Oliver Hazard Releases New Single “Saratoga” Today
April 28, 2023 BY Jason Currell
Waterville, Ohio indie-folk trio Oliver Hazard release their new single “Saratoga” off of their forthcoming full-length album, details TBA. “Saratoga,” is an anthem that sees the raw, effortless energy of the band’s melodies take center stage. Listen to the song HERE.
“‘Saratoga’ is a melody that we wrote when the band was first getting started. It is a song about being disarmed by someone else. There is a mystical quality to the music and lyrics that allude to witchcraft. It is an earnest and heartfelt song about the beginning of a relationship.”
Catch Oliver Hazard on tour this spring and summer where they will be performing their new music off their forthcoming album for the first time. Starting April 20th, the band will be joining Houndmouth on tour in Harrisburg, PA with the tour wrapping on May 6th in Newport, KY. They have also just announced a handful of summer headline shows, which will lead into Oliver Hazard Day, a yearly festival created by the band to support the local community, on August 12th in the band’s hometown. Oliver Hazard will be joined by Illiterate Light, Sam Burchfield and Field Guide, with DJ sets by Jon Zenz and art installations by Cathy Tyda. For more information and to purchase tickets, visit the band’s website HERE.
Oliver Hazard Tour Dates:
w/Houndmouth
April 20 – Harrisburg, PA – XL Lived
April 21 – Milvale, PA – Mr Small’s Theatre
April 22 – Albany, NY – Empire Live
April 23 – Asbury Park, NJ – The Stone Pony
April 25 – New Haven, CT – Toad’s Place
April 27 – Northampton, MA – Academy Of Music Theatre
April 28 – Providence, RI – Fete Music Hall
April 29 – Portland, ME – State Theatre
May 1 – South Burlington, VT – Higher Ground
May 2 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage
May 3 – Richmond, VA – The National
May 5 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
May 6 – Newport, KY – MegaCorp Pavilion
Headline dates
June 29 – Anchorage, AK – 49th State Brewing
June 30 – Hope, AK – Creekbend Cafe
July 1 – Hope, AK – Creekbend Cafe
August 12 – Waterville, OH – Oliver Hazard Day*
*festival
About Oliver Hazard:
The story of Waterville, OH indie-folk trio Oliver Hazard – Michael Belazis (vocals, guitar) and Devin East (vocals, guitar) and joined by Nate Miner (keys, vocals) – is the digital age’s version of classic band mythmaking. One member of the band came home to Ohio after leading camping trips in California and decided to make an album with two childhood friends. They won a Facebook raffle to record one song at a studio. Instead, they played their whole album straight through once, resulting in their debut LP 34 N River (2018). The Fader called the album a “folk-pop masterpiece” and the band was booked at Bonnaroo and Mountain Jam shortly thereafter. In 2019, the band released their 6 track EP, The Flood, which Billboard called a “souvenir.” The band is gearing up to release their new LP later 2023, which is the work of 3 individual singers, songwriters and multi-instrumentalists, who share an organic connection in the craft — sensibilities that yield music that’s harmonic, haunting and also ambitious and surprising.
