Category: Hope Anchor
Motif reviews Hope Anchor’s ‘Beautiful Corpses’
Hope Anchor – Beautiful Corpses
I did a half review of this album last fall when I only had access to three songs. I don’t think I did it justice. Jams that have been rocking my world on this biscuit include the primal “Primal Mover,” which just makes me think of the band Magazine Meets Wire on amphetamines. Before it came out, guitarist Terry Linehan warned me this was their goth record, but I grew up on that shit in the ’80s. The creeping “Skeleton Waltz” takes me down some dark hallways of my past; Paul Everett acts like a tour guide, leading you through an extended doom. The guitars on “Xoxosos” jump out like the sunlight hitting you exiting a bar at 6am. The piano outré duet between Everett and Lolita Black’s Scarlett Delgado leaves a haunting touch. One of my favorite local bands, The Lincoln Tunnel, is opening this show. They are great despite the presence of my mortal enemy, Christian Caldarone.
Motif Magazine reviews Hope Anchor’s ‘Beautiful Corpses’
Hope Anchor – Beautiful Corpses
In terms of getting into the Halloween spirit, it doesn’t get any better than going to the release show for an album called Beautiful Corpses. Hope Anchor guitarist Terry Linehan warned me a few months ago that this would be their goth record. First impressions of Beautiful Corpses are that it does have a noticeably darker and urgent feel. “You Alone” kicks off with an ’80s U2-styled guitar riff before pulling the indie rock curtains over the beat. “Dead Gone” is another slab of indie rock that reminds me of some descendant of Echo & the Bunnymen and Wire. All good goth albums need a ballad and the dreamy “Rain Won’t Stop” fits the bill for a shot of indie guitar melancholy.
Hope Anchor, Jets Can’t Land, Ghosts of Industry, and Man & Wife rock Dusk on October 20.
Hope Anchor – Beautiful Corpses
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Digital download is available here
Track Listing
1. You Alone
2. Dead And Gone
3. Rain Won’t Stop
4. Down
5. No Blood
6. Prime Mover
7. Not Asking
8. Skeleton Walk
9. Xoxosos
10. Beautiful Corpses
11. Without A Sound
Hope Anchor returns with a new album
Matt Fraza Band / Jordan Everett Associates Split Lathe Cut 7 inch Single
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These seven inch singles consist of clear poly-plastic with holographic, kraft, white, beige, or clear jackets. All options are shown in the photo above. All styles while supplies last.
Limited to 50 copies. Each single contains a digital download for this release.
Tracks
1. Matt Fraza Band – Drugs/I Don’t Want It 6:00
2. Jordan Everett Associates – Moonbeams 6:00
Jordan • Everett Associates is the songwriting/performance partnership of Kraig Jordan and Paul Everett.
In this rare instance, Moonbeams is a cover of the Family Band’s song of the same name.
Guitar and synth by Kraig, vocals by Paul, backing vocals by Jodie Treloar, bass by Mark MacDougall, piano by Scott Janovitz, and drums by Rachel Blumberg. Recorded, mixed and mastered at Plan of a Boy in Providence.
Matt Fraza Band:
Matt Fraza – Rhythm Guitar, Vocals. Nick Cicchese – Lead Guitar. Daniel Ulmschneider – Drums. Richard Reed – Keyboard. Kraig Jordan – Bass
Hope Anchor – Means To An End video 2010
Hope Anchor – Pile On The Dirt
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Hope Anchor – Pile On The Dirt CD
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Track Listing
- Halfway Home
- You Were The One
- Losing My Mind
- Go
- You Mean Everything
- Tell Me Something
- Drifting Out To See
- Means To An End
- Lucky
- Super Collider
Emerging from a musical heritage steeped in the sounds of The Clash, the Pixies, and The Jesus and Mary Chain, Hope Anchor delivers a potent batch of guitar rock songs populated by swirling soundscapes and infused with the melodic drive of American power pop.