Hounds & Harlots

BIG NEWS!!!! Our 12 song debut LP “The Good Fight” will be released June 2012 on 3 GREAT labels! Black Hole Records, Skinflint Music & Contra Records. We will have more news and exclusives coming, so STAY TUNED!!!

We have 3 Northwest shows booked… more to come!

Fri Feb 24
w/ Shock Troops and The Israelites
at Ash St Saloon, 225 SW Ash St, Portland, OR
21+ / $6 / 9pm

Sat Feb 25
w/ NOi!SE, Bigfoot Accelerator, Back alley Trash
at 2 Bit Saloon, 4818 17th Ave NW, Seattle, WA
21+ / $tba / 8pm

Sun Feb 26
w/ NOi!SE, Crooks to Kings
at The Redroom, 2313 Tacoma Ave. S, Tacoma, WA
$7 / 6:30pm

Heading down to Southern California Oct 15 and 16. Details in shows section!

BIG NEWS! After over a year of searching, we are very excited to announce the newest member of Hounds & Harlots Mr. Trevor Amador!!! He will be taking on the 2nd guitar duty and singing his butt off with all of you! Please help us welcome him to the family!!!

Sat. May 5th
w/ Trouble Maker, Harrington Saints (CD Release Party), and The Satisfactions
9pm / 21+ / $7

John Patricks
1813 Park St
Alameda

Fri. May 25th
w/ The BELTONES and Those Unknown
9pm / 21+ / $10

The Uptown
1928 Telegraph Ave.
Oakland

Oakland at Eli’s and SF at Milk Bar, Details in shows section!

This May 2011 we will be entering Sharkbite Studios with producer Chris Arredondo (Drummer for The Briggs) and engineer Ryan Massey (American Steel / Communiqué) to record their Debut LP. More details to come…..

2/26 Lucky 13 Apparel Party in Fullerton & 2/27 Civet CD Release in Long Beach. Check Show page for details

San Francisco’s Hounds & Harlots is a pop punk band in the vein of bands that aren’t strictly speaking pop punk bands.  Rather, they’re pop punk in the way that hook laden gruff acts like Cobra Skulls or The Loves Ones are sometimes labeled, all the while maintaining all the grit and grime of something signed with No Idea Records (e.g. Gatorface).  Now I might be throwing out some pretty reputable names, but their debut EP, a trio of songs titled Are You With Us, is remarkably strong and will likely earn them a place alongside these soon to be peers.

Actually, Hounds & Harlots reminds me of a couple of other solid debuts I’ve become acquainted with recently, those being from The Holy Mess and Campaign.  Like each of the aforementioned bands, Hounds & Harlots commands a solid chemistry making their tracks both easy to listen to and astoundingly memorable.  You know that seldom-used repeat button on your iPod?  Well, you’ll need it now.

“Divisardo” kicks Are You With Us off with what is easily their catchiest display of grimy, sing along, street inspired punk.  Boasting a bouncy beat that just gets under your skin and irks you to move, Hounds & Harlots has crafted an opener with hooks that plant themselves deep in memory, and just won’t let go until well after its sub two-minute run time.

The next two tracks take a slightly different approach, shedding much of their poppy overtones and finding other avenues of attack.  “Wasted” still pulls out some hooks, but focuses less on sing along choruses and more on Bryan Zimmerman’s steady guitar work.  The final track, “Lot To Learn” takes a vocal twist, making for some of the demo’s rawest (and angriest) moments.  Both are refreshing follow-ups to the first.

There’s not a lot more to say other than that Hounds & Harlots have debuted with three unique tracks that should be heard.  That the demo ends after barely six-minutes makes it a tease, but at this stage in their career it gets the job done and creates an memorable introduction that will leave listeners checking Hounds & Harlots HQ daily for news of upcoming EPs and full lengths.  Expect big things from this trio. – Cole Faulkner

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