Just hanging from the ceiling, with a towel on: funny part is that isn't even my pantless friend Last fall, we awarded the Best CMJ Foot-Soldiering PR Hustle of 2008 to the Hermit Thrushes, five Phil... Continue reading "New Hermit Thrushes MP3: Now With Pants!" >
From MAGNET's beloved hometown of Philadelphia, Hermit Thrushes (not to be confused with '90s Canadian alt-rockers Thrush Hermit) walk the line between guitar-driven lo-fi and unruly noise rock. "Snowflake Heart"—from the band's second release, Slight Fountain (due out in June on the Joyful Noise label)—embraces the outfit's bipolarity: A simple six-string melody interwoven with dazed [...]
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Philly 5-piece Hermit Thrushes, not to be confused with Joel Plaskett's former band Thrush Hermit, have announced the release of their sophomore album. Slight Fountain will be available on June 9th.You can get a taste of what you can expect with the song "Snowflake Heart", which leans heavily on Captain Beefheart for structure."Snowflake Heart"- MP3Here's the track listing for Slight Fountain:An
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Subscription Feeds: New Song Daily Only | All Podcasts E-mail Comments: phill[at]thephiller[dot]com Hermit Thrushes "Snowflake Heart" from Slight Fountain ( Joyful Noise Recordings ) Release Date: June, 2009
From Luke's Inbox: So I haven't got a clue as to where some of these files showed up, but here are some tracks that have shown up in my inbox recently: Alligators - Where Does It Hide Foreign Born - Vacationing People Hermit Thrushes - Snowflake Heart Jon Yeager - Great Sound Dirty Little Rabbits - Hello *********** Mistress Stephanie & Her Melodic Cat - Little Death

This young man pantsless, coming to a blog near you And the award for Best CMJ Foot-Soldier PR-Hustle goes to the above dude in the Philly psych-folk fivesome, Hermit Thrushes ! Kid badly in need of a shower saw me doodling daggers during the Unexceptional Handclap Band's set at the Fader Fort Friday and network-assaulted me, all I see your pen, now use it to write about my band . His hook: "We've played Todd P shows." In the end, he was nice enough, and passed along a manila [...]

Philly's Hermit Thrushes ' skewed psychedelic songs stumble and regain balance like a drunken man searching for quick sobriety. "Push" is a tiny eureka of somber, fractured pop beauty that may initially sound broken, but fixes up quite nicely. Fans of early Caribou and Lilys take note. The band's new EP Slight Fountain is available now at their shows and through their MySpace page . This post has: 1 MP3