Another Music (Ep)
Price 6.26 - 10.85 USD
Blending "vintage fuzz pedal jams with early space rock and shoegaze" for over a decade, Hopewell"s tumultuous canon is the perfect cinematic bridge between the psychedelia of nineties acts like Spiritualized and Mercury Rev and the genre"s newer generation (read: Black Mountain, Serena-Maneesh). Hopewell"s "Another Music" EP is a collection of songs culled from an endless recording project that began in 2009 during a tour and special appearance alongside My Bloody Valentine. Hopewell recorded a handful of covers intended to feature David Baker (Mercury Rev"s original singer, who had disappeared from music 15 years earlier) on lead vocals. Dave showed up but in the end (for reasons he was unable to articulate) declined to participate. Determined to work with one of their shoegaze heroes, the band reached out to Mark Gardener, lead singer of the genre defining Ride. The happy result is the EP"s lead cut; a cover of Brian Eno"s "Needle In The Camel"s Eye" featuring Gardener"s amazing voice. Another Music also features the catchy, Clinic-esque "The King & The Canary", the chaotic transcendental drone of "The Six Knowables" and two tracks assembled from found sounds and excerpts of previous records, including recordings made at the famed Tarbox Road Studios (Flaming Lips, MGMT) augmented by the insane outsider skronk of avant-garde saxophonist Mark Marinoff (Chemical Brothers). Hearing is believing!