Band will take new album 'Heaven' out on the road later this year

The latest song to emerge from the Walkmen’s upcoming Heaven is the downtempo, penultimate “We Can’t Be Beat,” a track that puts Hamilton Leithauser up front with minimal accompanying instrumentation. Leithauser then leads the song into a rousing, joyous jangle of a climax. Stream it below. Heaven is out 5...

In the fall last year, the Walkmen started playing a new song called “Southern Heart,” and now the studio version of the track has surfaced online. To recap, we’ve already heard title track “Heaven” and “Heartbreaker” from the Walkmen’s new one. Head to 27:25 below t...

A couple of days ago, we posted “Heaven,” the driving but lovely first single and title track from the new Walkmen album. And now there’s another track from the album floating out there in the ether: “Heartbreaker,” another excellent track done with the sort of old-school panache that nobody mana...

In February, our T. Cole Rachel spoke with the Walkmen’s Hamilton Leithauser about their forthcoming, Phil Ek-produced record, which later got a name and a more official announcement. Behold: STEREOGUM: I’m always fascinated by the role the producer plays with bands, how involved it is sometimes and how not involved it is sometimes. ...