LISTEN / SHARE “HARD TO SAY GOODNIGHT” HERE
BUY / STREAM “HARD TO SAY GOODNIGHT” HERE
NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES WITH THE OPHELIAS BEGIN OCTOBER 15
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Today, Living Hour and The Ophelias are sharing the new single, “Hard To Say Goodnight”. The song marks the first collaboration between Living Hour and The Ophelias who met at SXSW 2023 and quickly became friends and fans of each other's music. The song paves the way for both bands to head out on tour together through the midwest USA this month.
"Hard to Say Goodnight" is a retro inspired love song which mixes sensibilities from indie-folk, hollowed out dream pop, and lo-fi country. With swirling strings, vocal layers and harmonies, and druggy distorted keyboard the song floats in a heavenly beauty while repeating catchy vocal hooks throughout. The flutes and violin introduce a triumphant element to the song and the mixing by Rick Spataro (Florist) adds a diy art-pop texture to the production.
LISTEN / SHARE “HARD TO SAY GOODNIGHT” HERE
BUY / STREAM “HARD TO SAY GOODNIGHT” HERE
MORE ABOUT LIVING HOUR
Living Hour is an indie rock band from Winnipeg, MB. Their sound is distinguished by lead singer Sam Sarty's emotive vocals, a dreamy sonic palette, and creative instrumental melodies.
Living Hour sound grows to warm and earthy new perimeters on their latest album Someday Is Today with lush and generous instrumentation. The songs on Someday Is Today feel bound by something bigger than themselves; an energy that flourished in spite of it all, a human connection that grips just strongly enough even when pushed to its frayed, unreachable extremes.
MORE ABOUT THE OPHELIAS
The Ophelias are a band inspired by nostalgia, nature, the Midwest, horror movies, and the moon. They formed in Cincinnati, Ohio in 2015 when Spencer Peppet (she/her) was a senior in high school. She recruited Mic Adams (he/him) on drums and Andrea Gutmann Fuentes (she/her) on violin, and Jo Shaffer (they/she) joined on bass a few years later. They released their first album Creature Native in 2015, recorded in a friend’s living room. They signed to Joyful Noise Recordings for their next albums: 2018’s Almost and 2021’s Crocus, which both received praise from The New York Times, Pitchfork, Stereogum, and other major outlets. In that time they collaborated with Julien Baker, played with bands like Indigo de Souza, Hand Habits, Mannequin Pussy, and comedian Cat Cohen, and played festivals like SXSW, Treefort, and Nelsonville. The Ophelias are a joyfully queer band with predominantly queer and trans members, and they take pride both in their identities and vocally supporting queer & trans rights.
LIVING HOUR + THE OPHELIAS TOUR DATES
Oct 15 - Fargo, ND - The Aquarium &
Oct 17 - Milwaukee, WI - Cactus Club &
Oct 18 - Madison, WI - Communication &
Oct 19 - Chicago, IL - Color Club &
Oct 20 - Indianapolis, IN - Healer &
Oct 21 - Pittsburgh, PA - Mr. Roboto Project &
Oct 22 - Detroit, MI - Lager House &
Oct 23 - Cincinnati, OH - Motr Pub &
Oct 25 - Minneapolis, MN - Green Room &
Dec 9 - Winnipeg, MB - The Good Will
& with The Ophelias
PRAISE FOR LIVING HOUR
“Living Hour offer a soundtrack to malaise that feels both timeless and timely.” - Pitchfork
“Someday is Today is a beautiful meditation.” - Winnipeg Free Press
“Hazy, widescreen pop with emotive smoky vocals” – Brooklyn Vegan
“Luxuriating in languid textures—and balancing stormy swells with long stretches of gossamer softness — Someday Is Today is ideal for gentle swaying and sunbeam dozing.” - Exclaim!
“Winnipeg rockers Living Hour dream big with grandiose, all-encompassing shoegaze that stretches to the ends of the earth...With gauzy guitar hooks and wide-open, drifting vocals, Living Hour wear their heart on their sleeve. It is equal parts scuzzy noise and charming dream-pop.” – Stereogum
“Living Hour have captured the rawness of their surroundings and committed it to wax, forging an album of delicate human connection and melancholic vulnerability.” - Northern Transmissions