Alasdair MacKenzie, Chris Haley, and Liz Kantor formed Hush Club after finding each other in college.  Now, they are based in Somerville, MA, making lush, melodic, and propulsive indie rock that examines the nuances of our shared human experience.  WBUR describes Hush Club’s music as “groovy, swaying tunes with catchy guitar riffs and melodies about falling in and out of love.”  Their latest single, “Movie,” has lyrics that might make you cry if you weren’t too busy dancing to its groove.

In 2024, Hush Club sold out headlining shows at the Sinclair in Cambridge, MA and Brighton Music Hall in Boston, MA. The band has been featured twice in The Boston Globe and been nominated twice for the Boston Music Awards (Album/EP of the Year and Folk Artist of the Year). Hush Club has opened for national and international touring acts including Michael Seyer, Hermitage Green, Juice, French Cassettes, Wabie, and Will Leet (of Sammy Rae & the Friends), and the band’s music has been praised by Under the Radar, Glide Magazine, Vanyaland, and Boston Hassle, in addition to the WBUR writeup quoted above.  Fingerprints & Stains also received extensive airplay on college radio, charting as the #5 debut on the NACC 200 in its first week and staying on the chart for three weeks.

Past show highlights

• The Sinclair, Cambridge, MA: headlined September 2024, SOLD OUT (525 tickets sold)

• Brighton Music Hall, Allston, MA: headlined January 2024, SOLD OUT (525 tickets sold)

• The Pocket, Washington, D.C.: headlined November 2024, SOLD OUT (81 tickets sold)

• The Press Room, Portsmouth, NH: co-headlined with The Wolff Sisters February 2024 (135 tickets sold)

• The Press Room, Portsmouth, NH: co-headlined with Copilot October 2024 (130 tickets sold)

• Mercury Lounge, New York, NY: headlined May 2024 (128 tickets sold)

• Askew, Providence, RI: headlined December 2022 (100 tickets sold)

• Portland House of Music, Portland, ME: headlined April 2024 (75 tickets sold)

• Nectar’s, Burlington, VT: headlined April 2024 (45 tickets sold)

• The Drake, Amherst, MA (300 capacity), opened for Juice April 2024

• The Word Barn, Exeter, NH: opened for Brooke Annibale August 2023

• NICE, a fest, Somerville MA: performed on the main stage July 2024

• Brighton Music Hall, Allston, MA: opened for Hermitage Green (August 2023) and Juniper March 2022

• Crystal Ballroom, Somerville, MA (500 capacity): opened for Wabie and Michael Seyer May 2022

• Deep Cuts, Medford, MA (240 capacity): opened for French Cassettes September 2023

• The Middle East Upstairs, Cambridge, MA, 150 capacity: opened for Will Leet (of Sammy Rae & The Friends) and Pan Arcadia November 2023

Upcoming shows:

• December 6, 2024 - Fete Lounge, Providence, RI

• December 14, 2024 - DROM, New York, NY (co-headlining with Copilot)

Contact: hushclubband@gmail.com

Press highlights

• “For Hush Club, there’s an art to simplicity. The indie trio, based out of Somerville, writes groovy, swaying tunes with catchy guitar riffs and melodies about falling in and out of love.”

  • WBUR

• “[Hush Club’s album] Fingerprints & Stains…explores spaces ranging from intimate to celestial, evoking honest confessions and wide expanses as it unfurls in waves of dreamy pop psychedelia.”

  • Under the Radar

  "Hush Club creates dreamlike…indie pop...the band takes ears on an intimate journey of musical imagery and reflective melodies."

  • Glide Magazine

  “Each [track] offer[s] multiple layers of emotion that feel orchestral, with pockets of twang, indie-pop, and shoegaze intertwined without one overpowering the other. There’s a lot to digest…but it all adds up to a certain mood that Hush Club are claiming as their own.”

  • Vanyaland

  “Fingerprints & Stains showcases Hush Club’s encompassing yet gentle sound; it’s music from the Milky Way…The compositions are musically simple but emotionally rich, eliciting introspective thoughts and strong feelings even when no words are sung.”

  • Boston Hassle