Hamilton Leithauser has released new party-themed love song, ‘Burn the Boats’, ahead of his March album

Hamilton Leithauser has shared new single ‘Burn The Boats’, taken from his upcoming album ‘This Side of The Island’.

The new track arrives ahead of Leithauser’s forthcoming record, which has been co-produced by Aaron Dessner of The National alongside Leithauser and his wife Anna Stumpf.

Speaking about the new single, Leithauser explains: “I finished this song in the spring of 2024, and then in the summer my friend sent me a link to a Joe Rogan event called ‘Burn the Boats’. At first I thought, ‘Oh fuck. Aw shit. Oh fuck this shit!!’, but then I listened to Joe Rogan’s podcast for the first time, and I learned that he has absolutely no idea what he is talking about and I don’t care about his nonsense.

“My song is about being at a party, falling in love with someone, and deciding you want nothing more than to go home with them. At the same time, the party’s now kinda boring, and you’d really like to speed up the process. ‘I wanna go home!’ Who can’t relate to that? I wrote a backup line for my friend Lachrisha, which was definitely inspired by Funkadelic, and the guitar playing was definitely inspired by David Bowie’s ‘Low’.”

The album was completed at Dessner’s Long Pond Studio in spring 2024, following initial recording at Leithauser’s home studio in New York, The Struggle Hut.

His dates in full read:

FEBRUARY
10 Largo at the Coronet, Los Angeles, USA
11 Largo at the Coronet, Los Angeles, USA
12 Largo at the Coronet, Los Angeles, USA
17 EartH, London, UK
25 The Drake Hotel, Toronto, Canada
26 The Drake Hotel, Toronto, Canada
28 Old Town School of Folk Music – Maurer Hall, Chicago, USA

MARCH
1 Old Town School of Folk Music – Maurer Hall, Chicago, USA
6 Cafe Carlyle, New York, USA
7 Cafe Carlyle, New York, USA
8 Cafe Carlyle, New York, USA
12 Cafe Carlyle, New York, USA
13 Cafe Carlyle, New York, USA
14 Cafe Carlyle, New York, USA
15 Cafe Carlyle, New York, USA
19 Cafe Carlyle, New York, USA
20 Cafe Carlyle, New York, USA
21 Cafe Carlyle, New York, USA
22 Cafe Carlyle, New York, USA
26 Cafe Carlyle, New York, USA
27 Cafe Carlyle, New York, USA
28 Cafe Carlyle, New York, USA
29 Cafe Carlyle, New York, USA

JULY
18 Minnesota Yacht Club Festival, St. Paul, USA