Albert Hammond Jr. Announces New Album & Tour
By Andy Kahn May 12, 2015 • 3:15 pm PDT
The Strokes guitarist Albert Hammond Jr. has announced the forthcoming release of his third solo album, entitled Momentary Masters. The new LP will be his first on the Vagrant record label and is due out on July 31. In support of the record, Hammond, Jr. will set out on a tour of North America later this year.
“I feel like the best songs I’ve written, as soon as I was done, I was like, ‘Oh my God, I did it!’ But in that split second that it comes, that feeling goes,” Hammond Jr. said about the album. “It’s the same thing when you find complete happiness, you find this complete low. I feel like that’s what being creative is: It’s you bouncing with emotion and what you capture in those bounces. Accept where you are and use it.”
Hammond, Jr.’s first solo album in five years was recorded at his home recording facility in upstate New York, a converted barn dubbed One Way Studios. The first single and lead track from Momentary Masters -“Born Slippy” -was released, which you can stream below.
Momentary Masters Tracklist
1. Born Slippy
2. Power Hungry
3. Caught By My Shadow
4. Coming to Getcha
5. Losing Touch
6. Don’t Think Twice
7. Razors Edge
8. Touché
9. Drunched In Crumbs
10. Side Boob
Albert Hammond, Jr. Tour Dates
5/27 -Barcelona, Spain @Primavera Sound
9/9 -Pittsburgh, PA @ Brillobox
9/10 -Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
9/12 -St Louis, MO @ LouFest
9/13 -Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
9/16 -Detroit, MI @ Shelter
9/17 -Toronto, Canada @ The Opera House
9/19 -Montreal, Canada @ La Sala Rosa
9/20 -Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
9/21 -New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
9/26 -Washington, DC @ Landmark Music Festival 2015
9/27 -Washington, DC @ Landmark Music Festival 2015
9/29 -Atlanta, GA @ The Earl Restaurant & Lounge
9/30 -Nashville, TN @ Exit In
10/2 -Austin, TX @ ACL 2015
10/2 -New Orleans, LA @ ONE EYED JACKS
10/3 -Austin, TX @ ACL 2015
10/4 -Austin, TX @ ACL 2015
10/5 -Houston, TX @ House of Blues -Bronze Peacock
10/6 -Dallas, TX @ House of Blues -Cambridge Room
10/7 -Norman, OK @ Opolis
10/8 -Little Rock, AR @ Juanita’s Catina
10/9 -Austin, TX @ ACL 2015
10/10 -Austin, TX @ ACL 2015
10/11 -Austin, TX @ ACL 2015
10/12 -Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
10/13 -Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory -Constellation Room
10/14 -Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
10/16 -San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
10/25 -Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
10/26 -Vancouver, Canada @ Venue
10/27 -Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
10/29 -Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
10/30 -Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Aspen
10/31 -Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
11/2 -Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
11/3 -St Paul, MN @ Turf Club
11/4 -Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
11/6 -Columbus, OH @ The Basement
11/7 -Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
“I feel like the best songs I’ve written, as soon as I was done, I was like, ‘Oh my God, I did it!’ But in that split second that it comes, that feeling goes,” Hammond Jr. said about the album. “It’s the same thing when you find complete happiness, you find this complete low. I feel like that’s what being creative is: It’s you bouncing with emotion and what you capture in those bounces. Accept where you are and use it.”
Hammond, Jr.’s first solo album in five years was recorded at his home recording facility in upstate New York, a converted barn dubbed One Way Studios. The first single and lead track from Momentary Masters -“Born Slippy” -was released, which you can stream below.
Momentary Masters Tracklist
1. Born Slippy
2. Power Hungry
3. Caught By My Shadow
4. Coming to Getcha
5. Losing Touch
6. Don’t Think Twice
7. Razors Edge
8. Touché
9. Drunched In Crumbs
10. Side Boob
Albert Hammond, Jr. Tour Dates
5/27 -Barcelona, Spain @Primavera Sound
9/9 -Pittsburgh, PA @ Brillobox
9/10 -Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
9/12 -St Louis, MO @ LouFest
9/13 -Lawrence, KS @ The Bottleneck
9/16 -Detroit, MI @ Shelter
9/17 -Toronto, Canada @ The Opera House
9/19 -Montreal, Canada @ La Sala Rosa
9/20 -Cambridge, MA @ The Sinclair
9/21 -New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
9/26 -Washington, DC @ Landmark Music Festival 2015
9/27 -Washington, DC @ Landmark Music Festival 2015
9/29 -Atlanta, GA @ The Earl Restaurant & Lounge
9/30 -Nashville, TN @ Exit In
10/2 -Austin, TX @ ACL 2015
10/2 -New Orleans, LA @ ONE EYED JACKS
10/3 -Austin, TX @ ACL 2015
10/4 -Austin, TX @ ACL 2015
10/5 -Houston, TX @ House of Blues -Bronze Peacock
10/6 -Dallas, TX @ House of Blues -Cambridge Room
10/7 -Norman, OK @ Opolis
10/8 -Little Rock, AR @ Juanita’s Catina
10/9 -Austin, TX @ ACL 2015
10/10 -Austin, TX @ ACL 2015
10/11 -Austin, TX @ ACL 2015
10/12 -Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
10/13 -Santa Ana, CA @ The Observatory -Constellation Room
10/14 -Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
10/16 -San Francisco, CA @ The Independent
10/25 -Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile
10/26 -Vancouver, Canada @ Venue
10/27 -Portland, OR @ Doug Fir Lounge
10/29 -Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge
10/30 -Aspen, CO @ Belly Up Aspen
10/31 -Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge
11/2 -Des Moines, IA @ Vaudeville Mews
11/3 -St Paul, MN @ Turf Club
11/4 -Madison, WI @ High Noon Saloon
11/6 -Columbus, OH @ The Basement
11/7 -Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church
