Name: Bad Bad Hats
Start: 2025-01-16T19:00:00-08:00
Location: Barboza

Barboza Presents
BAD BAD HATS
with Special Guests
THU, 16 JAN 2025 at 07:00PM PST
Ages: 21 & Over
Doors Open: 07:00PM
OnSale: Fri, 18 Oct 2024 at 08:00AM PDT
Announcement: Wed, 16 Oct 2024 at 08:00AM PDT
The Minneapolis, Minnesota duo Bad Bad Hats are named after a little-known song from
“Madeline,” a beloved children’s book series about a mischievous young girl and her yellow-clad
classmates. Founded by singer/songwriter Kerry Alexander and guitarist Chris Hoge, the band
traffics in similarly playful concepts and warm scenes of youth. Bad Bad Hats are celebrated for
crispy, lived-in melodies, big choruses that stick for days, and an easy musicianship that carries
across their eclectic, wide-ranging releases.
The band's lead singer Kerry Alexander grew up between Tampa, Florida and Birmingham,
Alabama. As a child, she was a student of the glossy MTV pop that defined the early 2000s, as
well as the David Bowie and Tom Petty CDs her parents would play while making dinner. Singer
songwriters like Alanis Morissette, Kim Deal, and later, Michelle Branch, were an early
inspiration for Kerry: after discovering songwriting as a profession while watching American Idol,
the young teenaged Kerry began filling binders with songs, planning to one day write hit records
for stars.
As her confidence grew, Kerry began testing her performance chops at open mic nights, and
eventually began sharing demos on Myspace, where she first connected with Chris Hoge, a
savvy guitarist and classmate at the small liberal arts school Macalester College. The pair’s
chemistry was undeniable, sharing common tastes in songwriting and sound, and they
flourished creatively--and, soon, as a couple. They refined demos together and gigged around
the Twin Cities, where they received consistently strong responses from friends who’d come to
their shows. Soon, Kerry and Chris were assembling their first EP, "It Hurts," and catching the
ear of local indie labels. After fleshing out the line up with bassist Noah Boswell, Bad Bad Hats
was officially born.
"Psychic Reader," BBH’s debut LP, arrived in 2015. Led by the ebullient single “Midway,” the
album highlighted the band’s cinematic sound, punchy rhythm sections, and Kerry’s
heart-aching vocals. With "Psychic Reader," the band expanded their audience beyond local
Twin Cities venues, as their music spread organically via college radio and shared links. New
fans seemed to discover the music daily, their growth coincided with a renaissance in young
bedroom musicians via streaming through the 2010s. With their follow up full length albums
“Lightning Round” (2018) and “Walkman” (2021), Bad Bad Hats expanded their sound and look,
with hilariously DIY music videos that cast the band as ice hockey players, Elvis impersonators,
secret agents and more. In the years since their initial noodling around St. Paul, Bad Bad Hats
have toured globally with peers like The Beths and Hippo Campus, and storied acts like The
Front Bottoms and the aforementioned Michelle Branch, who picked them up for her 2022
headlining world tour. It was a full-circle moment for Kerry, one that she made clear on stage at
each show.
Last January, Kerry, Chris, and longtime bandmate Con Davison cozied up under frigid winter in
Chris and Kerry’s Twin Cities home, writing and recording their latest, self-titled LP. Each day for
two weeks, Kerry would make sandwiches for lunch (tuna salad on Tuesdays), and the crew
would get to work in the basement home studio, stacked to the brim with gear. The group
recorded more quickly than usual, and even incorporated a few songwriting prompts sent in
directly from their fans as jumping-off points. Where BBH are typically known for big song topics
like love and heartache, Kerry took to smaller ideas this go round—included are songs inspired
by parking tickets, scorching Tampa grocery store lots she remembered from her youth, and
other autobiographical scenes woven into dancefloor-ready numbers.
Today, Bad Bad Hats are back to their founding duo, and their upcoming record is the band’s
first time self-producing, with a freewheeling, pristine tone and several unexpectedly funky turns.
The new album suggests a band still having deep fun creating and playing, inviting listeners
new and old to live life to their heartfelt tunes. "Bad Bad Hats" will be available on April 12th,
2024 via Don Giovanni Records.
Accessibility Disclaimer: Barboza is not wheelchair accessible.

Important Information:
* This event is 21 & over. Valid ID is required. Minors will not be permitted entry.
* Doors open at the listed event time.
* Event start time is generally one hour after doors open but is subject to change without notice.
* All tickets are nonrefundable with the exception of event cancellation.
* Support acts are subject to change.

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