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Artist: The Hopefuls
Album: Now Playing At The One Seat Theatre
Label: Self Released
Playtime: 45:08 min
Genre: Indie
URL:
Rip date: 2009-03-12
Street date: 2008-12-20
Size: 73.89 MB
Type: Normal
Quality: 218 kbps / 4410kHz / Joint Stereo
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Three years after the release of their first record, Minneapolis favorites
have finally released their sophomore album, æNow Playing at the One-Seat
TheatreÆ. It should come to no surprise that itÆs taken them as long as it
has to complete this new record. Things have changed a good bit in the past
number of years for these guys as theyÆve had some obstacles to overcome.
Shortly after their debut album, the oh so powerful counsel of Olympics made
them change their name from The Olympic Hopefuls to simply, The Hopefuls.
Then, as the success of Erik ApplewickÆs band, Tapes æn Tapes, started to
grow the choice was made and he left The Hopefuls to focus on his own
project. And letÆs not forget that lead singer, Darren Jackson, has been busy
with his other busy band, Kid Dakota. Beyond that, several other members have
children to raise and jobs to tend to. Not to worry though, fans of their
first record are sure to be pleased with their follow-up.
The bottom line is, thereÆs a good chance The Hopefuls might make, like, a
gazillion dollars or so with this new record of theirs. It starts off with
the powerfully poppy song æEdge of MedicineÆ which seems to be about pill
poppinÆ and feelinÆ good. Definitely Weezer influenced thru and thru. In
fact, the entire album mirrors the Weezer influence. I tend to enjoy Weezer
myself; however, this record has an atmospheric feel to it which is somewhat
interesting and redeeming. Since Applewick left the band, keytar player and
vocalist John Hermanson (also in the band Storyhill), has filled the gap by
writing and singing several tracks, including the albums highlight song,
æStaceyÆ, which is, of course, equally as poppy as the rest (the frickinÆ
song has been in my head for days on end, usually the sign of a good pop
hit).
The ironic thing about these guys is the first time I heard this new record I
told a friend that their music would be fitting for The O.C. Then, when I did
some research on these kids, I found out that theyÆve actually had their
music on that show. No baloney, an altogether true story. IÆm not gonna lie
when I say that when I listen to this new record I get the urge to pull my
old skateboard outta my closet, bleach my hair blonde and move to SoCal. The
whole album is a little too perfect for my taste but IÆm just one man. For
those of you teenyboppers out there, look no further. The whole package is 11
songs with catchy melodies and enough vocal harmonies to go around for
everyone.
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01. Edge Of Medicine ( 5:29)
02. Idaho ( 3:14)
03. Virgin Wood ( 3:30)
04. Stacey ( 3:33)
05. Miss You ( 4:50)
06. One-Seat Theatre ( 5:21)
07. Only Dreaming ( 3:03)
08. Red Stain ( 3:29)
09. What She Wants ( 2:36)
10. Hold Your Own ( 4:58)
11. Love Without A Future (The Director's Cut) ( 5:05)
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