Progressive rockers HAKEN are pleased to announce they will return to North America in 2024 for a special ‘An Evening With’ tour. Kicking off on February 10th, 2024 in Los Angeles, the band will be performing the entirety of their acclaimed newest album ‘Fauna’, as well as other tracks from across the bands career. The run of shows will culminate in the 2024 edition of Cruise to the Edge between 8-13th March (not An Evening With show).
The band comment: “We're really excited to be doing our first "An Evening with Haken" tour in North America next year. It's something we've been talking about and wanting to do for a while, and which we'll be hoping to take further afield too after this run. Given our growing discography it can get harder and harder each year to choose a setlist that covers everything we want to and also pleases all of our fans. With the full evening to ourselves, we have the freedom to really dig deep into the back catalogue! Fans can expect Fauna in its entirety, and a whole lot of different Haken music old and new. So come and join us for "An Evening with Haken" in February and March 2024!”
Pre-sale begins Wednesday, September 13th, with general on-sale starting September 15th. The full list of shows is below:
10th February – The Fonda Theatre, Los Angeles, CA
11th February – House of Blues, Anaheim, CA
13th February – The Depot, Salt Lake City, UT
15th February – Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO
17th February – Tannahill’s Tavern & Music Hall, Forth Worth, TX
18th February – White Oak Music Hall, Houston, TX
20th February – Delmar Hall, St Louis, MO
21st February – Bogart’s, Cincinnati, OH
22nd February – Egyptian Room at Old National Centre, Indianapolis, IN
23rd February – The Arcada Theatre, St. Charlies, IL
24th February – St. Andrew’s Hall, Detroit, MI
25th February -Danforth Music Hall, Toronto, ON
27th February – Roxian Theatre, McKees Rocks, PA
28th February – Baltimore Soundtage, Baltimore, MD
29th February – Ridgefield Playhouse, Ridgefield, CT
1st March – Somerville Theatre, Somerville, MA
2nd March – Palladium Times Square, New York, NY
3rd March – The Vogel, Red Bank, NJ
5th March – The Orange Peel, Asheville, NC
6th March – Center Stage, Atlanta, GA
Find the full list of dates here: HAKEN - Tour Dates (hakenmusic.com)
Watch the bands recently released video for ‘Lovebite’ (filmed on their European headine tour), here: HAKEN - Lovebite (Official Live Video) - YouTube
Order or stream the new album here: Fauna (lnk.to)
Watch the previously released videos below.
‘Taurus’:
Haken - Taurus (Official Video) - YouTube
‘The Alphabet of Me’:
Haken - The Alphabet of Me (Official Video) - YouTube
‘Nightingale’:
HAKEN - Nightingale (OFFICIAL VIDEO) - YouTube
The tracklisting is as follows:
1. Taurus 04:49
2. Nightingale 07:24
3. The Alphabet of Me 05:33
4. Sempiternal Beings 08:23
5. Beneath The White Rainbow 06:45
6. Island In The Clouds 05:45
7. Lovebite 03:49
8. Elephants Never Forget 11:07
9. Eyes Of Ebony 08:32
‘Fauna’ is available on several formats, including Ltd 2CD (incl. instrumentals), Standard CD, Gatefold 2LP & as Digital Album. The albums stunningly detailed artwork was created by Dan Goldsworthy (Charlie Griffiths, Sylosis)
‘Fauna’ sees the band exploring new ideas conceptually as Ross continues. “The premise of the album when we started writing it was that every song would have an animal assigned to it. They all have something related to the animal kingdom that we could write about, but they also connect to the human world. Each track has layers, and some of them are more obvious than others.”
“It reminds me of The Mountain,” adds guitarist and fellow founder Richard Henshall. “There, we had the idea of not really a narrative-based album, but more the concept of climbing a mountain and overcoming the obstacles along the way. Then we took that and thought about how it could relate to our everyday lives. All of Fauna’s animals relate to us, personally.”
‘Fauna’ also marks the return of keyboard player Peter Jones, whose sounds can be heard permeating the entire album. “What Pete’s brought sonically to the band has played a massive role in why we do have a lot of new sounds on this record,” says Ross. “It’s always a new dynamic when there’s a change in personnel, and this is a fresh and reviving one. It’s certainly helped proximity-wise, with Pete being in the country: Pete and Ray [Hearne, Haken’s drummer] would be at Rich’s place and they’d just start jamming. That’s really key to how the songs start.”
HAKEN are:
Ross Jennings
Richard Henshall
Charlie Griffiths
Pete Jones
Conner Green
Ray Hearne
HAKEN online:
HAKEN - NEW ALBUM 'FAUNA' OUT NOW (hakenmusic.com)
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