Horse Jumper of Love Detail Debut Reissue, Fall Tour
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- Horse Jumper of Love announced a 22-track deluxe 2xLP reissue of their self-titled debut, out September 25 via Run for Cover, marking the album's 10th anniversary.
- The reissue expands the original nine songs with unreleased tracks (including the 2013 recording "Heather"), demos, 4-track versions, and alternate takes.
- Singer-guitarist Dimitri Giannopoulos hand-drew a tab book of the nine original songs for the package, which also includes a short making-of essay, early tour photos, and scans of handwritten lyrics he wrote while working as a museum security guard.
- Originally released on Disposable America, the self-titled album became an underground staple in the DIY slowcore and shoegaze scene through word of mouth.
- Horse Jumper of Love will perform the album in full on a fall tour, with North American dates from September 25 through October 23 spanning Brooklyn, Los Angeles, Austin, Chicago, Detroit, Toronto, and Montreal.
- The European leg runs through November with 17 dates, hitting London (alongside the Pitchfork Festival), Bristol, Manchester, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Athens, Lisbon, Barcelona, and Madrid, among others.
Why it matters: The expanded 22-track package gives longtime fans access to early rarities — the 2013 "Heather," 4-track demos, and Giannopoulos's handwritten lyrics from his museum security guard days — that document the band's DIY slowcore roots. For a decade-old underground staple, the 17-date European push, including a Pitchfork Festival-adjacent London show, is the band's largest touring footprint to date.
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