The Julie Ruin are streaming their second full-length album Hit Reset via NPR Music’s First Listen. Hit Reset is available on LP, CD, digital, and cassette formats Friday, July 8th.

In late 2014 The Julie Ruin began work on their second album, Hit Reset, due out July 8th on Hardly Art records. Mixed by Eli Crews (with whom the band worked on Run Fast), Hit Reset expands on the band’s established sound: dancier in spots and moodier in others, with girl group backing vocals and even a touching ballad closer. Hit Reset is the sound of a band who have found their sweet spot. Kathleen’s vocals are empowered and her lyrics are as pointed and poignant as ever. From the chilling first lines of “Hit Reset”(“deer hooves hanging on the wall, shell casings in the closet hall”) to the touching lines of “Calverton” (“Without you I might be numb, hiding in my apartment from everyone / Without you I’d take the fifth, or be on my death bed still full of wishes”), Kathleen takes a leap into the personal not seen completely on the first album or possibly even in the rest of her work.

The Julie Ruin
Hit Reset
CD/LP/CS/digital
July 8, 2016

01. Hit Reset
02. I Decide [mp3] [vid]
03. Be Nice
04. Rather Not
05. Planet You
06. Let Me Go
07. Mr. So and So
08. Record Breaker
09. Hello Trust No One
10. I’m Done [mp3]
11. Roses More Than Water
12. Time Is Up
13. Calverton

Tour dates:

07.14.16 – Chicago, IL – Thalia Hall
07.15.16 – Detroit, MI – Marble Bar
07.16.16 – Lakewood, OH – Mahall’s
07.18.16 – Toronto, ON – Lee’s Palace
07.19.16 – Montreal, QC – Theater Fairmount
07.21.16 – Cambridge, MA – The Sinclair
07.23.16 – New York, NY – Panorama Music, Art, & Technology Festival
08.10.16 – Richmond, VA – The Broadberry
08.12.16 – Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle
08.13.16 – Atlanta, GA – Wrecking Ball
08.14.16 – Birmingham, AL – Saturn
08.16.16 – Nashville, TN – Mercy Lounge
08.17.16 – Cincinnati, OH – Woodward Theater
08.19.16 – Washington. DC – Black Cat
08.20.16 – Philadelphia, PA – Union Transfer
09.18.16 – Chicago, IL – Riot Fest
10.07.16 – Vancouver, BC – Rickshaw Theater
10.08.16 – Seattle, WA – The Showbox at the Market
10.09.16 – Portland, OR – Wonder Ballroom
10.11.16 – San Francisco, CA – The Fillmore
10.14.16 – Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy Theater
10.15.16 -Los Angeles, CA – The Roxy Theater
11.27.16 – Berlin, DE – Columbia Theater
11.28.16 – Amsterdam, NL – Paradiso (Small Hall)
11.30.16 – Brussels, BE – Botanique Rotonde
12.01.16 – Paris, FR – Point Ephemere
12.02.16 – London, UK – KOKO
12.04.16 – Manchester, UK – Gorilla
12.05.16 – Leeds, UK – Brudenell Social Club
12.06.16 – Glasgow, UK – CCA