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.
Hope Anchor and Jets Can’t Land at News Cafe
with Watts, and Bendays
News Cafe
43 Broad St
Pawtucket, RI
9pm
18+
$6
Hope Anchor at Alchemy
with The Flawed, The Worried, and Cactus Attack
Alchemy
Richmond St
Providence, RI
Hope Anchor at Alchemy
with The Flawed (reunion show), Cactus Attack, The Worried
Alchemy
Richmond St
Providence, RI
Early Show
6:30-10:30pm
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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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
Hope Anchor and Jets Can’t Land at Dusk
with Ghosts of Industry, Man & Wife
Dusk
Harris Ave
Providence, RI
9pm
Hope Anchor at News Cafe
with Andy Lampert Band, The Negans, & Old Roger
News Cafe
43 Broad St
Pawtucket, RI
9pm
Hope Anchor at Parlour Newport
with The Low Cards and Yawpers
Parlour Newport
Broadway
Newport, RI
9pm
The Schemers and Hope Anchor at The Parlour
Fundraiser for The Same thing Project
$15 suggested donation
The Parlour
North Main Street
Providence, RI
8pm