Athens-based emo-folk duo hey, nothing have announced their debut album, Hound. Spanning 11 tracks, the LP is due out August 21st via Music Soup/Interscope Records. Update, June 11th: hey, nothing have also announced a five-week North American tour. Dates are below, and tickets are available as of Thursday, June 18th at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.
A press release calls Hound the “proper introduction to everything hey, nothing have gone through and everything they want to become.” The duo – Tyler Mabry and Harlow Phillips – have spent much of the last six years together, touring and performing at major fests like Bonnaroo on the back of viral singles like “i haunt ur dreams.” But all that success left “little room to breathe, to process all the highs and lows of what each had seen.”
Rather than break up as they almost nearly did, hey, nothing instead used the recording for Hound to “rediscover their friendship and their love for making music. The end result, the pair added in a statement, is “the first time we wrote with a cohesive vision, with songs glued together to tell a whole story. It’s more us than anything we’ve released.”
Our first listen to Hound comes with the album closer “Arteries.” It’s said to be the song that best captures their growing pains, as the duo question their friendship and sense of accomplishments if they had actually broken up. Ultimately, though, “Arteries” is “the sound of emotions hey, nothing had rarely let themselves feel in the past: hope, resolve, resilience.” Watch the accompanying music video below.
Added hey, nothing, “The ‘Arteries’ music video represents our forever growing (and glowing) friendship and commitment towards one another. We wanted to visualize that we’d be strung together in every universe. Even if that universe is a generationally ambiguous fever dream with robbers and seizures and basketball.”
Pre-orders for Hound are available now.
In addition to “i haunt ur dreams,” hey, nothing have released a series of EP/similar projects: 2023’s We’re Starting to Look Like Each Other; 2024’s Maine; and 2025’s concept record 33°. They’ve also opened up for Cage The Elephant and performed at other big-name fests like Lollapalooza, Austin City Limits, and Hinterland.
Hound Album Artwork:
Hound Tracklist:
01. Hound
02. Black Bear
03. Boat Garage
04. Long Time Leaver (feat. Bea Porges)
05. Beluga Whale (Call Again)
06. Drywall
07. Walk Forever
08. Seeing You
09. Drink your honey
10. When the Rain Comes
11. Arteries
hey, nothing 2026 Tour Dates:
06/19 – Missoula, MT @ Zootown
09/22 – Asheville, NC @ Eulogy
09/24 – Louisville, KY @ Bourbon & Beyond Festival
09/26 – Dallas, TX @ Echo Lounge & Music Hall
09/27 – Austin, TX @ Scoot Inn
09/29 – Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
10/01 – Los Angeles, CA @ El Rey
10/02 – San Francisco, CA @ August Hall
10/04 – Portland, OR @ Hawthorne Theatre
10/06 – Vancouver, BC @ Hollywood Theatre
10/07 – Seattle, WA @ Neumos
10/09 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Soundwell
10/11 – Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre
10/13 – Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater
10/14 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave
10/16 – Chicago, IL @ Bottom Lounge
10/17 – Detroit, MI @ Saint Andrews Hall
10/18 – Toronto, ON @ Opera House
10/20 – Montreal, QC @ Le Studio TD
10/21 – Boston, MA @ Paradise Rock Club
10/23 – New York, NY @ Irving Plaza
10/24 – Philadelphia, PA @ Theatre of Living Arts
10/26 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club
10/27 – Charlotte, NC @ Amos’ Southend
10/30 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse
11/10 – Dublin, IE @ Whelan’s
11/12 – Glasgow, UK @ St. Luke’s
11/13 – Edinburgh, UK @ Cabaret Voltaire
11/15 – Leeds, UK @ The Key Club
11/16 – Manchester, UK @ Deaf Institute
11/17 – London, UK @ The Garage
11/19 – Bristol, UK @ Strange Brew
11/21 – Amsterdam, NL @ Tolhuistuin
11/22 – Paris, FR @ Boule Noire
11/24 – Berlin, DE @ Modus
11/25 – Cologne, DE @ Artheater
