The Hails return with first new music of 2026 with “Story of You and Me”

Today, The Hails release their first new music of 2026 with the single “Story of You and Me.” Produced by Brandon Shoop (Role Model, Junior Varsity), this new era from the band is marked by physically being in the room together. Easier said than done with the band members spread out across Miami, DC and Brooklyn. The Hails rented a house in South Florida last summer to build a space with the sole intention of writing and recording a cohesive body of work.

“We missed the creative spontaneity that comes only from playing in the same room with other people — a process that birthed our biggest songs ‘Younger’ and ‘Stay,’” shared the band. “For too long we were unable to create in this way and we felt creatively starved because of it.”

Today’s release bounces between dissatisfaction with playing the hand you're dealt, and flashes of lingering hope that everything promised is still within reach. Thematically, The Hails see this struggle as both personal and societal; something the kids who first got together in college have a lot more to say about now out in the real world — Stream.

Lead singer Robbie Kingsley explains, “‘Story of You and Me’ portrays a relationship through the lens of film genre — truth that can only found in comedy, playing the roles that we're cast, and how we react when stunts don't go to plan.”

“Story of You and Me” single artwork [Download]

Today’s official video was filmed at Brooklyn burlesque theater, The Slipper Room, and directed by Stephen Konnovitch of Cultivision — Watch “Story of You and Me”

Kingsley shared, “Working on this video with the Cultivision team was sublime. They held a mirror to our brains and amplified how we feel about our project and our band. In a way, ‘Story of You and Me’ and its video create a narrative for our career to follow going forward. The life we want to live on any stage, big or small, is only helped or hindered by ourselves and our own ambitions.”

Announced earlier this week, The Hails will be back on the road this fall for their headline Duckpond Tour. Highlights include a show at Brooklyn, NY’s Elsewhere on October 29, Echoplex in LA on November 14, and a triumphant return to their home state of Florida for shows in Miami (November 20) and Tampa (November 21). Tickets go on-sale this Friday at 9 am local time. All upcoming tour dates can be found here and below.

UPCOMING TOUR DATES

• October 25 - Atlanta, GA - Purgatory at Masquerade
• October 27 - Carrboro, NC - Cat's Cradle
• October 28 - Washington, DC - The Atlantis
• October 29 - Brooklyn, NY - Elsewhere - Hall
• October 30 - Cambridge, MA - The Sinclair
• November 2 - Chicago, IL - Lincoln Hall
• November 5 - Denver, CO - Marquis
• November 7 - Salt Lake City, UT - Metro Music Hall
• November 10 - Seattle, WA - Barboza
• November 11 - Portland, OR - Mission Theater
• November 13 - San Francisco, CA - Rickshaw Stop
• November 14 - Los Angeles, CA - Echoplex
• November 16 - Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar
• November 20 - Miami, FL - ZeyZey
• November 21 - Tampa, FL - The Orpheum

All tour info here

Following the release of their debut album What’s Your Motive, The Hails spent last year working on their follow up, touring the US on a co-headline run with Never Ending Fall, and releasing standalone singles “Different Guy” and “Cut the Swarm” along the way. Fans can stay tuned for news about the new album very soon.

ABOUT THE HAILS:

Following a string of encounters too strange to be coincidence, Robbie Kingsley, Franco Solari, Dylan McCue and Zach Levy came together to form The Hails. Despite first playing in an insular Miami high school music scene, the band officially formed at the University of Florida in Gainesville, turning the tattered carpeting and beer bottle lined shelves of their shitty college house into a distinct, refined sound that is now synonymous with their name.

After graduation, the group made the pilgrimage back to their home of Miami, the city that directly influenced the sound of their early shimmering singles “Younger” and “Stay,” debut EP He Seems Upset (2020), and the subsequent Alive in Strange Ways (2021).

After releasing their debut album What’s Your Motive (2023) and gaining international praise, The Hails have created their own unique style of collaboration with band members living in Miami, DC and Brooklyn. Recent highlights of the road include holding court at festivals like Governors Ball, III Points and Okeechobee, interspersed between sold-out headline shows and tour support for The Revivalists, Quarters, The Beaches, flipturn and the moss. This year will see The Hails back out on the road as they ready for the release of their second full-length album later this year.