Florida indie pop / indie rock band The Hails have unleashed their new single “Different Guy“, alongside a music video.
The track is out now and marks their first single since their 2023 debut album, What’s Your Motive. Get it here.
With the five band members geographically spread out across Miami, DC and Brooklyn, the new offering came to life across numerous home studios as well as Fraser Sound Studios in New York. Despite their unconventional approach, The Hails have found success by refusing to limit their music to a single style or location. This is closely mirrored in the song’s air of premeditated haphazardness and the freedom that comes with ignoring fear.
Co-produced by the band’s Franco Solari and Dylan McCue alongside GRAMMY Award-winning recording and mix engineer Phil Joly (Daft Punk, The Strokes, Nile Rodgers, Lana Del Rey), “Different Guy” is danceable and careless. Vocalist Robbie Kingsley’s signature falsetto takes moments to dip down low as his tongue-in-cheek lyrics swerve across lanes.
Speaking about it, Kingsley shares:
“I’m trying to be bolder than I’ve been before. ‘Different Guy’ was born out of a week-long jam in a Jacksonville, FL, rental house where we embraced our roots as a band that embodies the spirit of wide-eyed kids in a garage ready to grab life and run. The boldness of bands like The Police and Bloc Party took over my mind as we crafted this song. Pushing through feelings of fatigue and living life unabashedly is a theme for us as we enter a new era of music after our first album — we’re not afraid to die, as the song drives home.”
Watch / listen now.
The Hails “Different Guy”
The band will be joined by fellow indie band Never Ending Fall for a co-headline North American tour. Until the end of March, the two bands, with rotating openers The Thing With Feathers, Parrotfish and REMYZ, will travel together from coast to coast, making stops in major cities including Los Angeles, Miami, Brooklyn and Washington DC. See all upcoming tour dates below.
UPCOMING TOUR DATES
FEBRUARY
- 21 – Boston, MA – Brighton Music Hall
- 22 – Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Made
- 23 – Washington, DC – Union Stage
- 25 – Columbus, OH – A&R Bar
- 26 – Ann Arbor, MI – Blind Pig
- 28 – Indianapolis, IN – Hi Fi
MARCH
1 – Chicago, IL – Lincoln Hall
2 – St. Louis, MO – Duck Room at Blueberry Hill
4 – Kansas City, KS – Uptown Theatre
6 – Denver, CO – Meow Wolf
8 – Salt Lake City, UT – Kilby Court (2 shows early and late)
11 – Seattle, WA – Neumos
12 – Portland, OR – McMenamins Mission Theater
14 – San Francisco, CA – The Independent
15 – Los Angeles, CA – Teragram Ballroom
16 – San Diego, CA – SOMA
18 – Phoenix, AZ – The Rebel Lounge
21 – Austin, TX – Empire Control Room
22 – Houston, TX – House of Blues Houston
23 – Dallas, TX – House of Blues Dallas
25 – Atlanta, GA – Purgatory @ Masquerade
27 – Orlando, FL – The Social
28 – Tampa, FL – Crowbar
29 – Miami, FL – Gramps
Photo by Rachel Lane
