Harkin announces debut solo album and shares new single 'Nothing The Night Can't Change'
'Harkin' will be released on April 24th, 2020.
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Harkin has been touring since her teens and is one of the most prolific collaborators of her generation. Now, a lifelong collaborator steps into the singular.
The album was written on the road, in a cottage in the Peak District - the UK’s oldest national park - and in Upstate New York. The record was as nomadic as its creator, made over time in three different time zones, and features Stella Mozgawa of Warpaint and Jenn Wasner of Wye Oak and Bon Iver.
The result of Harkin’s unique trajectory is an album that fuses the eeriness of the English countryside with the pace of the mechanized world. In addition to the live foundation of the record, formed of her in-demand musicianship and that of her world class collaborators, manipulated samples and synths howl out over the songs like the winds on the moors themselves. The album cover features a portrait by acclaimed cinematographer Ashley Connor (Angel Olsen, Maggie Rogers, Mitski, Broad City S5, The Miseducation of Cameron Post) overlaid with Harkin’s own photo of marquee letters she discovered in a venue laundry room. Truly an album born on the road.
See Harkin live:
Feb 18 - Berlin DE - Astra*
Feb 19 - Amsterdam NL - Paradiso Kleine Zaal*
Feb 21 - Brussels BE - Botanique*
Feb 22 - Frankfurt DE - Batschkapp*
Feb 24 - Paris FR - Trianon*
Feb 26 - London UK - Brixton Academy*
Feb 27 - Manchester UK - Manchester Academy*
Feb 28 - Glasgow UK - Barrowlands*
Mar 01 - Dublin IRE - Vicar Street*
Mar 03 Bristol UK – The Louisiana^
Mar 04 Manchester UK – YES^
Mar 05 London UK – Oslo^
Mar 09 Hamburg DE – Uebel & Gefährlich (Turmzimmer)^
Mar 10 Copenhagen DK – Loppen^
Mar 11 Berlin DE – Kantine am Berghain^
Mar 12 Heidelberg DE – Karlstorbahnhof^
Mar 13 Zürich CH – Rote Fabrik^
Mar 14 Torino IT – Circolo della Musica^
Mar 16 Paris FR – Le Pop Up du Label^
* - supporting Sleater-Kinney
^ - supporting Torres
ABOUT HAND MIRROR
Musician Katie Harkin and her partner the poet and live arts organiser Kate Leah Hewett - founded Hand Mirror in 2019. As Harkin says, "culture has always been our personal scaffolding and, with Hand Mirror, we want to build something that can in turn provide that support to others."
'Harkin' is the first full length album to be released on Hand Mirror. Hand Mirror will also be home to literary publications, compilations and live events in both the US and the UK.