Helter skelter rock 'n' roll. The third full album, and eighth release, from Hermit Thrushes is a predictably noise-y, off-kilter one that incorporates field recordings, bass clarinets, nervous-sounding vocal lines, and guitars that whir and wear atop tracks such as "Nails In The Wood" and "Telegraph Hill". The unusual instrumentation and house-of-horrors rhythms and lyrics are dense, claustrophobic and achieved with an enviable authenticity. It's not the easiest stuff to hang with, thus by the time Mystery Ocean winds down,...
Recommended Show: SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2011 HERMIT THRUSHES @ DEATH BY AUDIO 49 S 2nd St Brooklyn, NY 11211 $7, 8PM If you can make it out to a show tonight, we really do recommend trying to find your way to the DIY venue of Death by Audio to see Philadelphia's Hermit Thrushes . It's been a while since we've seen the boys in action , but we're sure they are as good as ever. Leafer @ Bruar Falls Patrick [...]
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Edible Onion always provides the most unique cover art, be it on CD or vinyl. One of their latest is from a band called Snow Caps , the release: Moonbreak . Snow Caps creates light, playful bedroom folk-pop. The band is Andrew Keller of Hermit Thrushes, and Moonbreak is the result of more than two years of recording by Keller, spanning several rooms in a Philadelphia home. The album flickers between full folk-pop songs and instrumental ones. It is intricate, beautiful, a little odd [...]
"Could we call you back in a minute?" Andy of The Armchairs asked. "We're buying tickets right now at the door for Deer Tick." The boys from the Philly band The Armchairs weren't just buying tickets, but they were about to step into the show. Inbetween getting tickets and getting stoked for the show, recommended by their friend from another Philly band, The Extraordinaires, Andy took a moment to talk about the latest Armchairs production, Science and Advice . Their album art is quite captivating; it's a mix-up of black and [...]
Philadelphia's Hermit Thrushes are coming to Louisvillle's Nachbar tonight alongside Olympia Washington's Lazer Zeppelin . You have to love the Nachbar who can take a last minute off night and turn it into an opportunity to see incredibly talented bands such as these two. To say Hermit Thrushes are known for their live shows is a blatant understatement. Let's just say they are a band with a lot of personality that can only really be heard when also seen ( BrightestYoungThings called them "an Easter parade on [...]
Recommended Show: MONDAY, JANUARY 11, 2010 HERMIT THRUSHES @ DEATH BY AUDIO 49 S 2nd St Brooklyn, NY 11211 $6, 8PM Hermit Thurshes play at Death by Audio tonight. After meaning to check them out for a while, we finally caught the band this year during the CMJ festival . The Philly band are a hardworking bunch and a perfect fit for the DIY space. Check out other shows going on tonight after the jump. The Wowz & CSC Funk Band @ Zebulon Barbès Takes Manhattan @ Mercury [...]
And now... the end of the year dump. Here is all the stuff I meant to get to last year but for some reason or another just didn't get around to, sorry. 1. The Mae Shi remix and then get remixed... Listen: You Are Free ( The Mae Shi Remix) by Mates Of State Listen: Lion And Lamb ( LVC Remix) by The Mae Shi 2. An mp3 from indiefolkpopper Califone ... Listen: Funeral Singers [...]
Recommended Show: FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009 PTERODACTYL, CHILD BITE, HERMIT THRUSHES, & FIASCO @ DEATH BY AUDIO 49 South 2nd Street Brooklyn, NY 11211 $TBA, 8PM Fiasco don't play many shows in the City since starting college, but the trio do try to make it back from time to time. Plus, teamed up with Hermit Thrushes, Child Bite, and Pterodactyl, it should be an amazing lineup. The cost of the show is still a big question mark, but it's a Showpaper benefit, so it's probably fairly cheap (and totally worthwhile). [...]
Hermit Thrushes | The Charleston | October 21, 2009 Free Energy wasn't the only Philly band to play CMJ last night. After the set at Santos, I bolted across the East River to check out a show from Hermit Thrushes. The bar used to host bands in the back of the upstairs room but in recent years has moved them downstairs. It gives off a sort of DIY basement scene sort of vibe, a rarity here in New York. Though in a way, it was a perfect setting for Hermit Thrushes. They [...]
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What a strange batch of Greek inspired gypsies Hermit Thrushes appear to be. Their alt-pop/folk is as intriguing as a businessman at Hempfest. And their slightly obtuse yet captivating sophomore release Slight Fountain crosses forward and backwards between obscurity and acoustic purity. Their songs are short in length, but not in passion. A true testament to all confusing folk developers everywhere. It seems to be no secret that Hermit Thrushes prefer a bit of a darker take on songwriting. With lyrics like Kiss [...]
Last week we brought you the space-rock of Joseph Scott . We hope that you took a chance on it over at Amie Street . Maybe he got a bunch of his friends to buy it, but we'd like to think the fact that the price from his album has risen can be attributed to us. (If it's not, just let us think it.) This week we're bringing you a full-length – Slight Fountain by the Philadelphian quintet Hermit Thrushes : When "fragile" is used to describe a song or an [...]
Given the events of the last 24 hours, one can't help but be drained. Needless to say, this weekend comes with a welcome relief, and as always, we're here to help you kick it off with a band. Below, you will find the week's best mix of new singles, remixes, and covers, along with mp3s from some up-and-comers you might want to check out. Oh, and we added in a few MJ-related tracks just because, well, why not... NEW Singles: "I and Love and You" by The Avett Brothers [...]
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Note: Album streams and MP3s may only be available for a limited time. Alexisonfire - Old Crows/Young Cardinals Listen: Full Album Stream Buy It: Amazon | iTunes The Antlers - Hospice Listen: Full Album Stream Buy It: Amazon | iTunes Birds of Avalon - Uncanny [...]
Subscription Feeds: New Song Daily Only | All Podcasts E-mail Comments: phill[at]thephiller[dot]com Hermit Thrushes "Push" from Slight Fountain ( Joyful Noise Recordings ) Release Date: June 23, 2009
Hermit Thrushes are a strange, ambitious power that only the east coast could have birthed. Cryptic lyrics in English and Greek sit comfortably over top angular guitar parts, melodic bass lines and fine-tuned drumming. Standard rock instruments are supplemented by melodic couplings on trumpet, spare glockenspiel lines, noisy organ chords and drums filled with metal. The band's second album and first for Joyful Noise, entitled Slight Fountain , streamlines the band's chaotic sound into a cohesive batch of songs - successfully balancing their naive bedroom lo-fi with disjointed arrangements, noisy multi-instrumental blasts, and nasty [...]
The things that most folks are going to hone in on when listening to (or commenting on if you're in the 40% of the population that has a music blog) Hermit Thrushes' sophomore release (out June 23 on Joyful Noise) are the weirder bits: the dissonance, sharply angular guitar sounds, odd stops and starts, occasional free jazz solo, impressionistic and scattershot lyrical content, wildly disorganized and chaotic acoustic soundscapes and, perhaps most strikingly, the ten seconds of a field recording of cats mewling. All of that stuff is in here and I don't think you'll hear anyone denying that this [...]
Listening: 1. Fishermans : Very cool new band from Chicago. You can download their EP here . 2. Yellow Ostrich : More free music from Wisconsin's Yellow Ostrich. This is a solo effort, but rich is texture and skill. Both his full-length and ep can be downloaded from his myspace. 3. Hermit Thrushes : One of the newer signing to Joyful Noise Records, this Philly band will release their second album Slight Fountain next month. Listen to : Snowflake Heart ( mp3 ) Reading [...]
This morning, the Philadelphia City Paper introduced us to the Guy Who Caught The Hipster Grifter. His name is Sam Tremble, he lives in Philly, and he met Kari Ferrell last December when his band pl... Continue reading "Hermit Thrushes' Drummer Sam Tremble Catches the Hipster Grifter, Or How I Met the Hipster Snitcher" >
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