Indie Rock band Hot Freaks has released their new album Hot Freaks Forever. In support of the new music the band also announced new tour dates as support to The Happy Fits and Windser.
Minneapolis five piece Hot Freaks resurfaced nearly a decade after disbanding when their ten year old single, Puppy Princess, finally found an audience on TikTok and went from obscurity to adulation.
At the time the five Freaks, including frontman Leo Vondracek, guitarist Darin Dahlmeier, bassist Sarah Darnall, drummer Cody Brown, and keyboardist Celeste Heule, were already pondering a reunion show, but this led to a full fledged tour alongside Pop-Rock band The Rare Occasions.
The band have now prepped a forthcoming tour with The Happy Fits with “fresh jams” uncovered from ancient times circa 2013, and new compositions from the present day. The album Hot Freaks Forever features 10 new tracks of unreleased early works along with new music combining dancy Disco Pop with harmonic elements.
While some of the tracks on the album explore a “simplistic and childlike notion of love and intimacy”, the song “Together Above” is more one-sided. Vondracek describes this speaker as “a salesman pitching himself as the perfect partner.”
Tour Dates
September 19 – Harrisburg, PA – HMAC
September 20 – Albany, NY – Empire Live
September 22 – Portland, ME – State Theatre
September 23 – Providence, RI – Fete Music Hall
September 24 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
September 26 – Virginia Beach, VA – Elevation 27
September 27 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
September 29 – Athens, GA – Georgia Theatre
September 30 – Columbus, SC- The Senate
October 1 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn
October 3 – Oklahoma City, OK – Beer City Music Hall
October 4 – San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger
October 6 – Tucson, AZ – 191 Toole
October 7 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory
October 8 – Ventura, CA – Ventura Music Hall
October 10 – Santa Cruz, CA – The Catalyst
October 11 – Sacramento, CA – Goldfield Trading Post
October 13 – Salt Lake City, UT – The Union
October 14 – Boulder, CO – Fox Theatre
October 15 – Lawrence, KS – The Granada
October 17 – Bloomington, IL – Castle Theatre
October 18 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave II
October 20 – Cincinnati, OH – Bogarts
October 21 – Lansing, MI – Hall 224
October 22 – Cleveland, OH – House of Blues
October 24 – Charlottesville, VA – Jefferson Theater
October 28 – Montclair, NJ – The Wellmont Theatre
