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Halsted’s new album Life Underwater is out now and they’re celebrating with a new round of live dates set to start August 1st at the Beat Kitchen in Chicago, IL. (Full dates below)

Life Underwater was recorded in an old Victorian House in San Francisco during the rainy season of this past winter.

“Most reels of tape have higher price tags than our budget for this album, yet I consider it the most dynamic, sweeping and ambitious record I’ve ever made” says Halsted’s singer/songwriter and bandleader Ryan Auffenberg.

After years of songwriting, touring and a self-released EP or two, Auffenberg’s debut album “Marigolds” was released in 2008 on Evangeline Records. It received nation-wide accolades in the press and college radio, and one song was even featured on the season premiere of ABC’s medical drama “Private Practice”. But rather than follow up the success of “Marigolds” with yet another singer/songwriter effort, Ryan was eager to break new musical ground.

Joined by Peter Craft, the two set out to gather a group of musicians whose finely tuned music sensibility was equally matched by a simple passion for making art. Friends were gathered, songs written and practice spaces filled. While they fleshed out arrangements, tossed around production ideas and learned how to play as a group, Ryan began to feel a musical chemistry and dynamism unlike any he’d felt before. In the spirit of this idyllic atmosphere, this album has taken a project moniker, Halsted, rather than another Ryan Auffenberg record.

Download the track “Sellout” for free here

“In a world where self-awareness and self-promotion are too frequently the guiding lights of the underground, Auffenberg’s true to himself honesty is a godsend” – Aversion

“A lovely, positively life-affirming jewel” – Jersey Beat

Live Dates

August 1 – Beat Kitchen – Chicago, IL
August 4 – Rockwood Music Hall – NY, NY
August 5 – The Red and Black Bar – Washington, DC
August 9 – The Middle East (Upstairs) – Boston, MA

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