Juliana Hatfield Releases New Music Video and More Tour Dates

In support of her soon-to-be released record, Pussycat (April 28th on American Laundromat Records), Boston-based singer-songwriter Juliana Hatfield will kick off a national tour on April 22nd in New Haven, CT.

The brand new video for the song, “Short-Fingered Man,” off the new record, can be seen here: http://www.stereogum.com/1933206/juliana-hatfield-short-fingered-man-video/video/

Juliana is looking forward to the tour and playing the new songs in front of a live audience. About her forthcoming record, she says, “I wasn’t planning on making a record,” In fact, she thought her songwriting career was on hiatus, and that she had nothing left to say in song form; that she had finally said it all after two decades as a recording artist. But then the presidential election happened. “All of these songs just started pouring out of me. And I felt an urgency to record them, to get them down, and get them out there.”

Hatfield produced and played every instrument other than drums-bass, keyboards, guitars, vocals. From start to finish-recording through mixing-the whole thing took a total of just twelve and a half days to complete.

“It was a blur. It was cathartic,” says Hatfield. “I almost don’t even understand what happened in there, or how it came together so smoothly, so quickly. I was there, directing it all, managing it, getting it all done, but I was being swept along by some force that was driving and controlling me. The songs had a will, they forced themselves on me, or out of me, and I did what they told me to do. Even my hands-it felt like they were not my hands. I played bass differently– looser, more confident, better.”

The tour kick will kick off on April 22nd in New Haven, CT and will make stops in Cambridge, MA, Philly, Virginia, NYC, Cleveland and Columbus, OH and Chicago. More dates to be announced.

Pussycat is available for pre-order on iTunes, with an instant download of the song “Wonder Why.”

Café Nine

240 State Street

New Haven, CT

$16 – advanced

$20 – day of show

21 and over

The Sinclair

52 Church Street

Cambridge, MA

$20  *  18 and over

Boot & Saddle

1131 S. Broad Street

Philadelphia, PA

$20  *  21 and over

Jammin’ Java

227 Maple Avenue

E Vienna, VA

$20  *  all ages

The Mercury Lounge

217 East Houston Street

NYC

$20  *  21 and over

Mahall’s

13200 Madison Avenue

Lakewood, Ohio

$20 – advanced

$25 – day of

All ages

Ace of Cups

2691 N. High Street

Columbus, OH

$20  *  18 and over

Lincoln Hall

2424 North Lincoln Avenue

Chicago, IL

$20  *  21 and over