Graham Hunt promo photo

Graham Hunt

Graham Hunt promo photo

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 Geoff McGovern

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If you know how to work the angles, you can fit a lot into the container of a three- or four-minute pop song. Graham Hunt understands this. Since he was a teenager, he’s been working at perfecting the form, writing songs that get to the heart of what makes Midwestern guitar pop so essential, and doing it while sidestepping any of the dead-end creative moves that weigh down many in the genre.

Nowhere is this balancing act as clear as on the Madison-based artist’s new LP, Try Not To Laugh. It’s a record where breakbeats coexist with anthemic choruses and synth runs go toe-to-toe with acoustic guitars. From start to finish, the song stays at the forefront. It’s been the throughline for Hunt, who has played in street punk bands and power pop bands and hardcore bands and the underrated Midnight Reruns, who pushed a distinctively Upper Heartland kind of songcraft, one that led to opening slots for The Replacements and a diehard following of Wisconsin alcoholics.

Do you want some reference points? Well, you don’t need them to enjoy this music, but here goes: this music sounds like the Dust Brothers, if they produced an album for Paul Westerberg; this music sounds like Guided By Voices, if Robert Pollard was more influenced by Happy Mondays than British prog-rock; this music sounds like whatever mildly funky Zoomer indie rock band you want it to sound like, if any of those kids knew how to write a chorus.

Speaking of choruses, the record’s lead single "Emergency Contact" has one so big and satisfying that, in a different era, it would've knocked on the door of the Top 40—or at least the CMJ charts. The song’s lyrics, like many of the lyrics on this record, are a collaged rendering of the quotidian Midwest experience, made triumphant through the force of the music. With Try Not To Laugh, Hunt has made an album that is made for living inside of. "Driving down 94/The power grid’s on fire/Don’t get out of the car until the song is over."

Upcoming Shows

January 30, 2026 Amityville, NY Amityville Music Hall
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January 31, 2026 Boston, MA Roadrunner
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February 04, 2026 Richmond, VA Cobra Cabana
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February 05, 2026 Raleigh, NC Kings
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February 06, 2026 Atlanta, GA The Masquerade - Purgatory
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February 07, 2026 Hattiesburg, MS The Fat Cat
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February 09, 2026 Houston, TX White Oak Music Hall - Upstairs
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February 10, 2026 Dallas, TX Club Dada
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February 11, 2026 McAllen, TX The Gremlin
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February 12, 2026 Austin, TX 29th Street Ballroom
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February 13, 2026 San Antonio, TX Paper Tiger
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February 15, 2026 Tucson, AZ Club Congress
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February 16, 2026 Phoenix, AZ Valley Bar
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February 17, 2026 San Diego, CA Ché Café
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February 18, 2026 Las Vegas, NV American Legion Post 8
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February 19, 2026 Reno, NV Holland Project
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February 20, 2026 Sacramento, CA Cafe Colonial
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February 21, 2026 San Francisco, CA Cafe Du Nord
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February 23, 2026 Seattle, WA Black Lodge
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February 24, 2026 Portland, OR Polaris
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February 26, 2026 Cheyenne, WY Thrash Zone
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February 27, 2026 Denver, CO Marquis
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February 28, 2026 Omaha, NE American Legion Post 1
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March 02, 2026 Minneapolis, MN 7th St. Entry
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March 03, 2026 Milwaukee, WI Cactus Club
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March 04, 2026 Chicago, IL Subterranean
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March 05, 2026 Clinton Twp, MI Edgemen
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March 06, 2026 Columbus, OH Dirty Dungarees
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March 07, 2026 Toronto, CAN Hard Luck
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March 08, 2026 Ottawa, CAN The Rainbow Bistro
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March 09, 2026 Montreal, CAN Toscadura
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March 11, 2026 New York, NY Bowery Ballroom
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March 12, 2026 Philadelphia, PA First Unitarian Church
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March 13, 2026 Baltimore, MD Ottobar
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Graham Hunt - "Frog in the Shower" (Official Music Video)

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Graham Hunt - "East Side Screamer" (Official Music Video)

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Graham Hunt - "I Just Need Enough" (Official Music Video)

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Graham Hunt at Cafe Bourbon Street 1/20/23

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Graham Hunt - Emergency Contact (2023) (Music Video)

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