We're very excited to be supporting the world's first insight to a collaboration between 4 extremely talented, innovative and seasoned musicians. Mike Watt (Minutemen, Stooges, fIREHOSE), John Dieterich (Deerhoof), Thollem (Tsigoti) and Timothy Barnes (Silver Jews) create a really difficult sound to peg, just as its members have diverse and varied discographies, this collection of recordings ranges from punk, experimental, jazz, and indie pop.
The label describes it best:
"Veering between the tightly woven and the completely unhinged, trading deep gulfs of ponderous melancholy with gentle, fractured pop fairytales, The Hand To Man Band keeps the listener guessing without ever completely abandoning their own special brand of earthy hall-of-mirrors music. The internal/external dialogues set up by the band evoke train dreams, the open road, and the warmth and familiarity of a bed at home. They travel from psychotropic jazz to konked-out funk to skronked-out dirges to alien transmissions to plaintive nocturnal pleas, sometimes in the course of a single tune. These songs contradict and then coalesce before arriving finally as an unexpected gift, a measured unit, a fully formed whole. When that happens, that razor's edge shift from near-chaos to strength, power and beauty, hold on tight, listen, because it is truly something to behold."
The official release date is June 12 and if there's any chance of having the LP reviewed next week, we'd greatly appreciate it!
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The label describes it best:
"Veering between the tightly woven and the completely unhinged, trading deep gulfs of ponderous melancholy with gentle, fractured pop fairytales, The Hand To Man Band keeps the listener guessing without ever completely abandoning their own special brand of earthy hall-of-mirrors music. The internal/external dialogues set up by the band evoke train dreams, the open road, and the warmth and familiarity of a bed at home. They travel from psychotropic jazz to konked-out funk to skronked-out dirges to alien transmissions to plaintive nocturnal pleas, sometimes in the course of a single tune. These songs contradict and then coalesce before arriving finally as an unexpected gift, a measured unit, a fully formed whole. When that happens, that razor's edge shift from near-chaos to strength, power and beauty, hold on tight, listen, because it is truly something to behold."
The official release date is June 12 and if there's any chance of having the LP reviewed next week, we'd greatly appreciate it!
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Progressive Rock & Progressive Metal - E-Zine
