Forming in the summer of 2011 in Champaign, IL, Hank. (yes the period is in the name) has become the joint effort of best friends Nelson Cowan, Darwin Keup, Tedd Lerch, and Ryan Brewer. Releasing their debut album "Pinched." on label Globe Garage in July of 2013 the band has been hitting the road as hard as possible. Amidst expanding tour dates and pushing what they can do musically, Hank. has no desire to slow down. :: Releases, Tours, Fests :: Schrader EP released November 2011. Venture EP released March 2012. Hank spring tour March 18-23th 2012 Summer tour August 1-7th 2012 Pygmalion Music Festival September 27th 2012 Hank. Winter Tour - January 2nd-14th 2013 Skeletal Lightning Fest - April 6 2013 Untitled Music Fest - April 29th 2013 Summer Pinched. Release Tour - August 1st-24th 2013 Pygmalion Music Festival - September 27th 2013 :: Band We've Played With :: Maps and Atlases So Many Dynamos The Appleseedcast Warren Franklin and The Founding Fathers The Please and Thank Yous Island of Misfit Toys Atlas Moth Side-Lined Closet Burner Texas Instuments Canyons Former Thieves Two Knights Regret, The Informer Anodes Empires Empire! Empire! (I was a lonely estate) Dead Tooth Legs Like Tree Trunks The Reptilian Dowsing Into it. Over It. Northless Alta Thieves The Shakes Pisces At The Animal Fair Stella Buck Gooter My First Castle Mala In Se METZ Gnarwhal Math/prog/dance/pizza/party