Joyful Noise Recordings (home to Hi Red Center and Grampall Jookabox) released Hermit Thrushes's second full-length Slight Fountain on June 23rd, 2009. Hermit Thrushes are a strange, ambitious power that only the east coast could have birthed. Cryptic lyrics in English and Greek sit comfortably overtop angular guitar parts, melodic bass lines and fine-tuned drumming. Standard rock instruments are supplemented by melodic doublings on trumpet, spare glockenspiel lines, noisy organ chords and drums filled with metal.
The Hermit Thrushes stage show has been the subject of controversy and frequently features cross-dressings, rainbow outfits, outrageous acrobatics and high kicks. They have shared the stage with notables Elf Power, Pattern Is Movement, Nat Baldwin (of Dirty Projectors), The Mae Shi and many more. Hermit Thrushes also perform in the band Folklore, fronted by Jimmy Hughes of Elf Power and Yianni performs in Leopulde (Sounds Familyre Records).
The band's second album and first for Joyful Noise, entitled Slight Fountain, streamlines the band's chaotic sound into a cohesive batch of songs - successfully balancing their naive bedroom lo-fi with disjointed arrangements, noisy multi-instrumental blasts, and nasty pitch-shifts.
Tour Dates
06.26.09 - Little House - Columbus, OH
06.27.09 - Luna Music - Indianapolis, IN
06.27.09 - The Empty Bucket - Indianapolis, IN
06.28.09 - Garfield Artworks - Pittsburgh, PA
07.01.09 - Death By Audio - Brooklyn, NY
07.19.09 - Pilot Light - Knoxville, TN
07.20.09 - Eyedrum Gallery - Atlanta, GA
07.21.09 - JJ's Bohemia - Chattanooga, TN
07.22.09 - Rad Hizzy - Little Rock, AR
07.23.09 - Ameroplace - Fayetteville,AR
07.24.09 - Cesspool Castle - Joplin, MO
07.25.09 - The Eagle's Lodge - Lawrence, KS
07.26.09 - Hi Dive - Denver, CO
07.28.09 - The Compound - Provo, UT
07.30.09 - Showbox - Seattle. WA
08.11.09 - Fort Gallery - Oakland, CA
08.26.09 - LEMP - St. Louis, MO
Praise For Hermit Thrushes:
"Hermit Thrushes...walk the line between guitar-driven lo-fi and unruly noise rock." - Magnet Magazine
They're like the indie rock soundtrack to a Fractured Fairytale.- The Pop! Stereo
"Underneath that layer of eccentricity, there are some really good tunes. The tracks with the thick covering of oddball lacquer become endearing after a few listens and the tracks that are more direct and tuneful are appealing right from the start. " - Citizen Dick
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