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Available on:\r\niTunes,\r\nAmazon,\r\nSpotify,\r\nGoogle Play\r\n
Released by Misra Records
Recorded March–September 2006
Drums recorded by Eric Penna, Lifted And Gifted Studios
Produced & mixed by Ryan Walsh
Mastered by Jeff Lipton, Peerless Mastering
Artwork by Ryan Walsh
All songs written by Ryan Walsh, © 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)
The Band: David Bentley, Matthew Brown, Joseph Marrett, Eric Meyer, Brian Rutledge, Ryan Walsh
\r\nGuests: Evan Sicuranza, David Michael Curry, Lilian Belknap, Derek Mueller, Deirdre Ilkson
", "priority": null @@ -19,12 +19,12 @@ "model": "music.release", "pk": 2, "fields": { - "publish": false, + "publish": true, "publish_on": "2008-04-08T12:25:04Z", "title": "Prepare To Qualify EP", "slug": "prepare-to-qualify", "date": "2008-04-08", - "cover_url": "http://hallelujahthehills.com/files/artwork/ptq_cover.jpg", + "cover_url": "https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/ptq_cover.jpg", "player_code": "", "description": "Included on Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Trash Can .
Released by Discrete Pageantry Records.
Produced & mixed by Ryan Walsh
Mastered by Jeff Lipton, Peerless Mastering
Artwork by Ryan Walsh
The Band: David Bentley, Elio DeLuca, Joseph Marrett, Eric Meyer, Brian Rutledge, Ryan Walsh
", @@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ "title": "Colonial Drones", "slug": "colonial-drones", "date": "2009-09-22", - "cover_url": "http://hallelujahthehills.com/files/artwork/drones_cover.jpg", - "player_code": "", + "cover_url": "https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/drones_cover.jpg", + "player_code": "", "description": "Available on:\r\niTunes,\r\nAmazon,\r\nSpotify,\r\nGoogle Play\r\n
Released by Misra Records.
Recorded July 2008 – January 2009 at The Soul Shop, Medford, MA
Produced by Ryan Walsh
Recorded by Elio DeLuca
Mixed by Elio DeLuca and Ryan Walsh at the Soul Shop
Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering, Boston, MA
Artwork by Ryan Walsh
All songs written by Ryan Walsh, © 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)
The Band: David Bentley, Elio DeLuca, Joseph Marrett, Eric Meyer, Brian Rutledge, Ryan Walsh
", "priority": null @@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ "title": "No One Knows What Happens Next", "slug": "no-one-knows-what-happens-next", "date": "2012-05-22", - "cover_url": "http://hallelujahthehills.com/files/images/nokwhn_cover.jpg", - "player_code": "", + "cover_url": "https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/nokwhn_cover.jpg", + "player_code": "", "description": "Available on:\r\nBandcamp,\r\niTunes,\r\nAmazon,\r\nSpotify,\r\nGoogle Play\r\n
Released by Discrete Pageantry Records
Recorded at The Soul Shop, Medford, MA by Elio DeLuca
Tape transfer by Jack Younger at Watch City Studios
Mixed by Rafi Sofer & Ryan Walsh at Q Division
Mastered by Jonathan Wyner at M-Works
All songs written by Ryan Walsh, © 2012 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)
All songs arranged by Hallelujah The Hills.
Band:
\r\nGuests:
\r\nA collection of singles, B-sides, and unreleased material from our storied “career”, placed all together in an order that plays out like the double album we never released. For a guided tour of the proceedings, check out Ryan's song-by-song notes.
\r\n\r\nAvailable on:\r\nBandcamp,\r\niTunes,\r\nAmazon,\r\nSpotify,\r\nGoogle Play\r\n
Released by Discrete Pageantry Records
A collection of singles, B-sides, and unreleased material from our storied “career”, placed all together in an order that plays out like the double album we never released. For a guided tour of the proceedings, check out Ryan's song-by-song notes.
\r\n\r\nAvailable on:\r\nBandcamp,\r\niTunes,\r\nAmazon,\r\nSpotify,\r\nGoogle Play\r\n
Released by Discrete Pageantry Records
Available on:\r\nBandcamp, \r\niTunes, \r\nAmazon,\r\nSpotify,\r\nGoogle Play\r\n
Released by Discrete Pageantry Records
180-gram vinyl from Re-Vinyl Records available on Bandcamp.
", "credits": "Recorded at 1809 Studios, Macedon, NY - 1809studios.com
Produced by Hallelujah the Hills & Dave Drago
Mixed & mastered at Machines With Magnets, Pawtucket, RI by Seth Manchester, Keith Souza, & Ryan Walsh
\"You Got Fooled\" engineered & mixed at Q Division Studios, Somerville, MA by Matt Beaudoin
Copyright ©2014 Reverse The Tape Decks ASCAP
Band:
\r\nRyan Connelly – Drums, Vocals
Joseph Marrett – Bass, Vocals
Brian Rutledge – Trumpet, Moog, Vocals
Ryan Walsh – Guitar, Vocals
Nicholas Ward – Bass, Piano, Vocals
Special Guests: Madeline Forster and Dave Drago
", @@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ "title": "Juvenile Oratorios EP", "slug": "juvenile-oratorios-ep", "date": "2014-10-17", - "cover_url": "http://hallelujahthehills.com/files/artwork/juvenile_oratorios_cover_large.jpg", + "cover_url": "https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/juvenile_oratorios_cover_large.jpg", "player_code": "", "description": "Available on Bandcamp\r\n
Released by Discrete Pageantry Records
Recorded and mixed by Hallelujah The Hills
Mastered by Machines With Magnets
Available on: Bandcamp, iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, Google Play\r\n
Released by Discrete Pageantry Records
180-gram vinyl from Re-Vinyl Records available on Bandcamp.
", "credits": "Recorded November 2015 at 1809 Studios, Macedon, NY
1809studios.com
Produced by HTH and Dave Drago
Engineered and mixed by Dave Drago
Studio Assistant: Jacob Walsh
Mastered by Jake Rodenhouse
perfectsoundstudios.com
Ryan Connelly – Drums
Joseph Marrett – Guitar
Brian Rutledge – Synthesizer
Ryan H. Walsh – Guitar, Vocals
Nicholas Giadone Ward – Bass, Piano
Oh, YOU KNOW everyone sang, including Dave Drago + Jacob Walsh
\r\n© 2016 Reverse The Tape Decks ASCAP
", @@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ "title": "Movement Scorekeepers", "slug": "movement-scorekeepers", "date": "2016-07-08", - "cover_url": "http://hallelujahthehills.com/files/artwork/movement_scorekeepers_cover.jpg", + "cover_url": "https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/movement_scorekeepers_cover.jpg", "player_code": "", "description": "A lo-fi companion to A Band Is Something To Figure Out.\r\n
Limited-edition, blue vinyl 7\" from Jealous Butcher Records.
An instrumental album originally created as the soundtrack for the book Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968.
\r\n\r\nAvailable on Bandcamp.\r\n
Limited-edition vinyl available from Jealous Butcher Records.\r\n
Music by Hallelujah The Hills: Ryan Connelly, Dave Curry, Joseph Marrett, Brian Rutledge, Nicholas Ward, Ryan H. Walsh.
\r\n\r\nWith special guests: Dana Colley, Tanya Donelly, Josh Kantor, Marissa Nadler, and Evan Sicuranza.
\r\n\r\nEngineered, mixed, and mastered by Seth Manchester at Machines with Magnets, Pawtucket RI.
\r\n\r\n\u00a9 2018 Reverse The Tape Decks ASCAP
", @@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ "title": "I\u2019m You", "slug": "im-you", "date": "2019-11-15", - "cover_url": "http://hallelujahthehills.com/files/artwork/im_you_cover.jpg", + "cover_url": "https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/im_you_cover.jpg", "player_code": "", "description": "\r\nAvailable on:\r\nBandcamp,\r\nSpotify,\r\nApple,\r\nGoogle,\r\nAmazon\r\n
Released by Discrete Pageantry Records.\r\n
\r\n Recorded at Machines with Magnets, Pawtucket RI
\r\n Produced by Seth Manchester and Hallelujah The Hills
\r\n Mixed by Seth Manchester
\r\n Mastered by Greg Calbi, Sterling Sound\r\n
\r\n The band:
\r\n Brian Rutledge
\r\n David Michael Curry
\r\n Joseph Marrett
\r\n Nicholas Ward
\r\n Ryan Connelly
\r\n Ryan H. Walsh\r\n
\r\n Special guests:
\r\n John Payne (flute and soprano sax on \u201cIt Still Floors Me\u201d)
\r\n Tyler Derryberry (theremin on \u201cFolk Music Is Insane\u201d and \u201cPeople Keep Dying\u201d)\r\n
\r\n All songs written by Ryan H. Walsh
\r\n except \u201cBorn to Blow It\u201d written by Ryan H. Walsh and Marissa Nadler
\r\n All songs arranged by Hallelujah The Hills\r\n
Copyright ©2019 Reverse The Tape Decks ASCAP
", @@ -1079,7 +1079,7 @@ "publish_on": "2014-05-03T08:21:25Z", "title": "We Are What We Say We Are", "slug": "we-are-what-we-say-we-are", - "player_code": "", + "player_code": "", "description": "", "credits": "", "lyrics": "nevermind religion we've got other fields to plow
the jury's in the bleachers, and the magician's back in town
watch out kindly citizens they say the moon will fall
it'll smash this town to smithereens and then who you gonna call?
Here comes that old occult feeling
we're raising the dead, we're raising the dead
call to order secret cults, their intent still unknown
to those who reside within its ranks and to those who walk alone
I know that you know I know what other only feel
let's lock in some locket and bury it at sea
Here comes that old occult feeling
we're raising the dead, we're raising the dead
may I interrupt this dance?
are you shattered for the storm?
Have you braced for boys gone wild
can you convince me we're alive?
well, that's a lot of pressure to pin down on the world
Here's an introductory class on thinning the herd
We are what we say we are
we are what we say we are
Of course, by “finished” we mean “finished recording”; there's still mixing and mastering and pressing and so on. But the sounds have been captured! The end is in sight!
" + "body": "![\"Colonial](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/drones_meal.jpg\")
Of course, by “finished” we mean “finished recording”; there's still mixing and mastering and pressing and so on. But the sounds have been captured! The end is in sight!
" } }, { @@ -4075,7 +4075,7 @@ "publish_on": "2008-04-08T22:48:50Z", "title": "Are You Preparified?", "slug": "are-you-preparified", - "body": "Today we are proud to unveil the Prepare To Qualify EP for free download for all who wish to hear it. You may have heard some of these songs before when they first trickled out online but we strongly suggest you trash those MP3's and grab this today. Since then we've had them properly mastered by Jeff Lipton over at Peerless Mastering, added two never-before-heard tracks, and lovingly sequenced it into this pocket-sized challenger. We'll also have hard copies for sale at shows. Please enjoy it as we spend the summer playing some shows and recording album #2.
\n" + "body": "Today we are proud to unveil the Prepare To Qualify EP for free download for all who wish to hear it. You may have heard some of these songs before when they first trickled out online but we strongly suggest you trash those MP3's and grab this today. Since then we've had them properly mastered by Jeff Lipton over at Peerless Mastering, added two never-before-heard tracks, and lovingly sequenced it into this pocket-sized challenger. We'll also have hard copies for sale at shows. Please enjoy it as we spend the summer playing some shows and recording album #2.
\n" } }, { @@ -4097,7 +4097,7 @@ "publish_on": "2008-02-18T23:07:47Z", "title": "I Am Writing This Under Duress, All Of My Lies Will Be Presented As Truths", "slug": "i-am-writing-under-duress-all-my-lies-will-be-pres", - "body": "Dear Country, we are touring inside of you for most of March. Please let us seamlessly graft ourselves to your innards in each city. Thank you country.
\n\nThe Unifying Monsters Tour will shake your feet directly down into the silt forever and always. We mean that in the best possible way. SXSW, Daytrotter, shows with Evangelicals, and a plethora of other highlights: Come see it!
\n\nThanks to everyone who watched us perform Collective Psychosis Begone in its entirety last month at The Middle East Upstairs. It was one of our favorite nights of playing music (like, ever). It's been summed up quite nicely here and here (scroll down); for maximum effect, read those slowly or repeatedly while listening to the recording of the set.
\n" + "body": "Dear Country, we are touring inside of you for most of March. Please let us seamlessly graft ourselves to your innards in each city. Thank you country.
\n\nThe Unifying Monsters Tour will shake your feet directly down into the silt forever and always. We mean that in the best possible way. SXSW, Daytrotter, shows with Evangelicals, and a plethora of other highlights: Come see it!
\n\nThanks to everyone who watched us perform Collective Psychosis Begone in its entirety last month at The Middle East Upstairs. It was one of our favorite nights of playing music (like, ever). It's been summed up quite nicely here and here (scroll down); for maximum effect, read those slowly or repeatedly while listening to the recording of the set.
\n" } }, { @@ -4108,7 +4108,7 @@ "publish_on": "2007-11-03T23:14:29Z", "title": "Do I have to come right flat out and tell you everything?", "slug": "do-i-have-come-right-flat-out-and-tell-you-everyth", - "body": "We've been back from tour for two weeks, and that's how long it seems to take before we've entirely acclimated to real life. In place of a tour summary or photo-journal, Ryan has put together an audio collage of actual sounds heard during our trek. If you must feed your hungry eyes, you can head over to Flickr to see not one, but two photo sets of our CMJ show. Ten days is really too short a time to be traveling amongst the all fascinating cities and clubs and bands and people in this country. Discussions are already underway for a spring adventure.
\n" + "body": "We've been back from tour for two weeks, and that's how long it seems to take before we've entirely acclimated to real life. In place of a tour summary or photo-journal, Ryan has put together an audio collage of actual sounds heard during our trek. If you must feed your hungry eyes, you can head over to Flickr to see not one, but two photo sets of our CMJ show. Ten days is really too short a time to be traveling amongst the all fascinating cities and clubs and bands and people in this country. Discussions are already underway for a spring adventure.
\n" } }, { @@ -4163,7 +4163,7 @@ "publish_on": "2009-07-07T21:18:36Z", "title": "Every Number Has A Potency", "slug": "every-number-has-potency", - "body": "Friends, Enemies, Barristers, & Solicitors:
\n\nThe 2nd full length album from Hallelujah The Hills is hitting the street on September 22nd courtesy of all the hard working mavens at Misra Records. It's called Colonial Drones and in the time building up to its release we'll be telling you more about these specialized drones with some informational podcasts, music videos, and a few door to door knock-and-talks. The album is available for a pre-order super low price from Misra.
\n\nYou can expect a fall national tour, you can expect us to dispense more information about future projects in a cryptic yet charming way, but you can't expect everything to remain the same. Or as a certain Irishmen once wrote, “Here in Moicane we flop on the seamy side, but up n'ent, prospector, you sprout all your worth and you woof your wings, so if you want to be Phoenixed, come and be parked.”
" + "body": "Friends, Enemies, Barristers, & Solicitors:
\n\nThe 2nd full length album from Hallelujah The Hills is hitting the street on September 22nd courtesy of all the hard working mavens at Misra Records. It's called Colonial Drones and in the time building up to its release we'll be telling you more about these specialized drones with some informational podcasts, music videos, and a few door to door knock-and-talks. The album is available for a pre-order super low price from Misra.
\n\nYou can expect a fall national tour, you can expect us to dispense more information about future projects in a cryptic yet charming way, but you can't expect everything to remain the same. Or as a certain Irishmen once wrote, “Here in Moicane we flop on the seamy side, but up n'ent, prospector, you sprout all your worth and you woof your wings, so if you want to be Phoenixed, come and be parked.”
" } }, { @@ -4196,7 +4196,7 @@ "publish_on": "2010-08-16T22:20:47Z", "title": "Summer/Fall Almanac", "slug": "summer-fall-almanac", - "body": "If you didn't get to see one of the Titus Andronicus shows featuring the Jah Hills Mini Orchestra you missed something special. We'll have some audio proof available for you eventually but for now we hope you enjoy some photos from the tour.
\nWe'd be fools not to squeeze some short bouts of touring into our favorite season. Two long weekends in September and October culminating with a night-before-Halloween party/show in Boston. We'll also solve several mail fraud cases & teach a curmudgeonly teen how to rekindle her school spirit.
\nRyan is asking for bands and musicians to send him recordings of songs without any vocals for an experiment in songwriting/overdubs. He'll make up a melody, lyrics, and record vocals on top of the track. Submitters need to either own the copyright or have not copyrighted the song at all. A free downloadable album is the planned endgame. Email MP3s to band@hallelujahthehills.com.
\nAnd finally, Hallelujah The Hills original artwork and more is now available for sale on Etsy.
" + "body": "If you didn't get to see one of the Titus Andronicus shows featuring the Jah Hills Mini Orchestra you missed something special. We'll have some audio proof available for you eventually but for now we hope you enjoy some photos from the tour.
\nWe'd be fools not to squeeze some short bouts of touring into our favorite season. Two long weekends in September and October culminating with a night-before-Halloween party/show in Boston. We'll also solve several mail fraud cases & teach a curmudgeonly teen how to rekindle her school spirit.
\nRyan is asking for bands and musicians to send him recordings of songs without any vocals for an experiment in songwriting/overdubs. He'll make up a melody, lyrics, and record vocals on top of the track. Submitters need to either own the copyright or have not copyrighted the song at all. A free downloadable album is the planned endgame. Email MP3s to band@hallelujahthehills.com.
\nAnd finally, Hallelujah The Hills original artwork and more is now available for sale on Etsy.
" } }, { @@ -4229,7 +4229,7 @@ "publish_on": "2011-09-04T19:29:14.249Z", "title": "Too Much News For One Title", "slug": "too-much-news-one-title", - "body": "Good evening! Can you feel it? It's time to put a new news update up on the Hallelujah The Hills website. Do you want it concise and link-laden? Or do you want it rambling and metaphorical? Look, I know how to do both so I want you to feel comfortable regardless of your preference. The sessions for the 3rd album have definitely concluded. The artwork has been drafted. The title is decided. But guess what? You gotta mix and master the actual songs which we have yet to do. We're working on it. For this album we started on tape and we're ending digitally and there's some technical alchemy involved that you can't just jump into all willy-nilly. Some more patience never killed anyone. We had a hurricane, we had an earthquake. Summer is awful.
\nWant to hear acoustic versions of two new songs, a vague back story for Introductory Saints, and see the band performing in front of a wall of wine? All these things happened at our Sleepover Shows session. A little later on Ryan was asked to be a guest lecturer on the web-comic Surviving The World. Head lecturer Dante found the spiel acceptable so we promise another installment of the chalk variety of around album release time. Hey, if you haven't discovered it yet we'd like to encourage you to check out the live-interview-show/podcast that Ryan and author Steve Almond host entitled This Has Been A Disaster - Thanks For Having Us. I bet you wouldn't believe that more stuff happened. Well, it did. Before Hallelujah The Hills there was a band called The Stairs and their entire discography was newly digitized and re-released online. Lastly, if you enjoy extremely-specific-niche-awards you need to look at this, as well.
\nBut, now, let us bury the lead and talk about the most exciting news. We're playing shows in Boston and New York this fall and we'd love to see you there. Details over on the Shows page. Please join us.
\nNow it's time for bed. I gotta help a friend move tomorrow.
" + "body": "Good evening! Can you feel it? It's time to put a new news update up on the Hallelujah The Hills website. Do you want it concise and link-laden? Or do you want it rambling and metaphorical? Look, I know how to do both so I want you to feel comfortable regardless of your preference. The sessions for the 3rd album have definitely concluded. The artwork has been drafted. The title is decided. But guess what? You gotta mix and master the actual songs which we have yet to do. We're working on it. For this album we started on tape and we're ending digitally and there's some technical alchemy involved that you can't just jump into all willy-nilly. Some more patience never killed anyone. We had a hurricane, we had an earthquake. Summer is awful.
\nWant to hear acoustic versions of two new songs, a vague back story for Introductory Saints, and see the band performing in front of a wall of wine? All these things happened at our Sleepover Shows session. A little later on Ryan was asked to be a guest lecturer on the web-comic Surviving The World. Head lecturer Dante found the spiel acceptable so we promise another installment of the chalk variety of around album release time. Hey, if you haven't discovered it yet we'd like to encourage you to check out the live-interview-show/podcast that Ryan and author Steve Almond host entitled This Has Been A Disaster - Thanks For Having Us. I bet you wouldn't believe that more stuff happened. Well, it did. Before Hallelujah The Hills there was a band called The Stairs and their entire discography was newly digitized and re-released online. Lastly, if you enjoy extremely-specific-niche-awards you need to look at this, as well.
\nBut, now, let us bury the lead and talk about the most exciting news. We're playing shows in Boston and New York this fall and we'd love to see you there. Details over on the Shows page. Please join us.
\nNow it's time for bed. I gotta help a friend move tomorrow.
" } }, { @@ -4240,7 +4240,7 @@ "publish_on": "2012-02-16T13:54:34Z", "title": "Be in next HTH video, read about The OTC, avoid all IOU's", "slug": "be-next-hth-video", - "body": "I know some of you live in Boston. Would you care to be in a video and hear one of of our new songs before everyone else? Are you around Sunday February 26th around 4 PM? Yes to all? Please email ryan@hallelujahthehills.com to RSVP! This will be fun and we'll be so grateful.
\n![\"The](\"/files/images/overdub.jpg\")
\n
In 2008 members of Hallelujah The Hills & Ho-Ag invented a hoax. This week Ryan comes clean and tells all the sordid details of the weird online happenings that surrounded The Overdub Tampering Committee. You can read the piece over at The Phoenix.
\nAlbum Release & Tour News coming really soon! This is Hallelujah The Hills in 2012.
" + "body": "I know some of you live in Boston. Would you care to be in a video and hear one of of our new songs before everyone else? Are you around Sunday February 26th around 4 PM? Yes to all? Please email ryan@hallelujahthehills.com to RSVP! This will be fun and we'll be so grateful.
\n![\"The](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/overdub.jpg\")
\n
In 2008 members of Hallelujah The Hills & Ho-Ag invented a hoax. This week Ryan comes clean and tells all the sordid details of the weird online happenings that surrounded The Overdub Tampering Committee. You can read the piece over at The Phoenix.
\nAlbum Release & Tour News coming really soon! This is Hallelujah The Hills in 2012.
" } }, { @@ -4251,7 +4251,7 @@ "publish_on": "2012-03-25T08:11:29Z", "title": "Ballad Of The Nearby Finish Line", "slug": "ballad-of-the-nearby-finish-line", - "body": "![\"No](\"/files/images/nokwhn_cover_medium.jpg\")
Oh friends! The album is called No One Knows What Happens Next and is out May 22nd on Discrete Pageantry Records. I can't believe it, either. Thank you so, so much for your support. The first song will likely come out next week. You can hear little samples of every song over at the Amazon pre-order page. If you want to pass a long the best pre-order link to friends that would be this. If you know of a record store who might want to carry the album click here.
\n![](\"/files/images/nokwhn_stack_medium.jpg\")
What else. We stayed home and performed at CXCW. We have a bunch of shows planned and more on the way. Check here. Ryan became interested in John William Dunne. Ryan's month old article on illegal music downloading, fandom, and hoaxes reemerged as a scintillating footnote in a national art vs journalism scandal. Joe got a new amp head in an effort for the banjo to be heard at live shows. He WILL be heard, ladies & gentlemen! And so shall we!
\nWe bid you bye bye with an old Irish blessing. \"May You Be Alive At The End Of The World.\"
" + "body": "![\"No](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/nokwhn_cover_medium.jpg\")
Oh friends! The album is called No One Knows What Happens Next and is out May 22nd on Discrete Pageantry Records. I can't believe it, either. Thank you so, so much for your support. The first song will likely come out next week. You can hear little samples of every song over at the Amazon pre-order page. If you want to pass a long the best pre-order link to friends that would be this. If you know of a record store who might want to carry the album click here.
\n![](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/nokwhn_stack_medium.jpg\")
What else. We stayed home and performed at CXCW. We have a bunch of shows planned and more on the way. Check here. Ryan became interested in John William Dunne. Ryan's month old article on illegal music downloading, fandom, and hoaxes reemerged as a scintillating footnote in a national art vs journalism scandal. Joe got a new amp head in an effort for the banjo to be heard at live shows. He WILL be heard, ladies & gentlemen! And so shall we!
\nWe bid you bye bye with an old Irish blessing. \"May You Be Alive At The End Of The World.\"
" } }, { @@ -4262,7 +4262,7 @@ "publish_on": "2012-05-16T23:36:52Z", "title": "It's Just Peacock Feathers", "slug": "just-peacock-feathers", - "body": "Even though I recently bought this brand new shovel and I am dying to try it, I just can't bury the lead here. In a matter of days the third Hallelujah The Hills album will be out. No One Knows What Happens Next. Yes! We are shaking with anticipation to fully set it loose in the world. On May 22nd it will be available in record stores, Bandcamp, Amazon, iTunes, eMusic and whole slew of places I can't take the time to type here. I hope you find it, or it finds you, and that you and these songs have some kind of friendship that lasts a long time.
\nDid you hear the first song we released? How about the 2nd? Did you see the video for Get Me In A Room? These are like the first, small pieces of the spelunking gear you'll need to wear in order to sink down into the depths of NOKWHN.
\nWe'll be on tour in June and July. Watch this site for details. Watch for more posters like this, too:![](\"/files/images/nokwhn_escape_large.jpg\")
Other things! 'The Czar Of Whatever It Takes' hats are in! The 'HtH Casually Smiling & Eating With Chopsticks' website is complete. Our complete discography is a steal on Etsy. We provided the plugs theme for an episode of the 'Comedy Bang Bang' podcast. The latest episode of the 'This Has Been A Disaster' podcast is a mini-dispatch from the most recent tour: members of HtH sit around in a venue/crime scene wondering if their show is canceled.
\nThat's it for now. Thank you!
" + "body": "Even though I recently bought this brand new shovel and I am dying to try it, I just can't bury the lead here. In a matter of days the third Hallelujah The Hills album will be out. No One Knows What Happens Next. Yes! We are shaking with anticipation to fully set it loose in the world. On May 22nd it will be available in record stores, Bandcamp, Amazon, iTunes, eMusic and whole slew of places I can't take the time to type here. I hope you find it, or it finds you, and that you and these songs have some kind of friendship that lasts a long time.
\nDid you hear the first song we released? How about the 2nd? Did you see the video for Get Me In A Room? These are like the first, small pieces of the spelunking gear you'll need to wear in order to sink down into the depths of NOKWHN.
\nWe'll be on tour in June and July. Watch this site for details. Watch for more posters like this, too:![](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/nokwhn_escape_large.jpg\")
Other things! 'The Czar Of Whatever It Takes' hats are in! The 'HtH Casually Smiling & Eating With Chopsticks' website is complete. Our complete discography is a steal on Etsy. We provided the plugs theme for an episode of the 'Comedy Bang Bang' podcast. The latest episode of the 'This Has Been A Disaster' podcast is a mini-dispatch from the most recent tour: members of HtH sit around in a venue/crime scene wondering if their show is canceled.
\nThat's it for now. Thank you!
" } }, { @@ -4284,7 +4284,7 @@ "publish_on": "2013-02-13T22:10:47Z", "title": "I'll Need About Three Minutes", "slug": "ill-need-about-three-minutes", - "body": "This is the 8th year of this band existing. Please proceed to what's going on by continuing to cast your eyes below.
\n![](\"/files/artwork/winter_2013_cover_medium.jpg\")
This is the 8th year of this band existing. Please proceed to what's going on by continuing to cast your eyes below.
\n![](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/winter_2013_cover_medium.jpg\")
![](\"/files/artwork/portrait_cover_medium.jpg\")
The singles, b-sides, and unreleased material from our storied “career”, placed all together in an order that plays out like the double album we never released. Available on Bandcamp, Amazon, and iTunes.
" + "body": "![](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/portrait_cover_medium.jpg\")
The singles, b-sides, and unreleased material from our storied “career”, placed all together in an order that plays out like the double album we never released. Available on Bandcamp, Amazon, and iTunes.
" } }, { @@ -4328,7 +4328,7 @@ "publish_on": "2014-03-24T21:04:00Z", "title": "Have You Ever Done Something Evil?", "slug": "have-you-ever-done-something-evil", - "body": "UPDATE 5/5: Now you can stream the whole album, over at PopMatters!
\nUPDATE 5/1: New video! Spin has premiered \"Do You Have Romantic Courage?\"
\nUPDATE 4/23: Yet another new song! It's called \"We Are What We Say We Are\", and it's on Vice's Noisey blog.
\nUPDATE 4/16: Hear another new song, \"Do You Have Romantic Courage?\", on Guestlisted from The Boston Herald!
\nUPDATE 4/3: See the first video, for \"I Stand Corrected\", at The Line of Best Fit!
\nUPDATE 3/25: Hear the first single from our new album. It's called \"Pick Up An Old Phone\" and it just premiered on Stereogum!
\nHere we go! Today we announced the title of the album (as seen in the frightening subject line of this update), revealed the track listing, and showed off the album cover. That wasn't enough, though. We released the album's video trailer too, which marks the first bit of audio from the LP that we're leaking. Between now and May 13 when the album comes out, there will be a lot of fun stuff coming out to prepare you all for our catchiest, weirdest, and we think, best album.
\nWe'll hit CA for the 2nd time ever this May. Some of those dates, along with our local CD release show, can be found on our calendar. Lots more soon. THANKS!
" + "body": "UPDATE 5/5: Now you can stream the whole album, over at PopMatters!
\nUPDATE 5/1: New video! Spin has premiered \"Do You Have Romantic Courage?\"
\nUPDATE 4/23: Yet another new song! It's called \"We Are What We Say We Are\", and it's on Vice's Noisey blog.
\nUPDATE 4/16: Hear another new song, \"Do You Have Romantic Courage?\", on Guestlisted from The Boston Herald!
\nUPDATE 4/3: See the first video, for \"I Stand Corrected\", at The Line of Best Fit!
\nUPDATE 3/25: Hear the first single from our new album. It's called \"Pick Up An Old Phone\" and it just premiered on Stereogum!
\nHere we go! Today we announced the title of the album (as seen in the frightening subject line of this update), revealed the track listing, and showed off the album cover. That wasn't enough, though. We released the album's video trailer too, which marks the first bit of audio from the LP that we're leaking. Between now and May 13 when the album comes out, there will be a lot of fun stuff coming out to prepare you all for our catchiest, weirdest, and we think, best album.
\nWe'll hit CA for the 2nd time ever this May. Some of those dates, along with our local CD release show, can be found on our calendar. Lots more soon. THANKS!
" } }, { @@ -4339,7 +4339,7 @@ "publish_on": "2014-06-08T20:34:29Z", "title": "Have You Ever Bounced Off A Rainbow Into An Ocean And Decided Not To Drown?", "slug": "have-you-ever-bounced-off-a-rainbow", - "body": "On May 13th we released our 4th full length album Have You Ever Done Something Evil?. Reactions have been incredible. A sincere thank you for listening! It's out in all the usual online outlets but the only place to get the CD, and the best way to get digital (especially if you like FLAC files) is Bandcamp. But hey, if you're on iTunes or Amazon anyway, think about leaving a review. It helps spread the word on the record.
\r\nOur California tour has wrapped, and it was phenomenal. Thank you for coming out! If you're a fan of comedy podcasts, you should really check out our episode of Impov4Humans which we recorded in Los Angeles at the Earwolf studios.
\r\nIf you think we look a little beleaguered in these Earwolf studio pictures, there's a good reason. The night before that recording our van was smashed into while we played and they grabbed all of our personal belongings and a box of our CDs. We drove overnight to LA, halfway in a smashed in a van, the other half in a new rental, and I'm pretty sure I can't tell if I drove a leg of the trip or just dreamed I drove a leg of the trip, and that's not good. We arrived just in time to record the Improv4Humans episode. Thieves can't stop HtH (I've always said this, and I'll say it again, it will be an inside job that destroys this band)! We were very thankful that they didn't get our instruments, but we did have to improvise to find some respectable clothes to play the wedding of two lovely fans, scheduled for two days later. In a fevered, rushed trip to the Glendale Galleria, we all bought new clothes to last us the week. Walking into a Target and buying everything you need to be clothed and clean for the near future feels a little bit like entering the witness protection program. It's not ideal, but in the right circumstances, I highly recommend it. In the end, I think we ended up looking pretty sharp at that wedding.
\r\n![\"Wedding](\"http://hallelujahthehills.com/files/images/hth_wedding_1.jpg\")
More California stories and exciting band news soon!
" + "body": "On May 13th we released our 4th full length album Have You Ever Done Something Evil?. Reactions have been incredible. A sincere thank you for listening! It's out in all the usual online outlets but the only place to get the CD, and the best way to get digital (especially if you like FLAC files) is Bandcamp. But hey, if you're on iTunes or Amazon anyway, think about leaving a review. It helps spread the word on the record.
\r\nOur California tour has wrapped, and it was phenomenal. Thank you for coming out! If you're a fan of comedy podcasts, you should really check out our episode of Impov4Humans which we recorded in Los Angeles at the Earwolf studios.
\r\nIf you think we look a little beleaguered in these Earwolf studio pictures, there's a good reason. The night before that recording our van was smashed into while we played and they grabbed all of our personal belongings and a box of our CDs. We drove overnight to LA, halfway in a smashed in a van, the other half in a new rental, and I'm pretty sure I can't tell if I drove a leg of the trip or just dreamed I drove a leg of the trip, and that's not good. We arrived just in time to record the Improv4Humans episode. Thieves can't stop HtH (I've always said this, and I'll say it again, it will be an inside job that destroys this band)! We were very thankful that they didn't get our instruments, but we did have to improvise to find some respectable clothes to play the wedding of two lovely fans, scheduled for two days later. In a fevered, rushed trip to the Glendale Galleria, we all bought new clothes to last us the week. Walking into a Target and buying everything you need to be clothed and clean for the near future feels a little bit like entering the witness protection program. It's not ideal, but in the right circumstances, I highly recommend it. In the end, I think we ended up looking pretty sharp at that wedding.
\r\n![\"Wedding](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/hth_wedding_1.jpg\")
More California stories and exciting band news soon!
" } }, { @@ -4350,7 +4350,7 @@ "publish_on": "2014-10-21T19:55:44Z", "title": "Destroy This Poem", "slug": "destroy-this-poem", - "body": "Hi, it's HTH, all of us typing this together. Each of us covering 6 - 12 keys on the keyboard, knowing when to depress the button instinctively, writing this letter to you smoothly without hesitation. Do you feel that?
\nWe'll end our \"No More New York Shows\" protest and play CMJ on October 25th at Bowery Electric. It'll be our first NY show in about two years and it's being curated/hosted by Ryan's Smashing Life blog and Adam Duritz of the Counting Crows fame. That's free and you should RSVP now!
\n![\"Juvenile](\"http://hallelujahthehills.com/files/images/juvenile_oratorios.jpg\")
The vinyl release got pushed back til around November 20th, but pre-orders now get immediate download of the bonus EP Juvenile Oratorios! Here's a track from that EP we accidentally spilled all over a music blog earlier today. But anyways, the release is 180 gram vinly, only 500 being pressed, you won't wanna miss owning this musical platter.
\n![\"HYEDSE](\"http://hallelujahthehills.com/files/images/hyedse_vinyl.jpg\")
This is especially true in light of the fact that we have been charged with the crime of being the best in three separate ways. You can vote for us (and Joe's band Creaturos, and Marissa Nadler too) over at the BMA site, but only if you'd enjoy doing so. As you know, we have a strict \"art is not a contest\" policy here and cannot directly implore fans to do anything but bliss out to our sweet, sweet, sweet jams.
\n![\"James](\"http://hallelujahthehills.com/files/images/adomian.jpg\")
Some other things you may have missed: collected podcast appearances & radio interviews can be found here, the \"Try This Instead\" video starring James Adomian (Comedy Bang Bang, Childrens Hospital, Last Comic Standing), 3 live videos from our Redstar Union \"Behind The Album\" event are over on our YouTube channel, and the complete story of staying the night at Boston's ONLY rock and roll hotel was chronicled by RW here.
\nThank you for visiting our website, friends. We will be delivering news about the band Hallelujah The Hills until our superiors give us the signal and we roll this thing over into a straight-up conspiracy theory meet-up hot spot.
" + "body": "Hi, it's HTH, all of us typing this together. Each of us covering 6 - 12 keys on the keyboard, knowing when to depress the button instinctively, writing this letter to you smoothly without hesitation. Do you feel that?
\nWe'll end our \"No More New York Shows\" protest and play CMJ on October 25th at Bowery Electric. It'll be our first NY show in about two years and it's being curated/hosted by Ryan's Smashing Life blog and Adam Duritz of the Counting Crows fame. That's free and you should RSVP now!
\n![\"Juvenile](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/juvenile_oratorios.jpg\")
The vinyl release got pushed back til around November 20th, but pre-orders now get immediate download of the bonus EP Juvenile Oratorios! Here's a track from that EP we accidentally spilled all over a music blog earlier today. But anyways, the release is 180 gram vinly, only 500 being pressed, you won't wanna miss owning this musical platter.
\n![\"HYEDSE](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/hyedse_vinyl.jpg\")
This is especially true in light of the fact that we have been charged with the crime of being the best in three separate ways. You can vote for us (and Joe's band Creaturos, and Marissa Nadler too) over at the BMA site, but only if you'd enjoy doing so. As you know, we have a strict \"art is not a contest\" policy here and cannot directly implore fans to do anything but bliss out to our sweet, sweet, sweet jams.
\n![\"James](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/adomian.jpg\")
Some other things you may have missed: collected podcast appearances & radio interviews can be found here, the \"Try This Instead\" video starring James Adomian (Comedy Bang Bang, Childrens Hospital, Last Comic Standing), 3 live videos from our Redstar Union \"Behind The Album\" event are over on our YouTube channel, and the complete story of staying the night at Boston's ONLY rock and roll hotel was chronicled by RW here.
\nThank you for visiting our website, friends. We will be delivering news about the band Hallelujah The Hills until our superiors give us the signal and we roll this thing over into a straight-up conspiracy theory meet-up hot spot.
" } }, { @@ -4361,7 +4361,7 @@ "publish_on": "2014-12-15T21:02:49Z", "title": "\"There are few records, of any kind, better than this one in 2014.\"", "slug": "there-are-few-records-better-than-this-one", - "body": "![\"HTH](\"http://hallelujahthehills.com/files/images/hth_bmas_2014.jpg\")
2014 Boston Music Awards
Hallelujah The Hills: Rock Artist of the Year, Video of the Year
Last week PopMatters named Have You Ever Done Something Evil? the #1 Overlooked Album of the year. I know what you're thinking. You're wondering, \"Why are you psyched about being overlooked?\"
\nHTH doesn’t have the money to hire PR people or do big marketing campaigns, so this does mean a whole lot to us. We love the record we made and hoped people would discover it on its own merits, which this writer so eloquently suggests you do. Thank you PopMatters and Captains Dead for calling out what they heard, as they heard it. And thank all of you for the best year this band has ever had. I know we've said it before, but we literally couldn't have done it with you.
\n![\"Ryan](\"http://hallelujahthehills.com/files/images/ryan_hyedse_vinyl_medium.jpg\")
Also, for the 3rd year in a row, I've stacked up all the stuff I karate kicked into the world in one place. That includes Music, Videos, Writing & more. All here.
" + "body": "![\"HTH](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/hth_bmas_2014.jpg\")
2014 Boston Music Awards
Hallelujah The Hills: Rock Artist of the Year, Video of the Year
Last week PopMatters named Have You Ever Done Something Evil? the #1 Overlooked Album of the year. I know what you're thinking. You're wondering, \"Why are you psyched about being overlooked?\"
\nHTH doesn’t have the money to hire PR people or do big marketing campaigns, so this does mean a whole lot to us. We love the record we made and hoped people would discover it on its own merits, which this writer so eloquently suggests you do. Thank you PopMatters and Captains Dead for calling out what they heard, as they heard it. And thank all of you for the best year this band has ever had. I know we've said it before, but we literally couldn't have done it with you.
\n![\"Ryan](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/ryan_hyedse_vinyl_medium.jpg\")
Also, for the 3rd year in a row, I've stacked up all the stuff I karate kicked into the world in one place. That includes Music, Videos, Writing & more. All here.
" } }, { @@ -4372,7 +4372,7 @@ "publish_on": "2015-04-06T21:41:35.981Z", "title": "Do you have a moment for me to talk to you about reverse mortgages?", "slug": "do-you-have-moment-for-me", - "body": "Hey friends. We have lots going on!
\nOh, and as always, check to see if we’re coming to your town any time soon!
" + "body": "Hey friends. We have lots going on!
\nOh, and as always, check to see if we’re coming to your town any time soon!
" } }, { @@ -4383,7 +4383,7 @@ "publish_on": "2015-09-08T19:39:58Z", "title": "Ten Years of Hallelujah The Hills", "slug": "ten-years", - "body": "![](\"http://hallelujahthehills.com/files/images/hth_at_ten_large.jpg\")
The following features a rich harvest of information, but here’s your TL;DR: We’ve been a band for ten years, new album this spring, pre-orders are heavily rewarded, there is a book being written about the band making this album, the author wants to talk to fans at November live shows.
\nOK? Let’s break that down.
\nWe’re recording a new album this fall. It’s called Deluxer Mandatory. You can check out the track listing and the album cover below. I could describe what it sounds like, but has a band ever done that in a way that you found satisfying? Is it different from other albums but still somehow classically Hallelujah-The-Hills-esque? Yes, but music is ear stuff! You’ll need to understand it with your ears!
\nFor the past two albums we’ve covered recording and production costs with Kickstarters, and it’s been a small miracle for a band like us. But we also noticed that people who had more to spend got the more exclusive items, which is just the way things sometimes work, but not for this album, we’ve decided. We believe we can cover all recording/production costs just via regular ol' pre-sales. Until November 4th, anyone who pre-orders the album in any format will be entered into a raffle with individual prizes that have been valued up to $500. We’ll host a live-streamed raffle drawing in the spring where we’ll draw the winners and your prize will accompany your brand new HTH album. If just a fraction of fans who have bought an HTH album in the past decide to pre-order, this gamble will pay off. Let’s try it out! PRE-ORDER NOW!
\nAll pre-orders automatically get:
\nRaffle Prizes:
\n![\"Deluxer](\"http://hallelujahthehills.com/files/artwork/deluxer_mandatory_cover_medium.jpg\")
Deluxer Mandatory by Hallelujah The Hills:
\nTo be recorded at 1809 Studios, Macedon, NY. Vinyl to be pressed by Re-Vinyl Records.
\nWhen we go to record the album this fall, we’re giving UK author M. Jonathan Lee complete access to the band and the recording process. Since we feel like we’re not a band who is “winding down their career,” which is when you might normally see a book like this come out, we found Mr. Lee’s idea of a book that captures us making this album and how we got here to be an interesting premise. Think of it like a documentary on paper. Here’s the author in his own words:
\n\n\nA year or so into becoming a fan of Hallelujah The Hills, I got into dialogue with Ryan Walsh over using some of the band’s lyrics in my second novel. From there we had numerous conversations and the idea came about to write a non-fiction piece about the new album they were planning on recording in November 2015, tentatively titled Deluxer Mandatory. I am really interested in how it is that five people work together in a room recording music on that particular day, at that moment in time. Thus, the book begins with the opening of the sessions but ultimately leads backward through time analyzing the choices each member made to ultimately lead to them writing, playing and recording Deluxer Mandatory. As much a biography as a journey, I want it to appeal to any music fan whether they are aware of HTH or not. The title? TBA. Get Me In A Room.
\n
Mr. Lee will be at both of the shows listed below, and he is interested in talking to fans (and enemies) of the band. We hope you’ll get a chance to speak with him! The book will be published by Solopreneur Publishing based in West Yorkshire, UK. Lastly, yes, we told him multiple times we are not famous.
\nOn sale now!
\nFriday November 13 @ Cuisine en Locale, Somerville, MA w/ Landlady, Eternals. TIX
\nSaturday November 14 @ Bowery Electric, New York, NY w/ Wilder Maker, Jason Heath & The Greedy Souls. TIX
\nOur album release show in the spring will take place in Boston, likely a two night celebration with several former band members joining us on stage to salute the discography.
\nTo make a long story short: we’re in a great mood, we love making music, and we’re about to make more of it. Thank you for listening and doing this with us, friends!
\n![\"Ten](\"http://hallelujahthehills.com/files/images/ten_years_photo_medium.jpg\")
Best,
Brian, Joe, Nick, Ryan, and Ryan
![](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/hth_at_ten_large.jpg\")
The following features a rich harvest of information, but here’s your TL;DR: We’ve been a band for ten years, new album this spring, pre-orders are heavily rewarded, there is a book being written about the band making this album, the author wants to talk to fans at November live shows.
\nOK? Let’s break that down.
\nWe’re recording a new album this fall. It’s called Deluxer Mandatory. You can check out the track listing and the album cover below. I could describe what it sounds like, but has a band ever done that in a way that you found satisfying? Is it different from other albums but still somehow classically Hallelujah-The-Hills-esque? Yes, but music is ear stuff! You’ll need to understand it with your ears!
\nFor the past two albums we’ve covered recording and production costs with Kickstarters, and it’s been a small miracle for a band like us. But we also noticed that people who had more to spend got the more exclusive items, which is just the way things sometimes work, but not for this album, we’ve decided. We believe we can cover all recording/production costs just via regular ol' pre-sales. Until November 4th, anyone who pre-orders the album in any format will be entered into a raffle with individual prizes that have been valued up to $500. We’ll host a live-streamed raffle drawing in the spring where we’ll draw the winners and your prize will accompany your brand new HTH album. If just a fraction of fans who have bought an HTH album in the past decide to pre-order, this gamble will pay off. Let’s try it out! PRE-ORDER NOW!
\nAll pre-orders automatically get:
\nRaffle Prizes:
\n![\"Deluxer](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/deluxer_mandatory_cover_medium.jpg\")
Deluxer Mandatory by Hallelujah The Hills:
\nTo be recorded at 1809 Studios, Macedon, NY. Vinyl to be pressed by Re-Vinyl Records.
\nWhen we go to record the album this fall, we’re giving UK author M. Jonathan Lee complete access to the band and the recording process. Since we feel like we’re not a band who is “winding down their career,” which is when you might normally see a book like this come out, we found Mr. Lee’s idea of a book that captures us making this album and how we got here to be an interesting premise. Think of it like a documentary on paper. Here’s the author in his own words:
\n\n\nA year or so into becoming a fan of Hallelujah The Hills, I got into dialogue with Ryan Walsh over using some of the band’s lyrics in my second novel. From there we had numerous conversations and the idea came about to write a non-fiction piece about the new album they were planning on recording in November 2015, tentatively titled Deluxer Mandatory. I am really interested in how it is that five people work together in a room recording music on that particular day, at that moment in time. Thus, the book begins with the opening of the sessions but ultimately leads backward through time analyzing the choices each member made to ultimately lead to them writing, playing and recording Deluxer Mandatory. As much a biography as a journey, I want it to appeal to any music fan whether they are aware of HTH or not. The title? TBA. Get Me In A Room.
\n
Mr. Lee will be at both of the shows listed below, and he is interested in talking to fans (and enemies) of the band. We hope you’ll get a chance to speak with him! The book will be published by Solopreneur Publishing based in West Yorkshire, UK. Lastly, yes, we told him multiple times we are not famous.
\nOn sale now!
\nFriday November 13 @ Cuisine en Locale, Somerville, MA w/ Landlady, Eternals. TIX
\nSaturday November 14 @ Bowery Electric, New York, NY w/ Wilder Maker, Jason Heath & The Greedy Souls. TIX
\nOur album release show in the spring will take place in Boston, likely a two night celebration with several former band members joining us on stage to salute the discography.
\nTo make a long story short: we’re in a great mood, we love making music, and we’re about to make more of it. Thank you for listening and doing this with us, friends!
\n![\"Ten](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/ten_years_photo_medium.jpg\")
Best,
Brian, Joe, Nick, Ryan, and Ryan
What are you doing this New Year’s Eve? If you’re within 100 miles of Boston, MA, why not spend it with America’s Favorite Functional Confuse-Core band, Hallelujah The Hills?
\r\nDec 31: A Very Distorted New Year’s Eve
@ Great Scott, Allston MA
Hallelujah The Hills, The Barbazons, and Milk
Tickets!
What else is going on? I’ll tell you if give me a moment.
\r\nRyan met legendary experimental filmmaker Jonas Mekas! David Crosby from The Byrds offered studio advice! The band received two Boston Music Award Nominations!
\r\n![\"HTH](\"http://hallelujahthehills.com/files/images/1809_vocals_medium.jpg\")
We made a record! You helped us make it! Thanks! Our time up at 1809 Studios was, again, really special. We knocked everything out in five days. UK Author Jonathan Lee was there for the whole thing. Then we played two 10th birthday shows. You can’t ask for a better HTH-autumn than that! We are mixing currently and the album is due out this spring. Pre-orders are live.
\r\n![\"The](\"http://hallelujahthehills.com/files/images/1809_gang_medium.jpg\")
10th Anniversary Interview/Show Review Round Up
\r\n![\"Hello](\"http://hallelujahthehills.com/files/images/ny_hands_medium.jpg\")
What are you doing this New Year’s Eve? If you’re within 100 miles of Boston, MA, why not spend it with America’s Favorite Functional Confuse-Core band, Hallelujah The Hills?
\r\nDec 31: A Very Distorted New Year’s Eve
@ Great Scott, Allston MA
Hallelujah The Hills, The Barbazons, and Milk
Tickets!
What else is going on? I’ll tell you if give me a moment.
\r\nRyan met legendary experimental filmmaker Jonas Mekas! David Crosby from The Byrds offered studio advice! The band received two Boston Music Award Nominations!
\r\n![\"HTH](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/1809_vocals_medium.jpg\")
We made a record! You helped us make it! Thanks! Our time up at 1809 Studios was, again, really special. We knocked everything out in five days. UK Author Jonathan Lee was there for the whole thing. Then we played two 10th birthday shows. You can’t ask for a better HTH-autumn than that! We are mixing currently and the album is due out this spring. Pre-orders are live.
\r\n![\"The](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/1809_gang_medium.jpg\")
10th Anniversary Interview/Show Review Round Up
\r\n![\"Hello](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/ny_hands_medium.jpg\")
![\"Album](\"http://hallelujahthehills.com/files/images/abistfo_pg_banner.jpg\")
Our fifth album is available, starting today, on Bandcamp, iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, and a bunch of other strange platforms I'm not sure anyone listens to. CD copies of the album ship immediately and can be ordered on Bandcamp. The limited edition Re-Vinyl Records vinyl pressing is in the works, and will ship as soon as its available. If you want to support the band further, leave us a review on iTunes and Amazon, ask a free-form radio station to play us, or tell one of the arms of the music-coverage-industrial-complex to cast their unwavering gaze over HTH's way sometime this year.
\r\n\r\nTonight, that is if you're reading this on April 12, 2016, you can listen to us perform the entire album album LIVE on the radio at 9PM EST. Tune into 88.1 FM WMBR in Boston or worldwide on wmbr.org. We'll play album release shows next month in Boston (5/12) and New York (5/14), then look for some tour dates this summer. And if you like a nice band t-shirt, we have two new shirts that tie-in to the new album, but they're only on sale for the next 24 hours.
\r\n\r\nHere's an excerpt from one early review that we like: “Massachusetts indie rock institution Hallelujah The Hills' [fifth record] is called A Band Is Something To Figure Out, but it could just as easily be called This Is What It Sounds Like When A Rock Band Has It All Figured Out…Rock frameworks that reliably stretch to accommodate subversive, irreverent impulses…The band's best outing to date.” —Clicky Clicky Music
\r\n\r\nWe hope you feel similarly!
\r\n\r\nXO, HTH
" + "body": "![\"Album](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/abistfo_pg_banner.jpg\")
Our fifth album is available, starting today, on Bandcamp, iTunes, Amazon, Spotify, and a bunch of other strange platforms I'm not sure anyone listens to. CD copies of the album ship immediately and can be ordered on Bandcamp. The limited edition Re-Vinyl Records vinyl pressing is in the works, and will ship as soon as its available. If you want to support the band further, leave us a review on iTunes and Amazon, ask a free-form radio station to play us, or tell one of the arms of the music-coverage-industrial-complex to cast their unwavering gaze over HTH's way sometime this year.
\r\n\r\nTonight, that is if you're reading this on April 12, 2016, you can listen to us perform the entire album album LIVE on the radio at 9PM EST. Tune into 88.1 FM WMBR in Boston or worldwide on wmbr.org. We'll play album release shows next month in Boston (5/12) and New York (5/14), then look for some tour dates this summer. And if you like a nice band t-shirt, we have two new shirts that tie-in to the new album, but they're only on sale for the next 24 hours.
\r\n\r\nHere's an excerpt from one early review that we like: “Massachusetts indie rock institution Hallelujah The Hills' [fifth record] is called A Band Is Something To Figure Out, but it could just as easily be called This Is What It Sounds Like When A Rock Band Has It All Figured Out…Rock frameworks that reliably stretch to accommodate subversive, irreverent impulses…The band's best outing to date.” —Clicky Clicky Music
\r\n\r\nWe hope you feel similarly!
\r\n\r\nXO, HTH
" } }, { @@ -4427,7 +4427,7 @@ "publish_on": "2016-05-24T00:03:58Z", "title": "Movement Scorekeepers", "slug": "movement-scorekeepers", - "body": "Are you enjoying our new album, A Band Is Something To Figure Out? That’s good, because we’ve built a side patio for it. Movement Scorekeepers, out July 8, 2016, is a lo-fi companion to the album The Metro described like so: “These 11 songs, loaded with gritty determination, dramatic dynamic swells and gang vocal shouts, might just make you believe again in whatever it was you stopped believing in.” Why did you stop believing? WHY. I know why.
\r\n\r\nThe band employed a new method of songwriting to arrive at this short, psychedelic, lyrically-bananas new gem of an entry in our ever-growing discography. Last month we hit record and forced ourselves to improv new instrumental music together, changing it completely every minute or two without discussion. Then the vocal melodies were overdubbed on top of the tracks, arriving at this bizarre, delightful result.
\r\n\r\n“Are We Failing?”, the first song on the EP, is available for any online sharing starting today. The EP will be out digitally and on a limited-edition blue 7\" but not on CD.
\r\n\r\n![\"Movement](\"http://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/c_scale,w_480/v1464048487/movement_scorekeepers.jpg\")
Meanwhile, the full-length A Band Is Something To Figure Out vinyl is gorgeous, shipping SOON, and we’ll have plenty of these at live shows. But why wait? Get it from Re-Vinyl Records.
" + "body": "Are you enjoying our new album, A Band Is Something To Figure Out? That’s good, because we’ve built a side patio for it. Movement Scorekeepers, out July 8, 2016, is a lo-fi companion to the album The Metro described like so: “These 11 songs, loaded with gritty determination, dramatic dynamic swells and gang vocal shouts, might just make you believe again in whatever it was you stopped believing in.” Why did you stop believing? WHY. I know why.
\r\n\r\nThe band employed a new method of songwriting to arrive at this short, psychedelic, lyrically-bananas new gem of an entry in our ever-growing discography. Last month we hit record and forced ourselves to improv new instrumental music together, changing it completely every minute or two without discussion. Then the vocal melodies were overdubbed on top of the tracks, arriving at this bizarre, delightful result.
\r\n\r\n“Are We Failing?”, the first song on the EP, is available for any online sharing starting today. The EP will be out digitally and on a limited-edition blue 7\" but not on CD.
\r\n\r\n![\"Movement](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/c_scale,w_480/v1464048487/movement_scorekeepers.jpg\")
Meanwhile, the full-length A Band Is Something To Figure Out vinyl is gorgeous, shipping SOON, and we’ll have plenty of these at live shows. But why wait? Get it from Re-Vinyl Records.
" } }, { @@ -4438,7 +4438,7 @@ "publish_on": "2016-06-19T21:41:39Z", "title": "It's a Two Record Summer!", "slug": "two-record-summer", - "body": "On July 8th, we’re releasing two new pieces of vinyl.
\r\n\r\n![\"Summer](\"http://hallelujahthehills.com/files/images/vinyls_summer_2016.jpg\")
Our new LP A Band Is Something To Figure Out from Re-Vinyl Records, limited to 500 copies. You can order it now, and it’ll ship right away. All LP vinyl purchasers will ALSO receive a digital bonus song sometime this summer! We’ll also have this at the merch table at all summer tour dates, PLUS it’s on the normal digital channels as well.
A brand new EP titled Movement Scorekeepers! This is a limited-edition (250 copies), blue vinyl 7\" from Jealous Butcher Records. You can pre-order it now, and we’ll have copies at the summer shows. It’ll be available on the digital channels, too. This strange collection of six 1-minute songs are like popsicles on a hot day, aka essential pre-Labor-Day weirdo-hymns for humans everywhere.
Also, for the completists, we have a few copies left of the Misra Records HTH 10th Birthday 7\". Clear vinyl, lathe cut, two classic songs from the Hills-a-verse that have never been on vinyl before. Sweet!
" + "body": "On July 8th, we’re releasing two new pieces of vinyl.
\r\n\r\n![\"Summer](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/vinyls_summer_2016.jpg\")
Our new LP A Band Is Something To Figure Out from Re-Vinyl Records, limited to 500 copies. You can order it now, and it’ll ship right away. All LP vinyl purchasers will ALSO receive a digital bonus song sometime this summer! We’ll also have this at the merch table at all summer tour dates, PLUS it’s on the normal digital channels as well.
A brand new EP titled Movement Scorekeepers! This is a limited-edition (250 copies), blue vinyl 7\" from Jealous Butcher Records. You can pre-order it now, and we’ll have copies at the summer shows. It’ll be available on the digital channels, too. This strange collection of six 1-minute songs are like popsicles on a hot day, aka essential pre-Labor-Day weirdo-hymns for humans everywhere.
Also, for the completists, we have a few copies left of the Misra Records HTH 10th Birthday 7\". Clear vinyl, lathe cut, two classic songs from the Hills-a-verse that have never been on vinyl before. Sweet!
" } }, { @@ -4460,7 +4460,7 @@ "publish_on": "2017-01-02T00:00:00Z", "title": "From the whole band, thanks for the great year!", "slug": "thanks-for-the-great-year", - "body": "Here's two news items:
\r\n\r\nLIVE BOOTLEG - July 29th, 2016 @ The Cake Shop: The Cake Shop, a favorite NYC venue of ours, has closed. In honor of the club, we've put our entire concert from July 2016 up for free on Bandcamp.
Please enjoy this new hastily written & recorded country song entitled “Punk Rock's Gonna Be Great Now That Trump's In Charge”, which is a response to the titular sentiment which keeps popping up on social media. Assess artistic movements in hindsight, never in advance. Thanks, -The Management.
![\"2016](\"http://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/c_scale,q_auto:best,w_800/v1483619694/2016_press.jpg\")
Here's two news items:
\r\n\r\nLIVE BOOTLEG - July 29th, 2016 @ The Cake Shop: The Cake Shop, a favorite NYC venue of ours, has closed. In honor of the club, we've put our entire concert from July 2016 up for free on Bandcamp.
Please enjoy this new hastily written & recorded country song entitled “Punk Rock's Gonna Be Great Now That Trump's In Charge”, which is a response to the titular sentiment which keeps popping up on social media. Assess artistic movements in hindsight, never in advance. Thanks, -The Management.
![\"2016](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/c_scale,q_auto:best,w_800/v1483619694/2016_press.jpg\")
![\"Planetarium](\"http://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/c_scale,q_auto,w_280/v1494239659/planetarium_poster.jpg\")
\r\n\r\nLIVE inside The Charles Hayden Planetarium, with visuals created specifically for the performance.
\r\n\r\n\r\nThursday August 17, 2017 at 7:30 PM\r\n
$20 advance, $25 day-of-show\r\n
Only 200 seats available! This experience will NOT be repeated!\r\n
BUY TICKETS\r\n
Join Hallelujah The Hills as they perform ten songs from their decade plus exploration of inner and outer universes underneath the stunning dome-screen at the Charles Hayden Planetarium. HTH and Museum of Science animators are working together to tailor a visual journey that will take the audience through the most unique presentation of these songs ever performed. For this show only, the band will expand to a ten piece unit including a choir and strings. Whether you've seen the band dozens of times, once, or never: THIS is the show to make sure not to miss.
\r\n\r\n![\"Planetarium](\"http://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/c_scale,q_auto,w_800/v1494239657/planetarium_wonders.jpg\")
![\"Planetarium](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/c_scale,q_auto,w_280/v1494239659/planetarium_poster.jpg\")
\r\n\r\nLIVE inside The Charles Hayden Planetarium, with visuals created specifically for the performance.
\r\n\r\n\r\nThursday August 17, 2017 at 7:30 PM\r\n
$20 advance, $25 day-of-show\r\n
Only 200 seats available! This experience will NOT be repeated!\r\n
BUY TICKETS\r\n
Join Hallelujah The Hills as they perform ten songs from their decade plus exploration of inner and outer universes underneath the stunning dome-screen at the Charles Hayden Planetarium. HTH and Museum of Science animators are working together to tailor a visual journey that will take the audience through the most unique presentation of these songs ever performed. For this show only, the band will expand to a ten piece unit including a choir and strings. Whether you've seen the band dozens of times, once, or never: THIS is the show to make sure not to miss.
\r\n\r\n![\"Planetarium](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/c_scale,q_auto,w_800/v1494239657/planetarium_wonders.jpg\")
\r\n ![\"Old](\"http://www.hallelujahthehills.com/files/images/hallalluya.jpg\")
\r\n We recorded the drums with Eric Penna at his home studio in Allston, MA. I laid the rest on top of those tracks on my BR8 Digital 8-Track Recorder which recorded onto, get this, zip discs. We sent it out to dozens of labels and heard back from three: Spin Art, Fat Possum, and Misra Records. I was excited about all three of those prospects; frankly, I couldn't believe we heard back from anyone. But it was late 2006, in the thick of the era when nascent music blogs seemed to hold as much weight as Rolling Stone Magazine, and we were getting a small amount of what they call buzz. The Boston Phoenix and the Dig were writing about us almost every week, and I can't overstate how much that helped us get going. I remember seeing one article in the Phoenix about Boston bicycle safety and noting that the illustrator had drawn the bicyclist as wearing a Hallelujah The Hills t-shirt. We hadn't even made t-shirts yet.\r\n
\r\n Cory Brown at Misra was particularly excited about releasing the album. He asked what we needed to become \u201ca real, functioning band.\u201d I told him a van. He told me that the album advance would likely make it so we could buy a van. We signed with Misra. We took the recording contract to an entertainment lawyer who explained what all the legalese meant and suggested changes. He kept referring to possible slight changes, noting we could frame the alteration to the label as \u201cgiving us a little taste\u201d of this or that revenue. To be honest, even if the contract contained a clause that indicated we'd never be paid more than the advance, I would've taken it. Our album was going to be released on a real label that had put out bands I loved. This was a dream come true.\r\n
\r\n\r\n The original title for the record was Let's All Plug In To The Telepathic Disco but we opted for Collective Psychosis Begone instead. I was worried that the Psychosis title would be interpreted as too political; when I expressed that fear to others, they were like, \u201cUhhhh, what's political about that?\u201d Inside the Bush Jr. regime with the Iraq War being protested safely within something terrifying called \u201cFree Speech Zones\u201d, I felt like a kind of communicable madness had infected the entire country. I had imagined a late night infomercial offering some kind of spray you could dose a whole population with that would snap them out of a off-kilter mindset. The tagline for this product could be \u201cCollective Psychosis Begone!\u201d\r\n
\r\n\r\n It was Eric Meyer on drums, Joseph Marrett on bass, Brian Rutledge on trumpet, David Bentley on cello and guitar, and Matt Brown on Moog, samples, melodica, and guitar. I strummed and sang. That's a fairly complicated set up to bring into a dive bar, and I remember priding ourselves on being able to set up and break it down quickly. After telling one aging sound-man what instruments we had and the mix we needed, he dryly told us, \u201cgreat, I'll just go out back now and shoot up\u201d, as if the technical demands of our rock band had caused him to relapse into a heroin habit.\r\n
\r\n\r\n ![\"Old](\"http://www.hallelujahthehills.com/files/images/performer.jpg\")
\r\n The album received some exciting, positive reviews, and I remember I was a-ok with most of the criticisms some writers did have. I find that stuff interesting. One guy, though, opened his review by bitching about the length—I repeat the length—of our song titles, and how they made him \u201cyearn for the simplicity of \u2018Yeah\u2019\u201d His review made me yearn for his typewriter to fall off a cliff. Did he not hear all those moments in those songs with the long titles when were all literally yelling \u201cYeah\u201d over and over again? To my delight, most other folks seemed to really understand what we were going for:\r\n
A child reading a poem, a throat clearing, a voice altering microphone treatment, all these things are slipped in without much explanation, but also without pretense. The whole record is beautifully odd, more than a little off even when it\u2019s just one person with a guitar\u2026so how could a few real world sounds make it any stranger? – Dusted\r\n\r\n
\r\n We embarked on the first tour knowing the Pitchfork review would come out while we were on the road. We had been told a great review would change the tour completely, a terrible review would tank it, and a middling review would add 10 people to each show and make us feel kinda nice. The latter type of review arrived as we drove to North Carolina. We were having a great time on that first tour, though I was having trouble connecting to any of the bands we were paired with on the bills. Finally, in Chicago, we played with another band also on their first tour, Titus Andronicus. Their super energetic live show in an abandoned church was just the kick in the pants I needed. I was enamored. HTH and Titus camped out that night; we stayed up all night drinking beers and I tried to figure out just exactly when Patrick Stickles was joking and when he was being serious (note: still trying). We'd both appear on each others second albums.\r\n
\r\n\r\n People made it clear to me that they enjoyed my lyrics but found them wildly abstract and sometimes hard to pin down. This was genuinely confusing to me. I felt like each song, at the very least, followed the insular logic of a dream. And we all dream. I remembered poet John Ashbery claiming that all of his poems were about \u201cthe experience of experience\u201d and that seems more than enough context for anything you might read or listen to, right? I remember trying to end long runs of what might seem like non-sequitors with unifying, common phrases like \u201cI'm so in love with you\u201d or \u201ceverything will probably be alright\u201d or \u201csomebody please shake me awake.\u201d It seemed to me that if I could initially place the listener somewhere unfamiliar, that when these common, universal phrases came around, they would resonate even more powerfully. People expect those kind of sentiments in songs; I thought it was my job to get them to a place where they no longer expected it. I have no idea if that worked or not. \r\n
\r\n\r\n There's three of us that have been in the band since the beginning: Brian, Joseph and myself. Along with David, Eric, and Matt, I really think we made a unique debut album in the little strange world we were building at the time. I listened to Collective Psychosis Begone for the first time in many years earlier this week, and I was proud of the eccentric mess we made. If you've ever listened to it, we'd like to thank you for meeting us there.\r\n
\r\n\r\n Ryan H. Walsh\r\n
June 20th, 2017\r\n
\r\n Collective Psychosis Begone was released on Misra Records on June 22, 2007.\r\n
\r\n\r\n We just posted a live performance of the entire album from 2008 on Bandcamp.\r\n
\r\n\r\n![\"Old](\"http://www.hallelujahthehills.com/files/images/soldout.jpg\")
\r\n ![\"Old](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/hallalluya.jpg\")
\r\n We recorded the drums with Eric Penna at his home studio in Allston, MA. I laid the rest on top of those tracks on my BR8 Digital 8-Track Recorder which recorded onto, get this, zip discs. We sent it out to dozens of labels and heard back from three: Spin Art, Fat Possum, and Misra Records. I was excited about all three of those prospects; frankly, I couldn't believe we heard back from anyone. But it was late 2006, in the thick of the era when nascent music blogs seemed to hold as much weight as Rolling Stone Magazine, and we were getting a small amount of what they call buzz. The Boston Phoenix and the Dig were writing about us almost every week, and I can't overstate how much that helped us get going. I remember seeing one article in the Phoenix about Boston bicycle safety and noting that the illustrator had drawn the bicyclist as wearing a Hallelujah The Hills t-shirt. We hadn't even made t-shirts yet.\r\n
\r\n Cory Brown at Misra was particularly excited about releasing the album. He asked what we needed to become \u201ca real, functioning band.\u201d I told him a van. He told me that the album advance would likely make it so we could buy a van. We signed with Misra. We took the recording contract to an entertainment lawyer who explained what all the legalese meant and suggested changes. He kept referring to possible slight changes, noting we could frame the alteration to the label as \u201cgiving us a little taste\u201d of this or that revenue. To be honest, even if the contract contained a clause that indicated we'd never be paid more than the advance, I would've taken it. Our album was going to be released on a real label that had put out bands I loved. This was a dream come true.\r\n
\r\n\r\n The original title for the record was Let's All Plug In To The Telepathic Disco but we opted for Collective Psychosis Begone instead. I was worried that the Psychosis title would be interpreted as too political; when I expressed that fear to others, they were like, \u201cUhhhh, what's political about that?\u201d Inside the Bush Jr. regime with the Iraq War being protested safely within something terrifying called \u201cFree Speech Zones\u201d, I felt like a kind of communicable madness had infected the entire country. I had imagined a late night infomercial offering some kind of spray you could dose a whole population with that would snap them out of a off-kilter mindset. The tagline for this product could be \u201cCollective Psychosis Begone!\u201d\r\n
\r\n\r\n It was Eric Meyer on drums, Joseph Marrett on bass, Brian Rutledge on trumpet, David Bentley on cello and guitar, and Matt Brown on Moog, samples, melodica, and guitar. I strummed and sang. That's a fairly complicated set up to bring into a dive bar, and I remember priding ourselves on being able to set up and break it down quickly. After telling one aging sound-man what instruments we had and the mix we needed, he dryly told us, \u201cgreat, I'll just go out back now and shoot up\u201d, as if the technical demands of our rock band had caused him to relapse into a heroin habit.\r\n
\r\n\r\n ![\"Old](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/performer.jpg\")
\r\n The album received some exciting, positive reviews, and I remember I was a-ok with most of the criticisms some writers did have. I find that stuff interesting. One guy, though, opened his review by bitching about the length—I repeat the length—of our song titles, and how they made him \u201cyearn for the simplicity of \u2018Yeah\u2019\u201d His review made me yearn for his typewriter to fall off a cliff. Did he not hear all those moments in those songs with the long titles when were all literally yelling \u201cYeah\u201d over and over again? To my delight, most other folks seemed to really understand what we were going for:\r\n
A child reading a poem, a throat clearing, a voice altering microphone treatment, all these things are slipped in without much explanation, but also without pretense. The whole record is beautifully odd, more than a little off even when it\u2019s just one person with a guitar\u2026so how could a few real world sounds make it any stranger? – Dusted\r\n\r\n
\r\n We embarked on the first tour knowing the Pitchfork review would come out while we were on the road. We had been told a great review would change the tour completely, a terrible review would tank it, and a middling review would add 10 people to each show and make us feel kinda nice. The latter type of review arrived as we drove to North Carolina. We were having a great time on that first tour, though I was having trouble connecting to any of the bands we were paired with on the bills. Finally, in Chicago, we played with another band also on their first tour, Titus Andronicus. Their super energetic live show in an abandoned church was just the kick in the pants I needed. I was enamored. HTH and Titus camped out that night; we stayed up all night drinking beers and I tried to figure out just exactly when Patrick Stickles was joking and when he was being serious (note: still trying). We'd both appear on each others second albums.\r\n
\r\n\r\n People made it clear to me that they enjoyed my lyrics but found them wildly abstract and sometimes hard to pin down. This was genuinely confusing to me. I felt like each song, at the very least, followed the insular logic of a dream. And we all dream. I remembered poet John Ashbery claiming that all of his poems were about \u201cthe experience of experience\u201d and that seems more than enough context for anything you might read or listen to, right? I remember trying to end long runs of what might seem like non-sequitors with unifying, common phrases like \u201cI'm so in love with you\u201d or \u201ceverything will probably be alright\u201d or \u201csomebody please shake me awake.\u201d It seemed to me that if I could initially place the listener somewhere unfamiliar, that when these common, universal phrases came around, they would resonate even more powerfully. People expect those kind of sentiments in songs; I thought it was my job to get them to a place where they no longer expected it. I have no idea if that worked or not. \r\n
\r\n\r\n There's three of us that have been in the band since the beginning: Brian, Joseph and myself. Along with David, Eric, and Matt, I really think we made a unique debut album in the little strange world we were building at the time. I listened to Collective Psychosis Begone for the first time in many years earlier this week, and I was proud of the eccentric mess we made. If you've ever listened to it, we'd like to thank you for meeting us there.\r\n
\r\n\r\n Ryan H. Walsh\r\n
June 20th, 2017\r\n
\r\n Collective Psychosis Begone was released on Misra Records on June 22, 2007.\r\n
\r\n\r\n We just posted a live performance of the entire album from 2008 on Bandcamp.\r\n
\r\n\r\n![\"Old](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/soldout.jpg\")
![\"Planetarium](\"http://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/c_scale,w_280/v1499940475/planetarium_gang.jpg\")
\r\n\r\nJoin Hallelujah The Hills as they perform ten songs from their decade-plus exploration of inner and outer universes underneath the stunning dome-screen at the Charles Hayden Planetarium.
\r\n\r\nDue to high demand for the 7:30PM show, a second show has been added at 9PM; tickets on sale today.
\r\n\r\nThe five-piece band, once described by The Boston Globe as \u201cthe sound of music without limits,\u201d will expand to a full-orchestra-version for these performances only. Special guests include Josh Kantor (Red Sox organist, Jim\u2019s Big Ego), internationally lauded singer/songwriter Marissa Nadler, seven-time Boston Music Award winner Will Dailey, Dave Curry (Thalia Zedek Band, Willard Grant Conspiracy) on viola, and a choir including members of Boston Cream, Long Gone, Headband, and Land of Enchantment.\r\n\r\n
Museum of Science, Boston\r\n
Thursday August 17, 2017 at 7:30PM & 9PM\r\n
$20 advance, $25 day-of-show\r\n
Tickets\r\n
![\"Planetarium](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/c_scale,w_280/v1499940475/planetarium_gang.jpg\")
\r\n\r\nJoin Hallelujah The Hills as they perform ten songs from their decade-plus exploration of inner and outer universes underneath the stunning dome-screen at the Charles Hayden Planetarium.
\r\n\r\nDue to high demand for the 7:30PM show, a second show has been added at 9PM; tickets on sale today.
\r\n\r\nThe five-piece band, once described by The Boston Globe as \u201cthe sound of music without limits,\u201d will expand to a full-orchestra-version for these performances only. Special guests include Josh Kantor (Red Sox organist, Jim\u2019s Big Ego), internationally lauded singer/songwriter Marissa Nadler, seven-time Boston Music Award winner Will Dailey, Dave Curry (Thalia Zedek Band, Willard Grant Conspiracy) on viola, and a choir including members of Boston Cream, Long Gone, Headband, and Land of Enchantment.\r\n\r\n
Museum of Science, Boston\r\n
Thursday August 17, 2017 at 7:30PM & 9PM\r\n
$20 advance, $25 day-of-show\r\n
Tickets\r\n
\r\n \r\n ![\"I'm](\"https://www.hallelujahthehills.com/files/artwork/im_you_cover.jpg\")
\r\n \r\n \r\n ![\"Against](\"https://www.hallelujahthehills.com/files/artwork/against_electricity_cover.jpg\")
\r\n \r\n
Hello friends! We\u2019ve written a new album that we\u2019re recording this winter titled I\u2019m You, and we need your help to do it! No, this is not a Kickstarter; instead, we\u2019re turning on pre-orders for the seventh HTH full-length LP as well as releasing our sixth album right this very instant. That means you can start enjoying our new instrumental album, Against Electricity, right now! All sales will go towards our recording budget for I\u2019m You.
\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n ![\"Pre-Order](\"https://www.hallelujahthehills.com/files/images/pre_order_im_you.jpg\")
\r\n \r\n \r\n ![\"Buy](\"https://www.hallelujahthehills.com/files/images/buy_against_electricity.jpg\")
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From now until December 14, 2018, anyone who pre-orders I\u2019m You in any format will be entered into a raffle with individual prizes that have been valued up to $500. This way, we ensure that all fans of our band (not just the ones with the most disposable income) have an equal chance to get some of these premium extras we\u2019ve cooked up. We\u2019ll host a live-streamed raffle drawing in the spring where we\u2019ll draw the winners. If you win, your prize will accompany your brand new HTH album.
\r\n\r\nAll pre-orders for I\u2019m You automatically get:
\r\nRaffle prizes:
\r\nWe are so excited about the music we're sharing with you today and the music we're about to record. It's year 13 of this band's life (!), and your continued enthusiasm not only means a lot to all of us, it's literally how we get it all done. We haven't taken an advance from a record label since 2009. The fans of Hallelujah The Hills have become an engine that keeps us six friends churning out the cosmic American hits year after year. A sincere thank you doesn't even begin to cut it, so hopefully the tunes can carry that weight for us.
\r\n\r\n“Don't Freak Out / I'm You”
\r\n\r\nLove, HTH\r\n
Ryan Connelly, Dave Curry, Joseph Marrett, Brian Rutledge, Nicholas Ward, Ryan H. Walsh\r\n
\r\n \r\n ![\"I'm](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/im_you_cover.jpg\")
\r\n \r\n \r\n ![\"Against](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/against_electricity_cover.jpg\")
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Hello friends! We\u2019ve written a new album that we\u2019re recording this winter titled I\u2019m You, and we need your help to do it! No, this is not a Kickstarter; instead, we\u2019re turning on pre-orders for the seventh HTH full-length LP as well as releasing our sixth album right this very instant. That means you can start enjoying our new instrumental album, Against Electricity, right now! All sales will go towards our recording budget for I\u2019m You.
\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\n ![\"Pre-Order](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/pre_order_im_you.jpg\")
\r\n \r\n \r\n ![\"Buy](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/buy_against_electricity.jpg\")
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From now until December 14, 2018, anyone who pre-orders I\u2019m You in any format will be entered into a raffle with individual prizes that have been valued up to $500. This way, we ensure that all fans of our band (not just the ones with the most disposable income) have an equal chance to get some of these premium extras we\u2019ve cooked up. We\u2019ll host a live-streamed raffle drawing in the spring where we\u2019ll draw the winners. If you win, your prize will accompany your brand new HTH album.
\r\n\r\nAll pre-orders for I\u2019m You automatically get:
\r\nRaffle prizes:
\r\nWe are so excited about the music we're sharing with you today and the music we're about to record. It's year 13 of this band's life (!), and your continued enthusiasm not only means a lot to all of us, it's literally how we get it all done. We haven't taken an advance from a record label since 2009. The fans of Hallelujah The Hills have become an engine that keeps us six friends churning out the cosmic American hits year after year. A sincere thank you doesn't even begin to cut it, so hopefully the tunes can carry that weight for us.
\r\n\r\n“Don't Freak Out / I'm You”
\r\n\r\nLove, HTH\r\n
Ryan Connelly, Dave Curry, Joseph Marrett, Brian Rutledge, Nicholas Ward, Ryan H. Walsh\r\n
The song is called “Folk Music Is Insane.”
\r\n\r\nYou can listen to it on\r\nBandcamp,\r\nSoundCloud,\r\nSpotify,\r\nApple Music,\r\nGoogle Play,\r\netc.\r\n
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\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe album is called I’m You.
\r\n\r\nWe’ll tell you all about it very soon.
\r\n\r\nThis song title seemed like the kind of thing I would enjoy seeing on a t-shirt. I see someone wearing that walking down the street, I’d think, “now what in the living hell does that mean?” So, we put it on a t-shirt. Two of ‘em actually. Check it out.
\r\n\r\nHere are the lyrics. Let us know if there’s any questions.
\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"Cover](\"https://www.hallelujahthehills.com/files/artwork/folk_music_cover.jpg\")
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The song is called “Folk Music Is Insane.”
\r\n\r\nYou can listen to it on\r\nBandcamp,\r\nSoundCloud,\r\nSpotify,\r\nApple Music,\r\nGoogle Play,\r\netc.\r\n
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\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nThe album is called I’m You.
\r\n\r\nWe’ll tell you all about it very soon.
\r\n\r\nThis song title seemed like the kind of thing I would enjoy seeing on a t-shirt. I see someone wearing that walking down the street, I’d think, “now what in the living hell does that mean?” So, we put it on a t-shirt. Two of ‘em actually. Check it out.
\r\n\r\nHere are the lyrics. Let us know if there’s any questions.
\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"Cover](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/folk_music_cover.jpg\")
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Listen on\r\nBandcamp,\r\nSoundCloud,\r\nSpotify,\r\nApple Music\r\nGoogle Play\r\n
![\"John](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/c_scale,h_373,w_280/v1572481739/john_payne_recording.jpg\")
\r\n\r\n\r\nThis is the third single from the forthcoming I\u2019m You. It\u2019s a sad, aching six minutes of longing, negotiating and an insistence that time travel is real. I got to know John Payne as a book subject first, recounting the story of his happenstance involvement with one of the greatest records ever made. But after the book was published and we did some press together, it occurred to me how unlikely it was that John\u2019s playing didn\u2019t appear on more records over the years, Boston or otherwise. The students at John\u2019s school are lucky to have him as a teacher, and we were lucky to have him come down to Pawtucket, RI and play flute and soprano sax on our song here (btw, that\u2019s the actual, literal same soprano sax that was played on \u201cSlim Slow Slider\u201d!). As John is forever a believer in the power of improvisation, he purposely only listened to the song once before his recording session. Even after months of recording, mixing and mastering this song, his playing here makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. You guessed it, it still floors me.\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n![\"HTH](\"https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/c_scale,w_800/v1572481739/john_payne_hth.jpg\")
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Listen on\r\nBandcamp,\r\nSoundCloud,\r\nSpotify,\r\nApple Music\r\nGoogle Play\r\n
\r\n\r\n\r\nThis is the third single from the forthcoming I\u2019m You. It\u2019s a sad, aching six minutes of longing, negotiating and an insistence that time travel is real. I got to know John Payne as a book subject first, recounting the story of his happenstance involvement with one of the greatest records ever made. But after the book was published and we did some press together, it occurred to me how unlikely it was that John\u2019s playing didn\u2019t appear on more records over the years, Boston or otherwise. The students at John\u2019s school are lucky to have him as a teacher, and we were lucky to have him come down to Pawtucket, RI and play flute and soprano sax on our song here (btw, that\u2019s the actual, literal same soprano sax that was played on \u201cSlim Slow Slider\u201d!). As John is forever a believer in the power of improvisation, he purposely only listened to the song once before his recording session. Even after months of recording, mixing and mastering this song, his playing here makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up. You guessed it, it still floors me.\r\n
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CD release for No One Knows What Happens Next
with Viva Viva and Frank Smith.
CD release for No One Knows What Happens Next
with Viva Viva and Frank Smith.
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