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Dave Hause ...And out comes The Mermaid

Posted by Loren on June 28, 2025

Dave Hause ...And out comes The Mermaid
photo by Jesse DeFlorio

Dave Hause has a new album on the way, ...And The Mermaid, scheduled for release on Sept. 26 through Blood Harmony Records.

IT is his sevenths olo record, recorded at Rain City Recorders in Vancouver, BC by Jesse Gander (Japandroids, White Lung).

Hause also has upcoming tour dates in support of The Gaslight Anthem and The Bouncing Souls, plus dates in EU/UK this summer and fall.

 

Hause also shared a single:

LIVE DATES:

AUGUST
06 — Tucson, AZ — Rialto Theatre *
14 — Ventura, CA — The Majestic Ventura Theater *
15 — Sacramento, CA — Ace of Spades *
30 — Philadelphia PA — Spruce Street Harbor Park 

OCTOBER
09 — Munster, DE — Sputnikhalle #
10 — Hannover, DE — Musikzentrum #
11 — Mainz, DE — KUZ Kulturzentrum Mainz #
12 — Erlangen, DE — Redoutensaal #
14 — Wein, AT — Arena Wien #
15 — Praha, CZ — Club 007 #
16 — Zurich, CH — Papiersaal #
17 — Karlsruhe, DE — Substage #
18 — Oberhausen, DE — Turbinenhalle ~
19 — Haarlem, NL — Patronaat ~
20 — Brussels, BE — AB ~
22 — Glasgow, UK — Galvanizers Yard ~

NOVEMBER
07 — Decatur, GA — Eddie’s Attic +
08 — Decatur, GA — Eddie’s Attic +
14 — Vienna, VA — Jammin Java +
15 — Vienna, VA — Jammin Java +

DECEMBER
04 — Houston, TX — White Oak Music Hall ^
05 — Dallas, TX — The Bomb Factory ^
06 — Austin, TX — Empire Control Room & Garage ^
07 — San Antonio, TX — Vibes Event Center ^
09 — Albuquerque, NM — Sunshine Theater ^
11 — Berkeley, CA — The UC Theatre ^
12 — Los Angeles, CA — The Bellwether ^
13 — Santa Ana, CA — The Observatory North Park ^
14 — Anaheim, CA — House of Blues ^

* — supporting The Gaslight Anthem
# — w/ Northcote, Tim Hause
~ — Common Thread Tour
+ — w/ Will Hoge
^ — supporting Bouncing Souls

…And The Mermaid track listing:

  1. A Knife in the Mud
  2. Cellmates
  3. Look Alive
  4. Mockingbird Blues
  5. Revisionist History
  6. Yer Outta My Hair
  7. Bible Passages
  8. Rumspringa
  9. Enough Hope
  10. May Every Last Fever Break
Dave Hause ...And out comes The Mermaid
photo by Jesse DeFlorio

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