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Current conditions

#57 Houndmouth

Wildcard • 11°TEMPERATURE

Houndmouth grade out well because of active cycle, shaky genre fit, returner sweet spot. There are no major penalty conditions dragging the profile down at the moment.

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Genre Fit

3/3

Agency

High Road Touring (Matt Hickey)

Last Shaky

2016

Festival Fronts

0

Booking outlook

Historical Shaky Knees performer awaiting current artist, touring, and genre-fit research.

Artist Bio

Houndmouth is a folk artist from New Albany,USA, formed in 2011. The project’s recorded work is commonly associated with rock. The available discography runs from From the Hills Below the City (2013) to Little Neon Limelight (2015). Its profile belongs in the Shaky Forecast library as part of the wider map of artists under current and historical consideration.

Signal report

Why This Forecast Works

Researched through 2026-09-22. Unverified fields are intentionally left unresolved.

  • Historical appearances: 2014, 2016.
  • Research-only library record. It is intentionally excluded from scoring and the public Top 100 until current evidence is reviewed.
  • Researched through 2026-09-22. Unverified fields are intentionally left unresolved.
  • Batch 09 research cutoff: 2026-09-22.
  • Atlanta timing: NONE_FOUND
  • Current release/touring/festival research completed in Batch 04. Positive conditions are source-backed; negative findings mean no qualifying current/2027 evidence was verified in this pass.
  • Current-activity batch 04 research gaps now: Verify image credit/rights metadata; Verify booking agency; Verify management; Verify record label.
  • Research Batch 10 (PARTIAL): Representation and label resolved; strong concrete 2027 routing added.
  • Research Batch 10 remaining fields: image_credit.

Forecast factors

Pressure Breakdown

This is the weighted case behind the ranking. It explains where the Forecast Index comes from without pretending the number is a literal probability.

  • Active Cycle+5

    Correlated activity evidence is bundled with diminishing returns: release (4), touring (2).

  • Shaky genre fit+3

    Historical Shaky Knees performer awaiting current artist, touring, and genre-fit research.

  • Returner sweet spot+3

    Houndmouth last played in 2016, which sits in the ideal return window.

Forecast Index: 11

Routing map

Festival Fronts

  • No festival fronts are currently on the desk.

Release climate

Music Weather

Album

Lordy

Status

2026 Album

Release

Jul 10, 2026

2027 Touring

Confirmed North American touring in 2027

Lordy, the band's first album in five years, was released July 10, 2026 via Dualtone, followed by extensive 2026 touring and confirmed February 2027 Canadian dates.

Forecast Impact

+1 release-climate points

Houndmouth carry verified new-music momentum, which helps explain why the forecast keeps them active in the 2027 booking conversation.

Houndmouth — Research Batch 10 release
  • North American Tour (2027)Confirmed

    The official tour page lists extensive fall 2026 North American routing plus confirmed February 5-7, 2027 dates in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.

  • North American Tour (2027)Confirmed

    Confirmed February 5-7, 2027 dates in Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal.

Historical conditions

Shaky History

Past appearances2014 · 2016

Receipts

Sources

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