The Hard Quartet are teasing their upcoming debut with new single ‘Our Hometown Boy’

The Hard Quartet have released a new single, ‘Our Hometown Boy’.

The band, comprising Emmett Kelly, Stephen Malkmus, Matt Sweeney, and Jim White, will release their debut album on 4th October via Matador Records.

“‘Our Hometown Boy’ shows why Jim White, Steve Malkmus and I are so stoked to be in a band with Emmett Kelly,” says Sweeney. “It’s, like, fucked up how good Emmett is at music.”

Kelly adds: “In ‘Our Hometown Boy,’ The Hard Quartet mythologizes the fierce inhabitants of our shared hovels and shangri-las from the vantage point of a beach famous for the undertow. A conversation about what paradise looks like peering out the window of a bar to a blizzard. Adventures in the skin trade. On the run and hitting the road. The green grass of home.”

The Hard Quartet will play their debut shows in October, with dates scheduled in Los Angeles, New York, and London. The band plan to tour extensively in 2025.

The dates in full read:

OCTOBER
10 The Belasco, Los Angeles, US
17 Webster Hall, New York, US
22 Electric Ballroom, London, UK