Boston'''s best kept lo-fi secret plays below the Mason-Dixon for a string of dates -- bringing their Pollard-on-the-sleeve-pop packaged in a box full of Elephant Six shaped styrofoam peanuts '' before they make their way north to take part in the Absolutely Kosher/Misra showcase at CMJ. The band has been busy this summer, embarking on its first tour ever of the east coast and Midwest. And along the way, HTH has garnered praise for their first full-length, ''"Collective Psychosis Begone,''" an ambitious effort where primary songwriter Ryan Walsh (formerly of the highly praised The Stairs) rhymes ''"mallard''" with ''"a stillborn Chinese baby speaking backwards''" on the criminally catchy ''"Wave Backwards to Massachusetts.''" Do not miss them live. I warned you.
10/9 - Knoxville, TN - The World Grotto
10/10 Athens, GA '' The Caledonia Lounge
10/11 Carrboro, NC '' The Resevoir
10/12 Washington, DC '' The Red & Black (Part of the DAM! Festival)
10/13 Fredericksburg, VA '' 3rd Floor Studio
10/14 Arlington, VA '' Galaxy Hut
10/17 New Haven, CT '' Café Nine
10/18 Arlene'''s Grocery '' New York, NY (CMJ show with Palomar, Centromatic, Get Him! Eat Him! and Southeast Engine)