Hopewell - On Tour! 0 comments

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Tour Dates
10/1 - Youngstown, OH - Cedars Lounge
10/2 - Columbus, OH - Ruby Tuesday's w/ The Main Street Gospel

10/3 - Champaign, IL - TBA

10/4 - Lawrence, KS - Replay Lounge

10/8 - Las Vegas, NV - Beauty Bar

10/9 - Los Angeles, CA - Spaceland w/ Sky Parade

10/10 - Los Angeles, CA - Dublab Radio Session

10/12 - Pioneertown, CA - Clean Air Clear Stars w/ Dead Meadow, Black Angels & More

10/22 - New York, NY - CMJ Club Europa

Hopewells News - The Boys Survived SXSW 0 comments

We are home! Many strange twists and turns in the road have led us back to our beloved Brooklyn. Thanks to everyone who signed our mailing list - welcome to ye ol Hopewell newsletter.As always, SXSW was a blast. We played many awesome shows with tons of great bands. Stand outs were definitely Tall Firs at the Lonestar Inn, Puddin' Tang and the Stalkers at the NYNT day party, and Witch at Tee Pee Records showcase. Check out SL Weekly'saccount of the Tee Pee set - pretty accurate down to the description of Jason looking "like a tampon". There was a nice mention and picture in Vanity Fair's blog about the festival and Hopewell's footwear even wound up on a site devoted to Boots.

Also - before we left - 2 fifths of us ran around the city recording songs for La Blogotheque /One Take New York. Click here to watch us plead with Yoko for her love, perform "Monolith" under extreme weather conditions and even debut a new song in a pay toilet. Good times.

So, we've been in the studio all winter. We have a new set, some new songs, and a Cakeshop show April 18th. We are joined by some of our favorite bands: Suckers, Land Of Tomorrow and It Lives. Come let us treat you right, Spring will spring us right into each others open arms.

4/03 - Glasslands - early set. semi-acoustic - Gangi CD Release Party

4/18 - Cakeshop - w/ Suckers, Land of Tomorrow & It Lives

Hopewell - Beautiful Targets 0 comments

Label: Tee-Pee
Rating: 4 Guns

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New York-based Hopewell, fronted by ex-Mercury Rev bass player, Jason Russo has been a critic’s darling from their inception. That’s understandable after listening to their new record “Beautiful Targets.” Hopewell, much like their West coast counterparts, The Shore, are American Brit-Pop at its finest. Cinematic in nature, and giving bands from England a run for their money, the ever-innovative Hopewell has released another classic Indie Rock opus.

The album starts off with “In Full Bloom” a slow, yet pretty song. It runs 3:10 before breaking right into “All Angels Road,” the album’s second track. This song rocks hard all the way through; as cinematic as it is heavy.

“Bethlehem” has that 1960s Brit-pop feel, sweet from beginning to end, and “Tree” has that Pearl-Jam-inspired arena pop-rock sound to it.

Throughout the album, the band shows they’re not afraid to experiment, throwing in random tidbits of keyboard, Theremin, and time-based guitar effects. Most bands can’t effectively integrate experimentation and hooks; Hope well isn’t one of those bands.

“Monolith” and “Echo and His Brother” are upbeat, cynical in nature, and cinematic all at the same time, referencing the movie “Big Fish” in the lyrics.

Hopewell - "To The Slaughter..."


Russo channels rock legend Mick Jagger in “Are You Anywhere,” and puts Radiohead to shame in ambient rocker, “Afterglow.” “To the slaughter…” the album’s closing track is by far the best. Fit to be in background of any movie, this ballad uses strings and fluttery guitar to take listeners on a journey into sound.

This album is a must buy for anyone into Radiohead and Brit-Pop.

Check out the video for “All Angels Road” below:



Like this band? You may also like: The Shore, The Verve, Oasis, Radiohead, Coldplay

New Hopewell Album/SXSW Showcase 0 comments

We are excited to announce that we are going into the studio next week to begin what will likely wind up being our next record. If recent rehearsals are any indication, Hopewell listeners should be prepared for deep weirdness...long passages of Rich yodelling over samples of car horns etc. As a primer we have posted our recent performance from Woodstock Radio's "Last Rays Of The Sun" (hosted by none other than Jonathan Donahue) on our site. Sit back, smoke banana peels, do some kundalini yoga because it's a semi-improvisational journey into the heart of upstate darkness.

In the meantime please check out our self-made and home-edited video for In Full Bloom, featuring the band at the height of boredom, cooped up in a small hotel room somewhere near the Canadian border. Our good friend Kengo Mikami describes it thus: "it penetrates slow and deep into the quiet and special places where people have forgotten..."

Also, want to hear Jay Green wax poetic about pornography? Or Hopewell attempt to discuss politics? Visit Uncensored Interview. No offence to anyone we happened to insult.
Finally, we are changing our trusty steed's fluids, picking burrs from his mane, rotating his horseshoes in preparation for another journey to Austin, TX. Expect a number of performances at and around the SXSW music conference. Our showcase will be on March 12 with Witch & Earthless. Tour dates are forthcoming. If the winds of fortune blow in our favor, we will cross your path as we flee the North in pursuit of Spring.