The Hails share new Julian Casablancas-informed single "Pack it Up"

For Immediate Release

September 17, 2026

THE HAILS ARE A MARTYR IN THIS MODERN DIMENSION

ON NEW SINGLE “PACK IT UP” — STREAM /

WATCH THE OFFICIAL VIDEO

SOPHOMORE ALBUM DUCKPOND SET FOR RELEASE

ON OCTOBER 23 VIA ONERPM — PRE-SAVE

HEADLINE TOUR STARTS NEXT MONTH FOLLOWING DATES WITH

AX AND THE HATCHETMEN — SEE ALL SHOWS HERE

Press photo by Andreo Otiniano [Download]

“Packed with personality, emphasized by glistening synths that land somewhere between gentle and neck-breaking. The Hails’ new tune dances with punchy pop, only to slowly devolve into tender, acoustic crooning, creating a whirlwind of a listen in under five minutes.”

“‘...an exciting taste of what can happen when The Hails get together. The frenetic single builds quickly into a solid pop-rock track, with a driving drumbeat and warm guitar line

that adds lush layers to the song.”

Today, The Hails release the next taste of their new album, Duckpond, with the single “Pack It Up.” The darker, older sibling of their early music, one that has lived more life, “Pack It Up” is defiant in its identity. Not dwelling for too long in what could have been or what’s still out there, The Hails see themselves as the consequence of chain reactions. Today's single was premiered by Glide Magazine — Stream.

“Pack It Up” feels like an ode to Julian Casablancas’ melodic capabilities – so much so that I was scared we were blatantly ripping off something from his discography,” jokes lead singer Robbie Kingsley. “It carries the same vibe and feeling ‘Instant Crush’ gives me, but then it ventures off into an outro that doesn't feel like anything he would even touch, which I do find a bit funny.”

Arriving in full on October 23 via ONErpm, Duckpond was produced by Brandon Shoop (Role Model, Dijon, Junior Varsity). Coming together from their homes in Miami, DC and Brooklyn, the band rented a house in South Florida last summer with the sole intention of getting back to the basics of creating in the same room as each other. The result is a sophomore album that comes from a place of disillusionment — something that exists in the gap between the idealistic future we were sold and the imperfect reality we ended up with.

Guitarist Dylan McCue shared, “It may seem like this album wants to shake its fist at the world, but really it wants to find beauty and levity in unlikely places and remind itself of the power of human connection in an increasingly large and distant world.”

“Pack It Up” single artwork [Download]

Throughout the course of their album’s official videos, The Hails appear as a gang of 1930s bowling pinsetters fighting against automation to hold onto their profession — a feeling not unfamiliar to an indie band in 2026. Directed by Steven Konnovitch x Cultivision, today’s cut shows the band performing in the streets of New York, with something about the perspective always feeling just slightly off — Watch.

Kicking off next month, The Hails will head out on their headline Duckpond Tour with highlights including Brooklyn, NY’s Elsewhere (Oct. 29), Echoplex in LA (Nov. 14), and a triumphant return to their home state of Florida for shows in Miami (Nov. 20) and Tampa (Nov. 21). Ahead of the headline run, The Hails will open for Ax and the Hatchetmen across 7 shows. All upcoming tour dates can be found here and below.

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★ THE HAILS LIVE 2026 ★

October 14 - Indianapolis, IN - HiFi Annex ^

October 15 - Nashville, TN -The Basement East ^

October 16 - Athens, GA - 40 Watt ^

October 17 - Charleston, SC - The Windjammer ^

October 19 - Jackson, MS - Duling Hall ^

October 20 - Dallas, TX - Granada Theatre ^

October 21 - Austin, TX - Mohawk - Outdoor ^

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

^ supporting Ax and the Hatchetmen

So far from Duckpond, The Hails have released the singles “Corruptor,” “Fool” and “Story of You and Me.” The videos for each single feed into the larger storyline of the album about feeling antiquated for making something creative in the modern age.

THE HAILS

DUCKPOND

ONERPM

Duckpond album artwork [Download]

Tracklist:

1. Bad Habits

2. Fool — Watch

3. Story of You and Me — Watch

4. Digital Life

5. Pack It Up - Watch

6. Corruptor — Watch

7. Vegas, Idaho

8. Scampi

9. Necessary

10. Mahou

11. Timely

12. All By Design

13. The Party's Over

14. Ducks on the Pond

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ABOUT THE HAILS:

Trying to make a living from art under late-stage capitalism can feel disillusioning at best, and farcical at worst. In the music videos for their second record, Duckpond (out October 23 via ONErpm), The Hails play a gang of 1930s bowling alley pinsetters, a job so long lost to automation that it feels like an obscure relic of another era — not far from what being a band in 2026 can feel like. That sense of obsolescence, and the more generalized malaise brought on by cost-of-living crises, miserable jobs and mind-numbing social media discourse, drove the writing of Duckpond. It’s an album about not being satisfied — whether personally, professionally, or societally — with scraps.

The Hails — Robbie Kingsley (lead vocals), Franco Solari (guitar/keys/vocals), Dylan McCue (guitar) and Zach Levy (drums) — are a product of the University of Florida’s college indie scene. In 2018, the single “Younger” landed on Spotify’s Fresh Finds playlist, breaking the band out of the Florida circuit and onto the national indie scene. Since then, they’ve toured extensively, supporting the likes of The Revivalists, Quarters and The Beaches and appearing at major festivals like Governors Ball, Ill Points and Okeechobee; meanwhile, they’ve racked up millions of streams, including 21M on “Younger” and 40M on “Stay”.

When COVID-19 struck, like so many other bands, The Hails’ momentum was disrupted. The band members retreated into their separate spaces, sharing near-completed demos back and forth that would become their debut album, 2023’s What’s Your Motive. For Duckpond, the band wanted to recover the camaraderie and lightness that was lost in that process. They rented a house in South Florida for the summer, where long and freeing jam sessions started to become songs, just like in those early days.

In Duckpond, The Hails have created something that they can truly say they’re proud of, no matter the stress and the pressure that is piled on by just trying to keep surviving as a band. “I think this is as creatively vulnerable and liberated as we’ve been in a very long time,” McCue affirms. “It was something that was created completely all together,” Kingsley adds. “It really feels like this is truly what The Hails have to offer. This isn’t what Robbie plus a few guys or Franco plus a few guys has to offer — this is what these collective guys known as The Hails are trying to offer together.”

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