Algernon Cadwallader reveal 'Trying Not to Have a Thought', their first album since 2011, along with lead single “Hawk”
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Algernon Cadwallader reveal 'Trying Not to Have a Thought', their first album since 2011, along with lead single “Hawk”

Algernon Cadwallader are back! The legacy emo outfit have announced their first album since 2011’s Parrot Flies, with Trying Not to Have a Thought out September 12 via Saddle Creek. Alongside the album news, the band have also shared its lead single and video, “Hawk,” as well as a fall tour announcement.

Listen to "Hawk" below:

The new LP features original members singer-bassist Peter Helmis, guitarists Joe Reinhart and Colin Mahony, and drummer Nick Tazza. The band will also be headed out on an extensive tour, beginning in November in Portland, OR and ending in December in Cambridge, MA.

Trying Not to Have a Thought is out September 12th. Preorder here. Full tracklist:

  1. Hawk
  2. Shameless Faces (even the guy who made the thing was a piece of shit)
  3. What's Mine
  4. noitanitsarcorP
  5. Koyaanisqatsi
  6. Trying Not To Have A Thought
  7. You've Always Been Here
  8. Revelation 420
  9. Million Dollars
  10. Attn MOVE
  11. World Of Difference

Tour Dates:

11/06 Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
11/07 Vancouver, BC @ Rickshaw Theatre
11/08 Seattle, WA @ Substation
11/10 San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
11/11 West Hollywood, CA @ The Roxy Theatre
11/13 Anaheim, CA @ Chain Reaction
11/14 Mesa, AZ @ The Rosetta Room
11/15 Santa Fe, NM @ Tumbleroot Distillery
11/16 Denver, CO @ Marquis Theater
11/17 Wichita, KS @ Wave
11/20 Austin, TX @ 29th St Ballroom
11/21 Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves
11/22 Oklahoma City, OK @ Resonant Head
11/24 Omaha, NE @ Slowdown
11/25 Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St Entry
11/26 Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall
11/28 Ferndale, MI @ The Loving Touch
11/29 Toronto, ON @ Hard Luck
11/30 Montreal, QC @ Bar “Le Ritz” PDB
12/01 South Burlington, VT @ Higher Ground
12/02 Portland, ME @ Space Gallery
12/04 New York, NY @ Racket NYC
12/05 Allentown, PA @ Arrow at Archer Music Hall
12/06 Columbus, OH @ Ace of Cups
12/07 Nashville, TN @ Drkmttr
12/08 Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5
12/09 Gainesville, FL @ Heartwood Soundstage
12/11 Durham, NC @ Motorco Music Hall
12/12 Washington, DC @ The Atlantis
12/13 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer
12/14 Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom
12/15 Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair


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