Bio

Wormburner

Wormburner is narrative indie classic rock from Brooklyn via New Jersey. KEXP in Seattle calls Wormburner “anthemic indie rock with a punk rock kick”. Time Out New York cites “echoes of Springsteen, The Clash and The Pogues that ring out in succinct vignettes, twanging and swelling over vocalist Hank Henry’s forthright, reedy delivery”. According to The New Yorker, Wormburner is “a band with their own unique take on eighties college rock, with a lead vocalist who can sound like a cross between Michael Stipe and the Mountain Goats’ John Darnielle”.

Wormburner has a career spanning three full-length albums, several EPs, and a beloved Christmas single that seems to garner greater popularity every year.  Wormburner’s 2014 LP was included on critic Robert Christgau’s “Dean’s List”, ranking the best releases of that year.  Tour dates have landed Wormburner as far from home as the Pacific Northwest, where KEXP in Seattle has twice honored Wormburner with Song of the Day accolades and has hosted the band in KEXP’s live-in-the-studio performance space. Wormburner has shared stages with The War on Drugs, Violent Femmes, The Hold Steady, The Walkmen, Old 97s, Dean Wareham, Deer Tick, Pansy Division, the late, great Tommy Keene, Bill Janovitz of Buffalo Tom, Cracker, and Camper van Beethoven (David Lowery produced Wormburner’s debut album). Legendary VJ Matt Pinfield hosted Wormburner vocalist Hank Henry for an in-depth interview on MTV’s 120 Minutes.

Flash to 2025, and Wormburner has emerged with their long-awaited fourth full-length album.  Titled “Last of the Winter Light”, this 11-song collection finds Wormburner on its surest footing to-date.  With narrative lyrics as vivid as you’ve come to expect from the Wormburner canon, these newest songs are populated by fringe figures, frozen and stranded, but somehow summoning the strength to persevere in stark settings where the way forward is marked only by winter’s diminishing daylight.

Mixes for the new album were handled by Phil Palazzolo (Okkervil River, New Pornographers, Neko Case, Ted Leo + Pharmacists).  The band recently expanded to a six-piece lineup, propelling their already-electrifying stage show to a decidedly higher level of execution.

On Thursday June 12th at New York City’s Mercury Lounge, Wormburner will celebrate their album release by sharing the stage with the acclaimed Cincinnati band Wussy.