Video: Hospital Ships - Reprise

Aber die klingen doch wie ... Ja, genau! Wie Buddy Holly, The Beach Boys, Mark Hollis, Daniel Johnston, Pearl Jam, Old Canes, Katzen, ihre eigenen Keyboards. Oder gleich alles, irgendwie. Weil doch immer neue Bands klingen wie die Hospital Ships oder umgekehrt - und wir lieben das und freuen uns �ber die Hospital Ships: Das US-Duo verw�hnt die Ohren mit rauschenden Elegien und bauen dabei schroffe Gitarrenw�nde auf. Damit ist die Band f�r Hektiker, Quasselstrippen und Dauerbetriebsame ein heisser Tipp. Ja, diese Gruppe aus Lawrence (Kansas) zu h�ren, verlangt die Bereitschaft, alles um sich herum [...]

Hospital Ships bring to mind bands like Islands or Death Cab for Cutie due to the vocalists occasionally shimmers of Ben Gibbard esque vocal qualities. The band is the bedroom project of Jordan Geiger, former member of Shearwater and a personal favorite of mine The Appleseed Cast. Full length, Lonely Twin is coming soon via Graveface and a 73 for is available now . Check out two tracks below and the video for "Reprise" after the jump. Mp3: Hospital Ships - Honey Please [...]

• Hospital Ships - HoneyPlease.mp3
• Hospital Ships - HospitalShipsLoveorDeath.mp3

HOSPITAL SHIPS PREMIERE TWO NEW SONGS AND A NEW VIDEO ON STEREOGUM & NPR; LONELY TWIN OUT JUNE 7TH ON GRAVEFACE! It’s been a big week for Hospital Ships’ Jordan Geiger. Aside from currently touring Europe (recent email to publicist: “I am drunk in France”), people are catching on to his stunning new record, Lonely Twin, which is out June 7th on Graveface Records. On Wednesday, Stereogum premiered the video and mp3 for his raucous barnburner “Reprise” (Stereogum’s Amrit Singh says “think Ben Gibbard fronting an uplifting field song dressed in the rousing, blasted fuzz of Neutral Milk [...]

• Hospital Ships - HoneyPlease.mp3
• Hospital Ships - HospitalShipsReprise.mp3