Detroit-based musician Ian Ruhala aka Hala, announced that his new album titled Red Herring, will be out May 1st via Cinematic Music Group. Hala also shared the lead track off the album, “Emotional R&B” with its accompanying video and new tour dates.
The 22 year-old’s debut is also a collaborative work with Ryan Hadlock who has worked with the Lumineers, Vance Joy, and Ra Ra Riot, and done at his legendary secluded Bear Creek Studio in Woodinville, Washington
About the lead track, Ruhala said “things feel a lot more cinematic, maybe because these moments of a relationship are portrayed and documented in countless Romantic Comedies. It’s the feeling of riding a romantic high, perhaps turning a blind eye to things that would normally set you off in pursuit of what could possibly become a substantial, long lasting relationship.”
Red HerringTracklist:
1. Turn Out Right
2. Making Me Nervous
3. Somehow
4. Camera5. Why Do You Want Anything To Do With Me?
6. We Can Start Again
7. Emotional R&B
8. Lies
9. Nobody-Body Knows
10. With You Now (It’s The Only Place I Want To Be)
11. Red Herring
12. True Colors
Hala Tour Dates:
Fri. March 6 – Minneapolis, MN @ Whole Music Club ^
Fri. May 8 – Detroit, MI @ Deluxx Fluxx- (Record Release Show) %
Sat. May 9 – Columbus, OH @ The Basement %
Sun. May 10 – Washington, DC @ Songbyrd %
Tue. May 12 – Brooklyn, NY @ Rough Trade %
Wed. May 13 – Philadelphia, PA @ Creep Records %
Thu. May 14 – Boston, MA @ Once Ballroom %
Fri. May 15 – Montreal, QC @ L’Esco %
Sat. May 16 – Toronto, ON @ The Drake Hotel %
Thu. May 28 – Chicago, IL @ Schubas *
Fri. May 29 – Milwaukee, WI @ The BackRoom at Colectivo Coffee *
Sat. May 30 – Minneapolis, MN @ 7th St. Entry *
Tue. June 2 – Seattle, WA @ Barboza *
Wed. June 3 – Portland, OR @ Lola’s Room *
Fri. June 5 – San Francisco, CA @ Bottom of the Hill *Sat. June 6 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Echo *
Sun. June 7 – San Diego, CA @ Che Cafe *
Wed. June 10 – Denver, CO @ Larimer Lounge *
Fri. June 12 – Kansas City, MO @ recordBar *
Sat. June 13 – St. Louis, MO @ Blueberry Hill Duck Room *
^ with Miloe
% with PONY
* with BOYO
By Antonio Villaseñor-Baca