NPR has premiered “Gates of Dawn,” the first track from the new highly anticipated Heartless Bastards record, due out June 16 on Partisan. Titled Restless Ones, the album is the band’s fifth and was produced by GRAMMY® Award-winning producer John Congleton (St. Vincent, Angel Olsen, Swans). Restless Ones was tracked in August 2014 during a 10-day session at El Paso, TX’s renowned Sonic Ranch. Located on 2,300 acres of pecan orchards bordering the Rio Grande and Mexico, the studio – the largest residential recording complex in the world – provided the perfect setting, miles away from all real world responsibilities and thus able to fully invest themselves in the act of creation.
Confirmed tour dates below:
April
10 – San Antonio, TX – Maverick Music Festival
11 – Baton Rouge, LA – Baton Rouge Blues Festival
May
10 – Atlanta, GA – Shaky Knees Festival
June
10 – Hattiesburg, MS  – Thirsty Hippo #
11 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn #
12 – Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge #
13 – Raleigh, NC – Cats Cradle #
14 – Baltimore, MD – Ottobar #
15 – New York, NY – Webster Hall
17 – Philadelphia, PA – TLA #
18 – Pittsburgh, PA – Mr. Smalls #
19 – Cleveland, OH – Grog Shop
20 – Toronto, ONT – Horseshoe Tavern/NXNE #
21 – Detroit, MI – St. Andrews #
23 – Grand Rapids, MI – Wealthy Theater #
24 – Columbus, OH – A&R Bar #
25 – 26 – Cincinnati, OH – Woodward Theater #
27 – Chicago, IL – Sausage Fest #
29 – Minneapolis, MN – First Avenue #
30 – Omaha, NE – Slowdown #
July
1 – Kansas City, MO – Record Bar #
2 – Dallas, TX – Trees #
24 – Newport, RI – Newport Folk Festival
# – Craig Finn supporting