HUNNY Releases ‘SPIRIT!’ On CD and Vinyl
Album Out Now Via Epitaph Records
On Tour Supporting Microwave This Spring
“This isn’t just fun and catchy, it’s also sneakily well-written. Sometimes it’s more challenging to be a little silly but still be this good.” – PopMatters
Today, LA’s beloved indie-pop outfit HUNNY shares the physical version of their latest album ‘SPIRIT!’, now available on vinyl and CD. Released digitally last Fall, fans now have the option between classic black or a green paintball splatter vinyl variant, plus a limited run of CD’s. Get yours HERE
All about embracing the weird, SPIRIT! is an album born from uncertainty and built on instinct; a testament to breaking free, starting over and blocking out the external noise. Now solely the project of longtime frontman Jason Yarger, HUNNY has shed its past shape to become something more fully itself. This new rendition of HUNNY will be on the road supporting Microwave this Spring, kicking off on March 20th and ending on April 26th.
Across its 15 songs, SPIRIT! (co-produced by Yarger and former HUNNY bassist Kevin Grimmett, with drums by former HUNNY drummer Joey Anderson) leans into the sounds that have always lit the group’s fuse – hooky post-punk, gleaming synths and shout-along choruses – but now pushes HUNNY somewhere more abstract, more playful, more free.
For Yarger, the process of making SPIRIT! marks a pivotal shift, not just creatively, but in how he envisions the future of HUNNY. “There’s a lot to love about the spirit of collaboration,” he explains when discussing the decision to transition HUNNY away from a full band, “but at the same time, approaching this album without having to compromise was such a freeing feeling. I could just let whatever ideas I had run wild.”
Written and recorded almost entirely in his LA-based home studio, Jason emptied his voice memos and Notes app of in-the-moment observations and off-the-cuff inspiration. Whether he’s detailing the absurdity of spotting an iPad-toting nun at an airport bar, marveling at the simplistic beauty of nature, or firing a middle-finger salvo to telemarketers testing his sanity, it all serves to strike the perfect balance between irreverent humor and indie-rock chic.
HUNNY On Tour
w/ Microwave
Mar. 20 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
Mar. 21 – Columbia, SC – The Senate
Mar. 22 – Orlando, FL – House of Blues
Mar. 24 – Dallas, TX – The Cambridge Room at House of Blues
Mar. 25 – Austin, TX – Emo’s Austin
Mar. 27 – Phoenix, AZ – Marquee
Mar. 28 – San Diego, CA – The Observatory North Park
Mar. 29 – Los Angeles, CA – The Wiltern
Mar. 30 – Berkeley, CA – The UC Theatre
Apr. 1 – Sacramento, CA – Ace of Spades
Apr. 2 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SODO
Apr. 3 – Seattle, WA – Showbox SODO
Apr. 5 – Salt Lake City, UT – Rockwell @ The Complex
Apr. 7 – Denver, CO – Ogden Theatre
Apr. 9 – Chicago, IL – The Masquerade
Apr. 10 – Detroit, MI – The Majestic Theatre
Apr. 11 – Cleveland, OH – Agora Theater & Ballroom
Apr. 12 – Toronto, ON – Taste of Danforth
Apr. 14 – Columbus, OH – Newport Music Hall
Apr. 15 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom
Apr. 17 – Maspeth, NY – Knockdown Center
Apr. 18 – Philadelphia, PA – The Fillmore Philadelphia – Stage Door
Apr. 19 – Boston, MA – Roadrunner
Apr. 21 – Baltimore, MD – Soundstage Presents
Apr. 22 – Richmond, VA – The National
Apr. 24 – Charlotte, NC – The Underground
Apr. 25 – Nashville, TN – Brooklyn Bowl Nashville
Apr. 26 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade
SPIRIT! Tracklisting
1. title track
2. POV ur dead and i’m checking my hair in ur sunglasses
3. white boy
4. tired of u
5. spam calls
6. all of a suddenly
7. somebody else
8. horse w/ curse (airplane song)
9. i can see my house from here
10. waterfalls
11. catalina
12. xing guard
13. sidewaze
14. paintball
