, the latest track to be taken from their forthcoming new mini album Heartbreak Rules set for release on 19th May 2023 via Run For Cover Records.
In 2022 Horse Jumper of Love released their third full-length, Natural Part, drawing acclaim from longtime fans and the likes of Pitchfork, Stereogum, The FADER, Paste, BrooklynVegan, FLOOD, and many more. Now, less than a year later, the band are back with an unexpected new release, Heartbreak Rules.
The upcoming mini-album collects eight completely new songs, two reimagined tracks from Natural Part, and a cover of The Smashing Pumpkins' ‘Luna’, and marks a sonic shift for Horse Jumper of Love. Heartbreak Rules redefines Horse Jumper of Love with sparse and intimate recordings that highlight the beautiful songwriting at the core of their music.
Lead single and title track ‘Heartbreak Rules’ introduced this different side of Horse Jumper of Love, and now ‘Singing by The Sink’ offers another window into the album's world. With a lush atmosphere and a gentle drum beat, the song wraps around the listener like a welcoming cloud.
Vocalist/guitarist Dimitri Giannopoulos said of the new single: "I was inspired by my grandmother singing old Greek folk songs in her kitchen. Singing by the sink represents a comfort and simplicity in life to me. It means happiness. The song was meant as an answer to an insatiable pursuit for meaning in the world beyond comfort. The scenes in the song take place outside the kitchen window as she is singing. All separate little worlds going on at the same time."
Heartbreak Rules was written and recorded solely by Giannopoulos, but it is undeniably a Horse Jumper of Love release. “When I started writing, I didn’t really know what it would be,” he explains. “I went into it with no intentions.”
Recorded with a bare bones setup in the Catskills with longtime band collaborator, Bradford Kreeger, the mini-album is full of hushed and unvarnished recordings that allow Giannopolous' voice and lyrics to shine. “As I play music more, I just want to play quieter,” he says. “We’re rehearsing these songs as a full band now and we’re not blasting our amps like we used to–it feels really good. I think it has to do with our confidence level at this point. I used to play loud because I wasn’t confident in my vocal delivery or my lyrics, and now I want to showcase those things.”
Horse Jumper of Love will be hitting the road again this May, heading out on a US run with LSD and the Search For God and Panchiko.
Heartbreak Rules is released 19th May 2023 via Run For Cover Records
UK/EU Tour Dates:
Sept 19 - Hare and Hounds - Birmingham UK
Sept 20 - Bunkhouse - Swansea, UK
Sept 21 - Bodega - Nottingham, UK
Sept 22 - Kazimier - Liverpool, UK
Sept 23 - Workman’s Club - Dublin, IE
Sept 25 - The Hug & Pint - Glasgow
Sept 26 - YES - Manchester, UK
Sept 27 - Rough Trade - Bristol, UK
Sept 28 - Oslo - London, UK
Sept 30 - L’International - Paris, FR
Oct 1 - Botanique - Brussels, BE
Oct 2 - Nochtwache - Hamburg, DE
Oct 4 - Badehaus - Berlin, DE
Oct 5 - V11 - Rotterdam, NL
Tickets on sale 19th May 2023 - https://linktr.ee/horsejumperoflove
Heartbreak Rules album tracklist:
1. A Tune Drifts Out The Window
2. Heartbreak Rules
3. Snake Eyes
4. Spirit of The Guitar
5. Queenie's Necklace
6. Act of No Substance
7. Pendulum
8. Singing By The Sink
9. I Poured Sugar In Your Shoes (Last Night Version)
10. Chariots (Acoustic)
11. Luna (Smashing Pumpkins)
Horse Jumper of Love online:
https://horsejumperoflove.com/
https://www.instagram.com/horsejumperoflove/
https://www.facebook.com/horsejumperoflove/
https://www.twitter.com/horsejol
https://horsejumperoflove.bandcamp.com/
Official biography:
2022 saw the release of Horse Jumper of Love’s latest full-length, Natural Part, and now less than a year later, the band are back with an unexpected new release. Heartbreak Rules is a mini-album of sorts: a collection of eight completely fresh songs, two reimagined versions of standout tracks from Natural Part, and a cover of The Smashing Pumpkins classic, “Luna.” But the most striking thing about Heartbreak Rules is the volume–or more specifically, the lack of it. This is a sparse, intimate version of Horse Jumper of Love, one that forgoes the waves of fuzz and feedback, and instead highlights the indelible songwriting at the core of their music.
Heartbreak Rules was written and recorded solely by vocalist/guitarist Dimitri Giannopoulos, but it is undeniably a Horse Jumper of Love release. “When I started writing, I didn’t really know what it would be,” he explains. “I went into it with no intentions.” Seeking a creative outlet during the pandemic, Giannopoulos decamped to the Catskills with engineer and longtime band collaborator, Bradford Kreeger, and the pair spent five days casually recording what would become Heartbreak Rules. “It was really fun, we were drinking heavily and grilling steaks,” Giannopoulos laughs, adding, “We only brought the bare minimum stuff: a practice amp, a midi keyboard, a very spare drum kit. The low key vibe just made the songs sound great to me because I knew I was in a good headspace.”
That laidback and peaceful feeling comes through in Heartbreak Rules’ hushed and unvarnished recordings, making the expert songcraft shine through even more. “As I play music more, I just want to play quieter,” Giannopoulos says. “We’re rehearsing these songs as a full band now and we’re not blasting our amps like we used to–it feels really good. I think it has to do with our confidence level at this point. I used to play loud because I wasn’t confident in my vocal delivery or my lyrics, and now I want to showcase those things.”
The eight new songs on Heartbreak Rules accomplish just that, with the minimal arrangements and earworm melodies of the title track, “A Tune Drifts Out The Window,” or “Snake Eyes” metamorphosing Giannopoulos into an otherworldly acoustic balladeer. Elsewhere, “Queenie’s Necklace” and “Pendulum” still manage to incorporate the elements of dissonance and tension that are essential to Horse Jumper of Love’s sound, now only made more effective by the sense of space and distance within the recordings. Giannopoulos provides his surrealist musings on family, friendship, vices, and the unpredictability of life–his voice and lyrics confidently upfront in the mix as he paints pictures with words just as vivid as the melodies that carry them.
Heartbreak Rules ends with the hazy cover of “Luna,” an early Horse Jumper of Love recording from nearly ten years ago. Unearthed from Giannopoulos’ collection of old Tascam tapes, the track is gauzy and relaxed, but also a fitting line between the band’s past and their future. “Recording these new songs sort of reminded me of how I used to do things. It was like a callback to how fun that looseness could be. These songs really just feel like they’re for me because they weren’t written with the studio or playing live in mind. There was no pressure around them.” Luckily these songs aren’t just for Giannopoulos, they’re the essential next step for Horse Jumper of Love and we all get to follow their Heartbreak Rules.
