With a room fulla fine pickers and orchestral players, Cory Hanson proclaims I Love People! His 4th solo album drills down (baby) on a dryly parallax worldview, with songs about all those people he loves and all the crazy things they get up to. Today’s American hero? The bard of the Big Rotten Apple, Lou Reed — hear Cory’s new song “Lou Reed” now!
An archetype and a true original, Lou Reed liked to laugh and he loved people, too. Cory teases out his heroic traits on “Lou Reed” with a widescreen Hollywood orchestration, garnished by a persistent NYC saxophone that betrays all heartbreaking intentions. Cory’s lyrics, forming haiku-like images, land with an elegy: “You were a prince and a fighter / and you were a tai chi master.” Lulu woulda loved it.
I Love People is out July 25th, with a tour trailin’ right after!
Cory Hanson 2025 Tour Dates
July 29 – San Francisco, CA @ Kilowatt
July 30 – Arcata, CA @ The Miniplex
July 31 – Aug. 3 – Happy Valley, OR @ Pickathon
Aug. 3 – Seattle, WA @ Black Lodge
Aug. 5 – Boise, ID @ Neurolux
Aug. 6 – Reno, NV @ Holland Project
Aug. 7- Pacific Grove, CA @ Pop & Hiss
Aug. 8 – Los Angeles, CA @ Zebulon
