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After a SXSW that resulted in national coverage on NBC Rock Center, Fuse News, and Rolling Stone, a US tour with Alabama Shakes, as well as three sold-out headline London shows earlier this year, Houndmouth have confirmed the release of their anticipated debut album, ‘From The Hills Below The City’ on Rough Trade.

Houndmouth are comprised of four musicians from New Albany, IN, across the river from Louisville (hence ‘From The Hills Below The City’) - Matt Myers (guitar / vocals), Katie Toupin (keyboard / vocals), Zak Appleby (bass / vocals) and Shane Cody (drums / vocals) spent the past year building a passionate following in their hometown and touring with Alabama Shakes, The Lumineers, Grace Potter, and Drive-By Truckers.

“Houndmouth is a great young band,” testifies Patterson Hood of the Truckers. “They ‘brought it’ each and every night. They were extremely popular with our fanbase and our band. I look forward to hearing what they do next.”

The 12 original songs on ‘From The Hills Below The City’ are packed with tales of down-on-their-luck drug runners, casinos, riverboats, recession-era scraping, and more.

All members of Houndmouth sing, “leading with individual character and harmonizing in saloon-choir empathy,” writes Rolling Stone’s David Fricke, and their songs have a looselimbed swing, anchored by a sturdy rhythm and a cagey melodic sensibility.