The Walkmen

Harlem

The Walkmen formed in New York in 2000 from the remains of two bands: Hamilton Leithauser and Peter Bauer came from the Recoys, and Paul Maroon, Walter Martin and Matt Barrick from Jonathan Fire*Eater. The members grew up around Washington, D.C. and attended St. Albans School, and later moved to Harlem, where they financed a rehearsal space with a 24-track studio, Marcata, until Columbia University bought the building in 2006. The line-up never changed. Everyone Who Pretended to Like Me Is Gone came out on Startime International on March 26, 2002, followed by Bows + Arrows (February 3, 2004, Record Collection), A Hundred Miles Off (May 23, 2006), the covers album "Pussy Cats" Starring the Walkmen (October 24, 2006) and You & Me (August 19, 2008).

Lisbon (September 14, 2010) reached 27 on the US chart, with Pitchfork scoring it 8.6, and Heaven (May 29, 2012, Fat Possum) reached 30; the song "Heaven" closed the How I Met Your Mother finale. After the Heaven tour ended in December 2013 the band went on an extended hiatus, during which Leithauser released solo albums, including Black Hours (2014) and, with Rostam, I Had a Dream That You Were Mine (2016). A reunion was announced in November 2022, with New York shows in April 2023 and a Late Show with Stephen Colbert appearance that month, then a 2023 and 2024 Revenge Tour. Setlist.fm shows tour dates through the Kia Forum in Inglewood on November 23, 2024, among about 839 setlists.