"Do you ever wonder why I sing these love songs/ When I have no love at all?" So goes "5 AM," a minor-key piano ballad from Hamilton Leithauser's solo debut Black Hours that feels like what Jeff Tweedy might call "the bible-black pre-dawn" -- a black hour indeed! The track now has a video by director Tristan Patterson that expertly matches the song's wistful, forlorn mood. Watch it below.
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Black Hours is out now on Ribbon. Leithauser has some European tour dates in November and some North American dates in December and January:
11/07 London, UK @ 02 Shepherd's Bush Empire (with Spoon)
11/08 Manchester, UK @ Night & Day
11/10 Dublin, Ireland @ The Sugar Club
11/11 Leeds, UK @ Wardrobe
11/12 Edinburgh, UK @ Electric Circus
12/11 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom
01/15 Pittsburgh, PA @ Club Café
01/16 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall
01/17 St. Paul, MN @ Turf Club
01/20 Toronto, ON @ The Drake Hotel
01/21 Montreal, QC @ La Sala Rossa
01/23 Washington, DC @ U Street Music Hall
01/24 Philadelphia, PA @ Johnny Brenda's
