× Ha Ha Tonka's second Europe tour this year starts in two weeks

Ha Ha Tonka's second Europe tour this year starts in two weeks

04-04-2013

Thematically, "Death of a Decade" is less “story-based” than Ha Ha Tonka’s previous work (which pulled heavily from Missouri history and folklore for its lyrics), with the band now focusing on the transition into manhood—something that doesn’t automatically come once you pass a certain age: “I realize that youth is wasted on the young,” Roberts sings on “Westward Bound,” “Oh, I know that now my wasting days are done.” However, Roberts says, Death of a Decade is not meant to be a requiem for lost youth, but rather an embrace of the notion that the passage of time is better than the alternative. There you have it again: the wisdom of the Ozarks.

Even if the album’s songs aren’t specifically of the Ozarks, the sound is—still present is the traditional instrumentation (just listen to guitarist Brett Anderson’s arpeggio mandolin lines on “Usual Suspects” and “Made Example Of”), with bassist Lucas Long and drummer Lennon Bone rounding out the rhythm section to stampeding affect. Still present are the spine-tingling four-part gospel harmonies, a signature sound that sets Ha Ha Tonka apart from every other indie band-cum-Southern rock group that seems to be shambling out of the suburban woods these days.


And this might just be the reason why here's the craving for bands like Ha Ha Tonka to come to Europe. This second (!) European tour within a year brings them to already familiar grounds but also yet unexplored territories such as Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Ireland. See all tourdates they're doing listed on our website here.

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