Haley Bonar Shares "Called You Queen" With NPR's All Songs Considered; New Album Impossible Dream Out August 5
Haley Bonar Shares "Called You Queen" With NPR's All Songs Considered New Album Impossible Dream Out August 5 
Photo credit: Graham Tolbert"She's a remarkable performer, with a terrific ear for detail and a gift for masking melancholy observations with hooks that stick." - NPR“Bonar creates a whimsical masterclass of indie-pop songwriting.” - Consequence Of Sound"In the past 10 years, she naturally progressed from stripped-down folk and country music to incorporating various layers of sound ranging from classical piano to sunshine pop.” - Interview Stream: “Called You Queen” via NPR Stream: “I Can Change” via Stereogum or SoundCloudHaley Bonar is set to release her upcoming full length album Impossible Dream on August 5th via GNDwire (US) / Spit Comet (CA) / Memphis Industries (UK + EU). The album was recorded on analog tape in at Pachyderm Studios in Cannon Falls, MN and was mixed by Chris Coady (Beach House, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TVOTR) & Robbie Lackritz (Feist) at Haut Bruun. On this week's
NPR’s All Songs Considered
show Bob Boilen premiered “Called You Queen” from the upcoming release. Haley Bonar says,“‘Called You Queen’ is at once an anthem for growing up gay in a small midwestern town and a love story about a woman in love with a man who's going through just that. Standing by him through painful times, she makes peace with the form of love that they can have together.” Stream “Called You Queen” here. Earlier this month,
Stereogum
premiered “I Can Change” from Impossible Dream and said, “the record’s lead single, is all about breaking out of repeating patterns, as the title suggests, and Bonar’s voice takes on a steely resolve against the rolling, woodsy instrumentation that beckons for forward momentum. ‘I could be so happy if I let myself be happy,' she sings at one point. 'But I’m too busy behaving for a crowd.’”Haley Bonar told Stereogum:“Everybody wants a story. Something to sell. I’m here to tell you that there isn’t one with this album, at least in the traditional sense, but ten. Perhaps each of them contain more stories, sitting inside each other like nesting dolls. I could sit here and tell you that some of the songs are about growing up in the Black Hills. Some of the songs are about my parents. Some of the songs are about sexuality. Some of the songs are about loss of youth, teenage parenthood, the lines of social disorder for women, or the terror of jealousy and suspicion. But what I write is borne of my own set of memories and ideas, and once they are released into the world, they do not belong to me anymore. The interpretation is all yours, therefore these stories are yours. What I can tell you is this: My name is Haley Bonar (rhymes with “honor”). I’m 33 years old, a Taurus, and I live in Saint Paul, MN with my daughter Clementine. I also sing in a band called Gramma’s Boyfriend.”
BBC 6 Music have added "I Can Change" to rotation
and Apple has added it to their A-List: Alternative Playlist. Haley Bonar has also announced several spring midwest and UK shows. Look for more tour dates to be added in the coming weeks. All confirmed dates are listed below. Haley Bonar is more than a hard working musician. She is an innovator, creative ass-kicker and visionary dug into the trenches of living. She writes genuine, epochal and poetic tales that feel like our heartbreak, failure, frustration and joy. In a clear, insistent and often haunting voice, she tells real stories back to us, as if they were our own. It just doesn't get much better than that.
Haley Bonar Tour Dates
06.18 Chicago, IL @ Green Fest
06.18 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean ^
06.25 Glenwood, WI @ Everwood Farmstead
10.21 Brighton, UK @ Green Door Store
10.22 Gateshead, UK @ The Sage *
10.23 Glasgow, UK @ The Hug & Pint
10.24 Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
10.26 London, UK @ Moth Club
10.28 Bristol, UK @ The Louisiana
10.29 Manchester, UK @ The Ritz ** w/ Field Music^ w/ Jessica Lee Mayfield
Photo credit: Graham Tolbert"She's a remarkable performer, with a terrific ear for detail and a gift for masking melancholy observations with hooks that stick." - NPR“Bonar creates a whimsical masterclass of indie-pop songwriting.” - Consequence Of Sound"In the past 10 years, she naturally progressed from stripped-down folk and country music to incorporating various layers of sound ranging from classical piano to sunshine pop.” - Interview Stream: “Called You Queen” via NPR Stream: “I Can Change” via Stereogum or SoundCloudHaley Bonar is set to release her upcoming full length album Impossible Dream on August 5th via GNDwire (US) / Spit Comet (CA) / Memphis Industries (UK + EU). The album was recorded on analog tape in at Pachyderm Studios in Cannon Falls, MN and was mixed by Chris Coady (Beach House, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TVOTR) & Robbie Lackritz (Feist) at Haut Bruun. On this week's
NPR’s All Songs Considered
show Bob Boilen premiered “Called You Queen” from the upcoming release. Haley Bonar says,“‘Called You Queen’ is at once an anthem for growing up gay in a small midwestern town and a love story about a woman in love with a man who's going through just that. Standing by him through painful times, she makes peace with the form of love that they can have together.” Stream “Called You Queen” here. Earlier this month,
Stereogum
premiered “I Can Change” from Impossible Dream and said, “the record’s lead single, is all about breaking out of repeating patterns, as the title suggests, and Bonar’s voice takes on a steely resolve against the rolling, woodsy instrumentation that beckons for forward momentum. ‘I could be so happy if I let myself be happy,' she sings at one point. 'But I’m too busy behaving for a crowd.’”Haley Bonar told Stereogum:“Everybody wants a story. Something to sell. I’m here to tell you that there isn’t one with this album, at least in the traditional sense, but ten. Perhaps each of them contain more stories, sitting inside each other like nesting dolls. I could sit here and tell you that some of the songs are about growing up in the Black Hills. Some of the songs are about my parents. Some of the songs are about sexuality. Some of the songs are about loss of youth, teenage parenthood, the lines of social disorder for women, or the terror of jealousy and suspicion. But what I write is borne of my own set of memories and ideas, and once they are released into the world, they do not belong to me anymore. The interpretation is all yours, therefore these stories are yours. What I can tell you is this: My name is Haley Bonar (rhymes with “honor”). I’m 33 years old, a Taurus, and I live in Saint Paul, MN with my daughter Clementine. I also sing in a band called Gramma’s Boyfriend.”
BBC 6 Music have added "I Can Change" to rotation
and Apple has added it to their A-List: Alternative Playlist. Haley Bonar has also announced several spring midwest and UK shows. Look for more tour dates to be added in the coming weeks. All confirmed dates are listed below. Haley Bonar is more than a hard working musician. She is an innovator, creative ass-kicker and visionary dug into the trenches of living. She writes genuine, epochal and poetic tales that feel like our heartbreak, failure, frustration and joy. In a clear, insistent and often haunting voice, she tells real stories back to us, as if they were our own. It just doesn't get much better than that.
Haley Bonar Tour Dates
06.18 Chicago, IL @ Green Fest06.18 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean ^
06.25 Glenwood, WI @ Everwood Farmstead
10.21 Brighton, UK @ Green Door Store
10.22 Gateshead, UK @ The Sage *
10.23 Glasgow, UK @ The Hug & Pint
10.24 Leeds, UK @ Brudenell Social Club
10.26 London, UK @ Moth Club
10.28 Bristol, UK @ The Louisiana
10.29 Manchester, UK @ The Ritz ** w/ Field Music^ w/ Jessica Lee Mayfield
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