Hallelujah the Hills
| Hallelujah the Hills | |
|---|---|
| General information | |
| Genre (s) |
Indie rock indie pop |
| founding | 2005 |
| Website | http://hallelujahthehills.com |
| Current occupation | |
David Bentley |
Ryan Walsh |
Brian Rutledge |
Ryan Connelly |
Nicholas Ward |
Joseph Marrett |
| former members | |
Elio DeLuca |
Eric Meyer |
Dave Bryson |
Matt Brown |
Hallelujah the Hills is an American indie rock band from Boston , Massachusetts that was formed in 2005. They have been named "One of the Most Precious Possessions of Boston Pop" by the Boston Phoenix and received a 3-1 / 2-star rating for their debut from Rolling Stone Magazine . Pitchfork Media praises their "talent for crafting fist-stretching hymns with absurd heaps of words"
The band was signed by Misra Records in 2006 and released their first two albums there. They went with Silver Jews on tour, wrote a song with Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Co in collaboration with the author Jonathan Lethem , made together with Titus Andronicus , the The monitor tour and had a live performance of Chevy Chase was interrupted . Their third album, No One Knows What Happens Next , which they funded with a successful Kickstarter project, was rated by The Weekly Dig as "a bold move" according to Prefix Magazine and a "wonderful listen from start to finish" .
In May 2013 the band released a collection of B-sides , non-album tracks and rarities as Portrait of the Artist as a Young Trashcan . In a recent profile of the Boston Herald , the band was highlighted for their latest turn in writing. It takes genius to write a great song about writing a song. So how is it Hallelujah The Hills has done it twice in two years? ( Like : It takes genius to write a great song about writing a song. So how did Hallelujah The Hills do it twice in two years? ).
Discography
Albums
- 2007 Collective Psychosis Begone (Misra)
- 2009 Colonial Drones (Misra)
- 2012 No One Knows What Happens Next (Discrete Pageantry)
- 2013 Portrait of the Artist as a Young Trashcan (Discrete Pageantry)
EPs
- 2008 Prepare to Qualify
Web links
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- ↑ On a roll . The Boston Phoenix. September 22, 2009. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
- ↑ Collective Psychosis Begone review . Pitchfork. June 22, 2007. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ↑ Hallelujah the Hills - Misra Records . Misra Records. Archived from the original on April 29, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
- ^ Lookout London - Here Come The Jews . LondonTourdates # 022. May 16, 2008. Archived from the original on October 3, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
- ↑ Download This Now: Hallelujah the Hills, "Monster Eyes" . The Village Voice. Archived from the original on September 27, 2012. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
- ^ Titus Andronicus reveal Civil War-themed second album . Pitchfork Media. Retrieved August 12, 2010.
- ↑ Marissa Nadler, Hallelujah the Hills, Mekons Movie Seek Fan Donations Through Kickstarter . Pitchfork. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
- ↑ Hallelujah the Hills No One Knows What Happens Next . Prefix Magazine. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
- ↑ Hallelujah the Hills No One Knows What Happens Next . The Weekly Dig. Archived from the original on May 12, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
- ↑ Hallelujah the Hills On Write Track . The Boston Herald. Retrieved September 22, 2013.
