Artist.......: Hopewell
Album........: Beautiful Targets
Label........: n/a
Genre........: Indie
Catnr........: n/a
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Jun-21-2007
str.date.....: Jul-17-0000
quality......: VBR/44.1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a
track title time
01. In Full Bloom 03:10
02. All Angels Road 03:05
03. Bethlehem 03:28
04. Tree 05:02
05. Windy Day (Giant Dancers) 04:26
06. Monolith 03:56
07. Over & Over 05:31
08. Echo & His Brother 02:29
09. Afterflow 05:39
10. Are You Anywhere? 03:40
11. To The Slaughter 05:13
Runtime 45:39 min
Size 65,8 MB
Release Notes:
"...breathtaking, soulful psychedelic rock with a
dark turbulence at its heart: the two elements
tugging at each other until a music that is both
disquietingly beautiful and emotionally powerful is
all that remains." Stevie Chick, NME
"Uplifting, soulful, psychedelic rock. Welcome to
Hopewell, the home of beautiful music." Chris
Solmon, TIME OUT LONDON
"Sublime, stabbing, psychedelia. There are moments
of extreme grandiosity, crushing and immense, with
billowing crescendos and flattening layers of
feedback but they are buffered by a sweet
off-kilter romanticism. Hopewell have located the
spot where the personal and universal intersect,
rendering each moment both introspective and
transcendental." April Long, NME
"When Hopewell add some hangover-hazy honky-tonk
grit to their spacey sprawl (The Notbirds, closer
Square Peg Teeth), the results are uniquely out of
this world." Grade: B+; Timothy Gunatilaka,
ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"All you need is one catchy song to nail the rock
kids and with Calcutta, Hopewell has it. The songs
full of dance-inducing stripped down beats, as well
as soul-tipped organs and trumpets. Its from the
Brooklyn acts sophomore disc, The Birds of
Appetite. With mesmerizing singer Jason Russo at
the mike, the band culls the glam-rock sound of
Bowie and the croon-wave of the Cure." Mary Huhn,
NEW YORK POST
"If you are wondering where the soul of Mercury Rev
went, it may just have followed former member Jason
Russo after his departure from the legendary unit.
Their thick and tasty sound may snare a tonal
quality with the grungers, but the band reign with
a pop majesty that glitters over the feedback.
Package all this with a stage presence that gleamed
with rocknroll glory and Hopewell arent the heirs,
theyre building the kingdom." EXCLAIM! MAGAZINE
CANADA
"Music this cinematic and brilliant doesnt come
along often, so pay attention and enjoy every note
of it. Now go close your eyes and go for a flight
with The Birds Of Appetite. Youre in for one hell
of a ride" TRIPWIRE
"Spearheaded by Jason Russo, Hopewell play that
sweet-dream psych-pop, you know the kind that
starts off slow and melodic, then gradually builds
to something of epic proportions. Makes you wonder
how they get from point A to point B so well while
maintaining those high soothing vocals. This band
rewards those of us who like to pay attention."
Mike Ayers: VILLAGE VOICE
"Tripadelic pop mongers Hopewell; their stellar
forthcoming, Birds of Appettite, finds the band in
top form." VOICE CHOICE
"Hopewell's recent recordings with Dave Fridmann
sound fresh and dense, with stronger melodies than
ever..." TIME OUT NEW YORK
"Hopewell's psychedelic pop is visceral and
dynamic, yet unstable - meaning you never know when
the noisy bits will suddenly squirm out of a sugary
pop cloud that twists itself inside out, and
implodes. A band to keep your earholes tuned to for
sure." David Sean Bosler; VILLIAGE VOICE