# music_song

slug: sleeper-agent
publish_on: 2007-06-01 00:00:00
title: Sleeper Agent (Just Waking Up)
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>a test train rolls through at three in the morning<br />
there are no passengers or stops<br />
my interest level rises and then it drops</p>

<p>my life laid out in dictionary format<br />
I've got a lot of entries under the M's<br />
and they say that Z is not the end</p>

<p>let's all plug in to the telepathic disco<br />
hard up for hand me downs no more<br />
and the Koinos Kosmos gets us through the door</p>

<p>but the rag in the bottle doesn't understand<br />
that the well has a bottom in the other land<br />
brace yourself for some foreign affairs</p>

<p>you could chalk it up but you haven't got a blackboard<br />
you could shrug it off but your shoulder's broke<br />
you could laugh it off but it isn't a joke</p>

<p>and the funeral reminded me to call you<br />
and leave the coordinates for the Bayou<br />
I'm a sleeper agent just waking up</p>

<p>I should have worn a disguise<br />
you should've looked more surprised<br />
you've got me cornered<br />
in color coordinated lake shore drives<br />
ramparts and car parts in an enemy hive<br />
it's intelligence that doesn't come from the mind<br />
but I've got yours on mine</p>

<p>good morning comrade this is good coffee<br />
let's take a walk and peruse the reports<br />
this will look a lot worse than it'll hurt</p>


slug: wave-backwards
publish_on: 2007-06-01 00:00:00
title: Wave Backwards To Massachusetts
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>a blizzard<br />
a mallard<br />
a stillborn Chinese baby speaking backwards<br />
my peephole<br />
in the cabin<br />
keep an eye on loggers preparing for battle<br />
and textbooks glow like they know where we're going<br />
but it's just a guess they planted in the pages<br />
and flags unfurl like they know why we're sewing<br />
a certain kind of stars into the fabric</p>

<p>can't keep topping my count's bestsellers<br />
pieced together in damp dark cellars<br />
flipped out fury<br />
it's a wigged out wish<br />
so creep creep crawl your way into the heartland<br />
when the clocks explode<br />
we'll sing a crooked path back to our home</p>

<p>there is no context for this progress<br />
a village epidemic reaches congress<br />
an idea or a light bulb<br />
smashed on concrete outside of the nightclub<br />
a cat with a windchime skeleton<br />
but it's not like he's in charge of city planning<br />
greet the deep sea diver as he dives within<br />
he hides secrets behind all of the paneling</p>

<p>we will find him before<br />
the party resumes<br />
treating cape houses like Egyptian tombs<br />
tricked out tremors in my nervous system<br />
don't sink sink sink sink sink into the pavement<br />
when the clocks explode<br />
we'll sing a crooked path back to our home</p>

<p>wave backwards to Massachusetts<br />
we'll sing a crooked path back to our home</p>


slug: fight-song
publish_on: 2007-06-01 00:00:00
title: Hallelujah The Hills
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>trouble comes, the mail arrives<br />
I pick apart a broken watch<br />
I'm on call with astronauts<br />
here's an acrobatic lot<br />
Telemundo is for free<br />
but not something that you could see<br />
everybody falls asleep when oxygen dies</p>

<p>hundred horses, hundred wines<br />
that's a secret, that's a lie<br />
here's a planetoid connection<br />
that they caught and tried to hide<br />
paranoid's a boring game<br />
jealousy is just the same<br />
hit me with the hammer when the light turns green</p>

<p>plaintiff's here, jury's gone<br />
down at the Dairy Mart<br />
absolutely no exception<br />
specially for you<br />
made inventions, broke conventions<br />
raised a glass to new pretensions<br />
meta-meta-meta-and the novel is dead</p>

<p>no more talk of mathmagicians<br />
numbers can't be ever tricked<br />
I propose a superstition<br />
always mumbling, never sick<br />
a way to increase your sales<br />
never question, never fail<br />
I was born in Vermont<br />
she was born in Vermont<br />
and we'll all die in Vermont hallelujah the hills</p>


slug: house
publish_on: 2007-06-01 00:00:00
title: The House Is All Lit Up
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>I prepared a tin hour glass<br />
simple instructions<br />
for a man with lion's breath<br />
my feelings are pre-determined tonight</p>

<p>a man so often the best man<br />
he fired a gun<br />
that shot wedding rings on the fingers<br />
of his best friends<br />
of his family<br />
of his enemies</p>

<p>the house is all lit up<br />
all lit up<br />
all lit up<br />
the house is all lit up<br />
all lit up<br />
all lit up<br />
all lit up tonight</p>

<p>are you afraid<br />
of the unguided mind,<br />
of free association?<br />
nonsequitors built this nation<br />
please understand<br />
or better yet please take my hand<br />
and look at the shape I'm in<br />
I've been drinking the gin<br />
we found in Evan's mom's basement<br />
my excuses<br />
are so useless<br />
and then the choir sings</p>

<p>the house is all lit up<br />
all lit up<br />
all lit up<br />
the house is all lit up<br />
all lit up<br />
all lit up<br />
all lit up tonight</p>

<p>and I am the filibuster it's true<br />
I'm gonna keep on waiting for you<br />
and I am the filibuster it's true<br />
I'm gonna keep on speaking through you<br />
and I am the filibuster it's true<br />
I'm gonna keep on waiting for you<br />
and I am the filibuster it's true<br />
I'm gonna keep on, keep on</p>

<p>The house is all lit up<br />
all lit up<br />
all lit up<br />
all lit up tonight</p>


slug: raise-the-flag
publish_on: 2007-06-01 00:00:00
title: Raise The Flag Of Your Sibling's Favorite Daydream
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>hallow down the hall<br />
have you written?<br />
I was gone<br />
wake up my souvenirs<br />
add three and two I spotted you<br />
but who could stand to follow through?</p>

<p>raise the flag<br />
raise the flag<br />
raise the flag<br />
of your sibling's favorite daydream</p>

<p>stupefied again<br />
in the autumn of our father's den<br />
I came to with a canker<br />
drinking from the faucet<br />
trying to save some water and a friend<br />
I knew he'd operate</p>

<p>raise the flag<br />
raise the flag<br />
raise the flag<br />
of your sibling's favorite daydream</p>

<p>I'll shine the light<br />
though it's not flattering<br />
on your wishes as they are<br />
telephone mom, she should be next to me<br />
notify dad, it's common decency</p>

<p>then wash the dishes while your secrets leave home<br />
call the news tell 'em to leave us alone<br />
we all fit on this embarrassing throne<br />
but anyway<br />
listen for the sound of subtle atrophy<br />
while he's tethered to a broken phonograph</p>

<p>back in school again<br />
you didn't think I'd abandon you my friend<br />
here comes a silver bullet<br />
to skim the leaves of poplar leaves<br />
and blessed be the minor keys<br />
I'm so in love with you</p>

<p>raise the flag<br />
raise the flag<br />
raise the flag<br />
of your sibling's favorite daydream</p>


slug: slow-motion-records
publish_on: 2007-06-01 00:00:00
title: Slow Motion Records Broken At Break Neck Speeds
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>here's the crux of the cameraman<br />
buried deep in his master plan<br />
here's a format becoming defunct<br />
a bunch of tapes on a ship that sunk<br />
electric outlet in a public place<br />
so new rappers get to show their face<br />
if you're human and you're feeling displaced<br />
we've got news for you it's the kind<br />
that makes you shake in your boots<br />
and crumble down to the floor</p>

<p>Tommy Beta with his life on pause<br />
his college thesis stored in his parents garage<br />
are you into the olive branch? (are you, Tommy?)<br />
or shooting arrows in an American trance<br />
list your prescriptions on your resume<br />
and polish bullets saved for our prey<br />
add sinking feelings and we'll call it a day<br />
I wear a mask to sleep and it's old and it's made<br />
of clay and I have no idea why I do that</p>

<p>if you're guilty of some heinous crime<br />
I'll write your defense down in metered rhyme<br />
we'll make believe we got it right this time<br />
I've got news for you and me and him and her and us<br />
and everything's crumbling and rotting away<br />
but I'm content to sit here and watch it all happen<br />
with you</p>


slug: effie
publish_on: 2007-06-01 00:00:00
title: Effie's On The Other Side
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>we're stealing bodies<br />
so the doctors can study<br />
and improve their technique<br />
they operate next week<br />
on the girl who's embarrassed<br />
that she melted the chalice<br />
with a thought thrown through the air<br />
but she's only half of a pair</p>

<p>cuz Effie's on the other side<br />
she's laughing and sculpting and washing the filth<br />
off of the devil's hide</p>

<p>we're replacing their bones<br />
with pipes, sticks, and stones<br />
so the grievers don't notice<br />
that their loved ones helped us grow this<br />
translucent creature being housed<br />
by the doubting preacher<br />
reciting the scripture<br />
while the creature paints this picture</p>

<p>of Effie on the other side<br />
she's laughing and sculpting and washing the filth<br />
off of the devil's hide</p>


slug: trap
publish_on: 2007-06-01 00:00:00
title: The Trap
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>the trap can't trap you<br />
if you take it to pieces<br />
stop thinking you're somebody else<br />
stop crying and go get some help<br />
stop trying to solve it your self<br />
and you know what else?</p>

<p>her misfortunes fell upon her<br />
call and response<br />
good morning alchemy<br />
start strumming my super strings<br />
it's a wilderness of mirrors and kings<br />
bespectacled devil with wings</p>

<p>it's hard to imagine<br />
anything more terrifying<br />
than dying in someone else's dream<br />
waking up in a coffin of trees<br />
and your soul getting hauled off by bees<br />
and if you think that's too much to believe</p>

<p>a munitions expert<br />
while disarming a bomb<br />
realizes he left the stove on at home<br />
he imagines his house up in smoke<br />
while he renders explosives a joke</p>

<p>I'm a planet, I'm the moon<br />
I'm barely in this room<br />
won't somebody please shake me awake?<br />
put me in the front yard with a rake<br />
it's the simplest of tasks I can take<br />
if I don't want to break<br />
and I don't want to break</p>

<p>the playwright has stage fright<br />
the doctor is sick<br />
the electrician struck down by lightning<br />
burning candles from more than two ends<br />
is that me? I guess it depends<br />
hell, go ask my friends</p>

<p>I'm a planet, I'm the moon<br />
I'm barely in this room<br />
won't somebody please shake me awake</p>


slug: teenage-synesthete
publish_on: 2007-06-01 00:00:00
title: Teenage Synesthete
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>I was born<br />
a teenage synesthete<br />
feeling colors, hearing tastes<br />
and catching my breath<br />
I saw a hawk out by the high school<br />
fly into your brain<br />
I wrote it down<br />
but I won't tell no one<br />
from that I'll refrain</p>

<p>and everything will probably be alright<br />
collective psychosis begone<br />
and everything will probably be okay<br />
collective psychosis begone</p>


slug: talkies
publish_on: 2007-06-01 00:00:00
title: It's All Been Downhill Since The Talkies Started To Sing
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>I break things by walking by<br />
I accidentally hypnotize<br />
every single motherfucker<br />
locked inside the Newton branch<br />
worst bank robber known to man<br />
rob the bank, that was my plan<br />
didn't even check to see<br />
where the cameras were at<br />
but I always get away<br />
as if I planned it that way<br />
there must be something radiating from me<br />
and my actions make the money move<br />
though my sounds can't really soothe<br />
it's all been downhill since the talkies started to sing</p>

<p>My grandma was a silent star<br />
no words emerged from her famous jaw<br />
at pre-code party<br />
she brought a pile of printed cards<br />
she's rather hold them up then speak<br />
she feared her voice would crack her teeth<br />
and everybody knows<br />
just what cracking teeth symbolize<br />
but she loved the silver screen<br />
and her face in magazines<br />
when she lost her fame<br />
she ran off with a financial analyst<br />
but her movements made the movies move<br />
though her voice couldn't really soothe<br />
it's all been downhill since the talkies started to sing</p>

<p>odd behavior of poltergeists<br />
insurance salesman killed by knife<br />
everything is game<br />
now that intertitles have bit the dust<br />
the studio system's come and gone<br />
the golden age has turned to bronze<br />
if I could call cut<br />
I'd leave those poor bankers alone<br />
because the logic found in words<br />
quickly becomes absurd<br />
as soon as a light bulb shines<br />
through a celluloid strip<br />
and to equate the two is wrong<br />
but I do it all night long<br />
it's all been downhill since the talkies started to sing<br />
(and then they started singing!)</p>


slug: scientist-colleagues
publish_on: 2007-06-01 00:00:00
title: To All My Scientist Colleagues I Bid You Farewell
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>to all my scientist colleagues I bid you farewell<br />
it's been a long career<br />
of splitting open atoms with government funds<br />
I'll never forget transplanting retinas<br />
and federal agendas that we scorned<br />
dear like minded friends<br />
never forget what you've learned</p>

<p>they've taken my microscope<br />
and my radiation lab pass<br />
I've packed up my pictures<br />
of my dear wife my siblings<br />
and my scientist dad<br />
I'm planning to open a newspaper stand<br />
with a shoe shine chair just for a laugh<br />
while I'm selling the present<br />
my mind will drift back to the past</p>

<p>to all my scientist colleagues I bid you farewell<br />
some of us are religious<br />
but most of us think we're just bones, flesh, and cells<br />
I'll guess we'll find out<br />
when our hearts stop ticking<br />
and our brains stop working so well<br />
can't say I'm looking forward<br />
to being the first one to tell<br />
to my scientist colleagues<br />
I bid you farewell</p>

<p>to all my<br />
to all my<br />
to all my</p>


slug: nurses-5-float-past
publish_on: 2008-04-08 00:00:00
title: Nurses 5 Float Past
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2008 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>it's the memory you let go<br /> not the stimuli of the ghost<br /> injecting opera, in the corridor<br /> of the queen's latest estate</p>
<p>and so you slip on past the bazaar<br /> troubles d.o.a. thus far<br /> &ldquo;I'm not so criminal<br /> in a cathedral&rdquo;<br /> you remark as the blimps fade away</p>
<p>&ldquo;is this an epilogue?&rdquo; doc asks<br /> while the nurses 5 float past<br /> &ldquo;we'd like to regulate<br /> but not aggravate<br /> and bring this dance to a close&rdquo;</p>
<p>and while you sit and think about that<br /> something invisible falls flat<br /> and we'll not know today<br /> what it had to say<br /> but I'm sure it'll be back</p>


slug: dont-take-the-law
publish_on: 2008-04-08 00:00:00
title: Don't Take The Law Into Your Own Hands But Take Mine In Yours
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2008 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>a bell for the brave Armenian waitress<br /> outsourced to the heavies in the Texas sway<br /> something drifts across the soul of September soil<br /> I used to strip there but now I solemnly swear</p>
<p>I'm the one to disintegrate into your dreamscape<br /> pushed into patchwork<br /> with a mask with eyes cut to keyholes<br /> believe me I'm trying</p>
<p>I remember the day machine wept into lakes<br /> and poets made a plea on live TV<br /> a semicolon inked on the governor's wrist<br /> we all claimed we shared but it's worse than we feared</p>
<p>I'm the one to camp out under the flagpole<br /> coiled up and dumb<br /> trashing the haunted mansion<br /> pushed into patchwork<br /> to disintegrate into your dreamscape<br /> with a mask with eyes cut to keyholes<br /> believe she's lying</p>


slug: let-it-wave
publish_on: 2008-04-08 00:00:00
title: Let It Wave
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>when you come again<br /> tryst in the treetop<br /> 8 excuses for the mother hen<br /> I tripped in the hall<br /> it was a miracle stall<br /> bought us time and we<br /> filtered out the feelings again</p>
<p>we schemed at the built in bar<br /> townie authority screaming we shouldn't go far<br /> I copied the key<br /> the way I mimic disease<br /> leaving the locksmith hungry,<br /> debating on his hands and his knees</p>
<p>bankrupt birdhouse the crow got the word out<br /> we've seen this all before<br /> and I am slouching a grown man crouching<br /> thirty armed men at the door</p>
<p>the truth and the tooth came out<br /> one in the paper and the other inside of his mouth<br /> he left with a limp and a cut on his lip<br /> hid the morning paper and never told his wife or his kids</p>
<p>now we're on our own<br /> cutting coupons 10 dollars off<br /> a crown and a thrown<br /> discount royalty<br /> high horse novelties<br /> we'll pay full price cuz it's better<br /> than being alone</p>
<p>let it wave<br /> oh let it wave<br /> let it wave<br /> oh let it wave</p>


slug: cataloging-candys-demise
publish_on: 2008-04-08 00:00:00
title: Cataloging Candy's Demise
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2008 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>built by science &ldquo;the dysphemic alliance&rdquo;<br /> we're pumping iron down by the pier<br /> and we're trimming the fuses on these daily abuses<br /> there's nobody sober left to steer<br /> we went down with intentions to climb<br /> the eighty foot memorial pine<br /> hey who blew the roof off?<br /> c'mon get your boots on<br /> we're cataloging Candy's demise</p>
<p>the concierge signals it seems we have a single<br /> are you decent with a map and a flask?<br /> I found my room and then hallucinated you<br /> it's so useless if you have to ask<br /> where I got this punch in the mouth<br /> he tells the joke about the pole in the south<br /> we were perfect and passed out when she<br /> finally got her shout out<br /> we're cataloging candy's demise</p>
<p>asleep at the spiel we tried so hard to feel<br /> until amnesia caught us unawares<br /> we were pulling from a pill box<br /> when we ran into the Statie<br /> and he brought us all in on a whim<br /> fingerprinted but not afraid<br /> we told the guys we were back from the grave<br /> every moment in my life<br /> is crawling back tonight<br /> cataloging candy's demise</p>
<p>sawed off sneakers<br /> my lifeblood in a beaker<br /> it's so groovy when you use ESP<br /> but frankly Rudy your brother's out of juvie<br /> so you gotta go buy him some weed<br /> we were absolutely upside down<br /> when candy's sister rolled back into town<br /> c'mon with the sportscoat<br /> polish up the row boat<br /> we're cataloging candy's demise<br /> hey who blew the roof off?<br /> c'mon get your boots on<br /> we're cataloging candy's demise<br /> we were perfect and passed out when she<br /> finally got her shout out<br /> we're cataloging candy's demise</p>


slug: when-night-falls
publish_on: 2008-04-08 00:00:00
title: When Night Falls
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2008 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>outside nature beats the tar out of nature<br /> an intelligent disease inside a healthy plant<br /> I heard you were one of those homewrecking truckers, well ain't ya?<br /> &ldquo;18 wheels of terror&rdquo;: the driver's union chant<br /> turn it up on the vamp</p>
<p>when night falls<br /> who picks it up?<br /> who picks it up?<br /> who picks it up?</p>
<p>stitched on the inside of his jacket is a note for the doctor:<br /> &ldquo;send my remains to a stranger picked out of a hat&rdquo;<br /> he's adept at piano but he never claimed to have rocked her<br /> then the band took a break and went to get high in the back<br /> but it's enough if we ask</p>
<p>when night falls<br /> who picks it up?<br /> who picks it up?<br /> who picks it up?</p>
<p>a hand comes down and turns the airplane around<br /> an alarm clock sounds and shakes the unconscious down<br /> and then the playground hounds sniff out every drug in town<br /> on a Friday night<br /> in the middle of the month<br /> in the preacher's house<br /> at the mayor's house<br /> in the policeman's car<br /> in the teacher's bag<br /> in the doctor's lab<br /> it's enough if we ask</p>
<p>when night falls<br /> who picks it up?<br /> who picks it up?<br /> who picks it up?</p>


slug: monster-eyes
publish_on: 2008-04-08 00:00:00
title: Monster Eyes
credits: <p>Lyrics by Jonathan Lethem, music by Hallelujah The Hills</p>
lyrics:
<p>get you out of range<br /> of my monster eyes<br /> best thing I ever did for you<br /> was get you out of range<br /> of my monster eyes</p>
<p>before my eyes destroy you<br /> you better run</p>


slug: die-before-me
publish_on: 2008-04-08 00:00:00
title: (You Better Hope You) Die Before Me [Live January 2008]
credits:
<p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2008 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP) <br />Recorded at the Middle East Upstairs, Cambridge, MA</p>

lyrics:
<p>the phone line is broken<br /> the tapes are all erased<br /> someone's at the door you know his wares have all been laced<br /> you better hope you die before me</p>
<p>if you take it as a compliment<br /> you're out of your tree<br /> the horses all are ready<br /> and they know as well as me<br /> that you better hope you die before me</p>
<p>everybody knows you climb a ladder so well<br /> impressive demonstrations of your speech and your spells<br /> but you better hope you die before me</p>
<p>dress me up in wires<br /> I'll plug into the feed<br /> of blasted out basement shows<br /> bursting at the seams<br /> and you better hope you die before me</p>
<p>the house is infested<br /> with pests of every kind<br /> but at least they had the courtesy<br /> to stay of my mind<br /> you're broken, alone, down, and undreamed</p>
<p>so you can bang on every windchime<br /> or light a torch for me<br /> or magnify your tiny soul<br /> with a microscope from me<br /> but you better hope you die before me</p>


slug: guide-to-monsters
publish_on: 2009-07-01 00:00:00
title: A Guide To The World's Most Fantastic Monsters
credits: Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)
lyrics:
<p>the king rounded up all the insurgents<br /> listened closely to their gibberish<br /> for some sign of an omen or portent<br /> all night &mdash; all week</p>
<p>soon he had collected all of their wisdom<br /> into a book he titled so<br /> A Guide To The World&rsquo;s Most Fantastic Monsters<br /> and I read it searching for some new feeling but<br /> the monster that you run from doesn&rsquo;t exist</p>


slug: might-come-back-club
publish_on: 2009-07-01 00:00:00
title: The Might Come Back Club
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>collect your cobwebs<br /> saw off your antlers<br /> between blizzards we are free<br /> the front lawn&rsquo;s hosting the strangest vine growth<br /> that will in time entangle all we see</p>
<p>devastating news-hype hand delivered<br /> via secret hymns<br /> the might come back club&rsquo;s<br /> rites of recall are etched out on the bones of these limbs</p>
<p>open your kimono you hassle magnet<br /> let me see what all the kids are killing for<br /> consulting the Fates from far northern states<br /> with escape routes scrawled on their back doors</p>
<p>fanatics follow the freedom of fandom<br /> hitting straw men with plastic swords<br /> rip up the floor boards<br /> find what you&rsquo;ve come for<br /> you&rsquo;re a guest they&rsquo;ll begrudgingly endure</p>
<p>I was in the kitchen with the grieving uncle<br /> and a drinking game that only he played<br /> so in tender spirits he went up on the rooftop<br /> to chant for the flying chariot brigade</p>
<p>To our amazement<br /> out came the horses<br /> who&rsquo;s commanding? hell if I know<br /> the might come back club&rsquo;s rules of order<br /> tell us in this case we must row<br /> so start rowing</p>


slug: gurus
publish_on: 2009-07-01 00:00:00
title: Put The Gurus In Charge
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>here we are where we thought we began<br /> lost and high and burnt out with no back up plan<br /> and it&rsquo;s such a disgrace to leave all these kids weeping in the van</p>
<p>so we&rsquo;re traversing North Dakota<br /> using only cartoon commerce maps to navigate<br /> but there&rsquo;s always an unlabeled tape<br /> lying in an unmarked box<br /> in an ill-kept archive<br /> and can you guess who that tape is keeping alive?</p>
<p>the first thing to know is that you can never go back there<br /> the second thing to know is that I&rsquo;m the one who sent you the dream<br /> in the basement of your house oh sunny Jean<br /> where you writhed and you coughed up and you screamed</p>
<p>call the cops<br /> put the gurus in charge<br /> cuz here comes an instructing hand<br /> to place upon your lack of plans<br /> and lead you to the tapes in the garage<br /> can you guess which false prophet is still at large?</p>
<p>you fell in love with the woman sent here to kill you<br /> and now you&rsquo;ll kill the people that sent her to you<br /> she&rsquo;s the sweetest assassin in the states<br /> has a tattoo of the motto of The Fates</p>
<p>you were brought here by design and now you&rsquo;ll live until you die<br /> you were brought here by design and now you&rsquo;ll live until you die<br /> you were brought here by design but don&rsquo;t take that as a sign<br /> you were brought here by design and now you&rsquo;ll live until you die</p>
<p>you&rsquo;ll spend the next year always looking over your shoulder<br /> and combing through the paper for some elusive clue<br /> you press rewind, and then you press play, then you pause<br /> it&rsquo;s time to hear what you thought you lost</p>


slug: blank-passports
publish_on: 2009-07-01 00:00:00
title: Blank Passports
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>if he&rsquo;s the singer then I&rsquo;m okay<br /> let&rsquo;s walk him out in awkward rain<br /> and shed the vials and catch the corpse<br /> it comes again through stain glass doors</p>
<p>can it spread out? To the street?<br /> blank passports in the Pennsylvania heat<br /> well I&rsquo;m the one who made you that way<br /> here it comes again unchained and unchanged</p>
<p>but then serious American composers<br /> drift into the room<br /> the world had not heard of them<br /> said they arrived too soon</p>
<p>now we&rsquo;re making a mess of the mountain<br /> and trashing our rooms<br /> they call us heirs to the emptiness<br /> still we whistle their tune</p>
<p>I heart the great lakes<br /> I shot the son<br /> I wore the blindfold<br /> I fled at dawn<br /> and caught the visions<br /> while they&rsquo;re inert<br /> it dignifies your bold cohorts</p>
<p>does it commute? the sentence steep?<br /> 22 years on the Massachusetts street<br /> well neither pill nor poison control<br /> can prop up a lifetime dig us out this hole</p>
<p>but then serious American composers<br /> drift into the room<br /> the world had not heard of them<br /> said they arrived too soon</p>
<p>now we&rsquo;re making a mess of the mountain<br /> and trashing our rooms<br /> they call us heirs to the emptiness<br /> still we whistle their tune<br /> so you&rsquo;re living like a classical code word<br /> spoken as one heard<br /> it uttered from the podium<br /> and brought down to herd<br /> and what you should have known in the beginning<br /> you won&rsquo;t know till the end<br /> that the way to the exodus<br /> is back from where we came</p>


slug: allied-lions
publish_on: 2009-07-01 00:00:00
title: Allied Lions
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>keys to the house<br /> a map of your room<br /> there&rsquo;s nothing left to kill<br /> there&rsquo;s nothing more than bring my body home</p>
<p>deliberate sons brace for the storm<br /> redact the sinful word<br /> reduce the thought and bring your body home</p>
<p>Allied Lions!<br /> Allied Lions!<br /> Allied Lions!<br /> everything&rsquo;s a dream, except for this moment we&rsquo;re in now</p>
<p>let&rsquo;s examine our pov&rsquo;s<br /> that might keep us from doa<br /> to pulse out sos<br /> it&rsquo;s not enough to count on tba</p>
<p>turn a tanker on ten<br /> treat the girlfriend&rsquo;s friends as friends<br /> reduce this patriot<br /> I can&rsquo;t seem to keep my focus clean</p>
<p>Allied Lions!<br /> Allied Lions!<br /> Allied Lions!<br /> everything&rsquo;s a dream, except for this moment we&rsquo;re in now</p>
<p>keys to the house<br /> a map of your room<br /> there&rsquo;s nothing left to kill<br /> there&rsquo;s nothing more than bring my body home</p>
<p>Allied Lions!<br /> Allied Lions!<br /> Allied Lions!<br /> everything&rsquo;s a dream, except for this moment we&rsquo;re in now</p>
<p>you&rsquo;ve got to know where you come from<br /> you&rsquo;ve got to know where you&rsquo;re going</p>


slug: oxus-pagoda
publish_on: 2009-07-01 00:00:00
title: Oxus Pagoda
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>it&rsquo;s true, the signal implodes<br /> it goes where she goes<br /> the cogs all march along in perfect single file<br /> from beyond the grave where dead men relay<br /> synchronistic poems that call for civil unrest</p>
<p>and here are the plans that you tied into knots<br /> and here are the props that were everything but<br /> so dancing with statues you sweetened the plot<br /> and this I bring to you<br /> and this I bring through you</p>
<p>for days we replayed the play<br /> on stage after stage<br /> but never could decide on an intended meaning<br /> the town was corrupt, demanded of us<br /> a semi private showing for the master&rsquo;s daughter</p>
<p>and here is the scene where I kill every god<br /> and bury them nameless in cemetery plots<br /> deliver the news to the public at large<br /> and this I bring to you<br /> and this I bring through you</p>
<p>we walked up to wind chime mountain<br /> to bury our old postcards<br /> she said: &ldquo;I need to tell you<br /> about the 322 people you meet in purgatory<br /> and how I got sick of all these guardian angels<br /> with more problems than me.&rdquo;</p>
<p>years before we lived in the hotel we both worked within<br /> where she attempted to write the great Canadian review<br /> of the great American novel<br /> a request from the 1st edition&rsquo;s introduction:<br /> the playwright wishes that you harangue the actors<br /> with pyramid scheme pitches during the encore.<br /> also a real gun will be randomly fired into the audience<br /> during intermission.<br /> please enjoy.</p>
<p>the curtain came down and the crowd rushed the stage<br /> we fled towards the airport through gunsmoke and haze<br /> our passports revoked, the embassy razed<br /> and this they brought to me, and this they brought through me</p>


slug: grand-national-championships
publish_on: 2009-07-01 00:00:00
title: Variations On The Grand National Championships
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>I can see you in my telescope<br /> that punctures time like a needle through paper<br /> you&rsquo;re washing dishes during the civil war<br /> as your husband&rsquo;s stabbing your dad<br /> they never met so it&rsquo;s not even realized<br /> how heavy truly the moment<br /> and in the present in a shopping line<br /> my sugar refuses to scan</p>
<p>oh, the time has come<br /> to crash right through the gates of ivory towers<br /> we must find a way<br /> to topple all the thrones</p>
<p>you were right this light it comes from the night<br /> and takes the shame out of being so latent<br /> everything that&rsquo;s been scheduled for you<br /> you call random and sleep through the days<br /> so you invest in every angle and hinge<br /> hoping there&rsquo;s something to swing from or hide in<br /> but now there&rsquo;s nothing but a precipice<br /> and an old song to sing through the night</p>
<p>oh, the time has come<br /> to crash right through the gates of ivory towers<br /> we must find a way<br /> to topple all the thrones</p>
<p>oh the time has come!<br /> oh the time has come!</p>
<p>can we quake these tectonic plates?<br /> would it shake the street that you live on?<br /> portraits tumble to the hardwood floor<br /> leaving dents and impressions of me</p>
<p>I fall asleep on an empty highway<br /> as my truck crashes into the woodlands<br /> my feet are caught but I reach the flare gun<br /> shoot it off but it&rsquo;s the 4th of July</p>


slug: station
publish_on: 2009-07-01 00:00:00
title: Station
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>the subpoenas always came in unmarked cruisers<br /> the fonts were bold and told us what to do<br /> the schematics we stole were impossible to decipher<br /> so let&rsquo;s go downtown and see this whole thing through</p>
<p>I would feel much better if this day had narration<br /> as we&rsquo;re living out some archetype clean and blue<br /> there are moments here that don&rsquo;t come from this station<br /> there are lifetimes here repeated &lsquo;til they&rsquo;re true</p>


slug: echo-sequence
publish_on: 2009-07-01 00:00:00
title: The Echo Sequence
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>casually break my fingers so I can&rsquo;t work the key<br /> the master painters all look ashamed<br /> they don&rsquo;t know the thrill of a jukebox fade<br /> church bells ringing out commercials for Jesus<br /> the future ex-girlfriends all promise to leave us</p>
<p>I dreamt of this well<br /> bringing you back to live in burnt out motels<br /> it&rsquo;s my junk mail dream to turn this car around<br /> and drive back down to where my body was found<br /> they say I was focused on slowing down time<br /> hands inside the clock when I was hit from behind</p>
<p>there&rsquo;s a possibility<br /> this predictability<br /> will eventually grow wild and bend<br /> then I&rsquo;ll know<br /> I never meant to meet you<br /> but that&rsquo;s what the sequence puts you through</p>
<p>curse this mind control<br /> making me leak these ideas so very slow<br /> I&rsquo;m an excerpt of an abridged serial<br /> you never had a job so menial<br /> to keep track of track of distractions that impede my path<br /> and pinpoint their origin and slice them in half</p>
<p>but there&rsquo;s a possibility<br /> this predictability<br /> will eventually grow wild and bend<br /> for better or worse<br /> I never called the cab a hearse<br /> I answered questions with a pause<br /> and tried to break what you defend<br /> but ended up drifting far from shore<br /> washed up in some foreign land<br /> and tried to find a way back home<br /> but when I did you shrugged and said<br /> here&rsquo;s where the echo sequence ends</p>


slug: classic-tapes
publish_on: 2009-09-09 00:00:00
title: Classic Tapes
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>oh we crashed in the ash<br /> and then the cash of the titans blew out to sea<br /> but you, you broke out the map<br /> lead us out of the country<br /> through the haunted hallway</p>
<p>I strayed during the ticker tape parade<br /> you were gathering blank tape<br /> for the never ceasing project of the documentarian</p>
<p>my dear, I could drift into backyards<br /> during nights of no moonlight<br /> and never reappear<br /> you know that something<br /> would grab a hold of me slowly<br /> make love to me only<br /> and pull me deep underground</p>
<p>forever is incomprehensible<br /> but still attainable<br /> with a little luck, a lawyer, and a fine tuned radio</p>
<p>the stop light changes but nothing else does<br /> it kept me waiting just because<br /> so delete all your dead friends from you cell phone<br /> it keeps you inside that certain zone: home<br /> Om Gam Ganapataye Namaha</p>
<p>I feel it / I feel it / I feel it / I feel it<br /> a devil / a devil / a devil / a devil<br /> or an angel / an angel / an angel / an angel<br /> nearer and nearer and nearer and nearer</p>


slug: you-better-hope-you
publish_on: 2009-07-01 00:00:00
title: You Better Hope You (Die Before Me)
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>the phone line is broken<br /> the tapes are all erased<br /> someone&rsquo;s at the door<br /> you know his wares have all been laced<br /> you better hope you die before me</p>
<p>if you take it as a compliment<br /> you&rsquo;re out of your tree<br /> the horses are all ready<br /> and they know as well as me<br /> that you better hope you die before me</p>
<p>everybody knows you climb a ladder so well<br /> impressive demonstrations of your speech and spells<br /> but you better hope you die before me</p>
<p>so dress me up in wires<br /> I&rsquo;ll plug into the feed<br /> of blasted out basement shows<br /> bursting at the seams<br /> and you better hope you die before me</p>
<p>the house is infested with<br /> with pests of every kind<br /> but at least they have the courtesy<br /> to stay out of my mind<br /> you&rsquo;re broken, alone, down, and undreamed</p>
<p>you can bang on every wind chime<br /> or light a torch for me<br /> or magnify your tiny soul<br /> with a microscope from me<br /> and you better hope you die before me</p>


slug: it-carries-back
publish_on: 2009-07-01 00:00:00
title: It Carries Back
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>I miss so many people<br /> it carries back<br /> there is no re-arrival<br /> no loophole trap</p>
<p>explain it backwards for me<br /> and I&rsquo;ll be your sweetheart<br /> without deceit<br /> no more wars<br /> I&rsquo;m a big fan<br /> it&rsquo;s a sinking house<br /> we&rsquo;ve just begun</p>
<p>the fog was lifting out of her mouth<br /> when I awoke<br /> a fire escape<br /> or a water arrival<br /> we&rsquo;re just bicycle spokes</p>
<p>churning away the time<br /> shooting it off to deep space<br /> well goodbye time<br /> we loved you well<br /> you&rsquo;re still alive<br /> in the videotape<br /> and the child&rsquo;s poem<br /> we&rsquo;ve just begun</p>
<p>take off your jacket<br /> and black tie<br /> collapse into a dream<br /> where the house lifts up<br /> to the tree tops<br /> and the clouds begin</p>
<p>then I make a parachute<br /> out of the bedding<br /> and make my stance<br /> by falling down<br /> without deceit<br /> no more wars<br /> it&rsquo;s a sinking house<br /> well goodbye time<br /> we loved you well<br /> we&rsquo;ve just begun<br /> we&rsquo;ve just begun</p>


slug: paper-pilots
publish_on: 2009-09-30 00:00:00
title: Flight Of The Paper Pilots
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2009 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>jammed by these satellite signals<br /> our path now encumbered by clouds<br /> our secret plans spoken out loud<br /> the devil&rsquo;s in the details but<br /> no one really knew that till now</p>
<p>you&rsquo;ve got Everett wearing x-ray glasses<br /> trying to get off in the sand<br /> while Casey makes a map of the land<br /> we get beat up and punched out<br /> beat up and punched out<br /> beat up and punched out<br /> yeah, we almost get gone</p>
<p>all I need are 8 cups of coffee<br /> some beer and my cigarettes<br /> we&rsquo;ll steer the ship towards the rocky inlets<br /> behold the cargo in the water &mdash; an ocean full of country duets</p>
<p>&ldquo;kill me, Captain Courage, I love you<br /> but my paper pilots are caught in a trap&rdquo;<br /> and nothing&rsquo;s gonna bring them back<br /> so the obits in the paper detail everything<br /> that slips through the cracks</p>
<p>treat me like the probation officer you never had<br /> i&rsquo;ll get you work in a book-binding warehouse<br /> but if you fall across the wayside I really can&rsquo;t<br /> be called to repeat what I once screamed</p>
<p>all these pilots becoming part of my life<br /> as my old self goes under the knife<br /> the doctor says, &ldquo;don&rsquo;t worry, cuz<br /> I know this procedure like I know the back of my wife.&rdquo;<br /> And that&rsquo;s pretty damn well</p>
<p>jammed by these satellite signals<br /> our path now encumbered by clouds<br /> our secret plans spoken out loud<br /> the devil&rsquo;s in the details but<br /> no one really knew that till now</p>


slug: ticking-sound
publish_on: 2010-06-16 08:11:10
title: That Ticking Sound You Hear
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2010 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>I saw your name<br />on a blacklist in the city<br />assembled outright by committee<br />they play to win, they play to win<br />I've come around</p>
<p>out of my mind<br />out of context, on a substance<br />in the bathroom of your apartment<br />I've got a note from a doctor<br />that this is allowed</p>
<p>and all of these unbelievable villains<br />come my way<br />they hold up photos<br />they say they know you<br />you and I</p>
<p>and that ticking sound hear<br />let's pay it no mind<br />let's pay it no mind&nbsp;</p>


slug: introductory-saints
publish_on: 2010-06-16 08:14:07
title: Introductory Saints
credits: <p>Written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2010 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
lyrics:
<p>gentlemen<br /> he said forever<br /> so we can talk about it, talk about it<br /> talk about it 'till it's all akimbo</p>
<p>and if it's true that we've all forgotten something<br /> you can take a potent memory pill<br /> and we can reconstruct the past with a sail and a mast<br /> and we'll float on into the sunset</p>
<p>our phones our wide open<br /> introductory saints<br /> you are the secretary of my security<br /> and I'm the czar of whatever it takes<br /> and darlin' one of us,&nbsp;one of us<br /> one of us is one of them</p>
<p>watch your weapons<br /> there are those who do covet<br /> and the last thing we need is an obituary feed<br /> that scrolls with names that we all know</p>
<p>and if it's true that we've all forgotten something<br /> you can take a potent memory pill<br /> and you'll remember why you're hear and you'll cry in your beer<br /> 'cause the next week is gonna be rough</p>
<p>our phones our wide open<br /> introductory saints<br /> you are the secretary of my security<br /> and I'm the czar of whatever it takes<br /> and darlin' one of us,&nbsp;one of us<br /> one of us&nbsp;is one of them</p>


slug: country-before-kings
publish_on: 2013-05-07 20:00:00
title: Country Before Kings
lyrics:
<p>Knock, knock here I am a civilian outpost <br /> I&rsquo;ve been dreaming for two <br /> We look out for quicksand <br /> Cuz we bottle and rebrand <br /> and return nightly home to you <br /> C&rsquo;mon Ghost-o, is this your card? <br /> I&rsquo;ve been rehearsing this trick for weeks <br /> Summoned and sunburned, enormously ticked off <br /> I&rsquo;d fade away if this wasn&rsquo;t sweet</p>
<p>Last night I figured out how this will work <br /> And it&rsquo;s not some slight of hand <br /> It&rsquo;s a different way not to die <br /> You could trust me and try it for awhile</p>
<p>Country Before Kings! And kings after: <br /> 1) This most pleasant evening <br /> 2) Your horoscope&rsquo;s meaning <br /> I finally figured it out</p>
<p>For Christ&rsquo;s sake knock it off <br /> The cameras are rolling <br /> Let&rsquo;s explore the least we could be  Two tandem sleepers <br /> Like twin engine heaters <br /> Hold a light &amp; carry this through <br /> There is no song, there is no guide <br /> To lend a clue where we ought to be <br /> Exalted and poised to type out a paean <br /> This isn&rsquo;t for the king it&rsquo;s for me</p>
<p>Country Before Kings! And kings after: <br /> 1) This most pleasant evening <br /> 2) Your horoscope&rsquo;s meaning <br /> I finally figured it out</p>


slug: some-of-them-we-lost
publish_on: 2011-03-22 21:18:58
title: Some Of Them We Lost
lyrics:
<p>For the kids, at the time <br /> These decisions all seemed right <br /> When the militant party lines <br /> Said, &ldquo;you&rsquo;re coming with us and we&rsquo;ll show you how to shine a light&rdquo; <br /> So some went ahead with a certain look in their eyes</p>
<p>Was it me or was it you <br /> That convinced us that we knew <br /> Which parts we made up on the spot <br /> Now the translator has some interesting words for the press <br /> I&rsquo;ll explain it again though I think that you all know the rest</p>
<p>And some of them we lost when the city turned its lights out <br /> But all of them were still screaming &ldquo;yeah! yeah! yeah!&rdquo; <br /> Hey Man, you&rsquo;re alive</p>


slug: amateurs
publish_on: 2011-11-16 09:05:00
title: Amateurs
lyrics:
<p>Big time issues in air tight jars <br /> There&rsquo;s a furnace fuel that can outpace cars <br /> We all made the cut so let&rsquo;s break some laws <br /> Can you turn me up in the speakers?</p>
<p>We&rsquo;re amateurs but we speak like pros <br /> If you leave by dusk can you leave me a note? <br /> We both know the score but keep hitting the ropes <br /> Can you deal with unconditional clauses?</p>
<p>No more light sources from the to and the fro <br /> We&rsquo;re coming out loud &amp; clean <br /> Making the most of the moves, oh</p>
<p>A-M-A-T-E-U-R-S</p>
<p>Later on we killed some time <br /> Kicking down some doors on the company&rsquo;s dime <br /> The mystery&rsquo;s here to be thrashed and mined <br /> Can we almost hit the edge of the pulse point?</p>
<p>Make like millions &amp; speak with care <br /> There&rsquo;s a suit laid out for a formal affair <br /> They can&rsquo;t spot a novice if he acts like an heir <br /> And an heir only acts as he pleases</p>
<p>No more short cuts through the halls of the king <br /> We&rsquo;re coming out loud &amp; clean <br /> Making the most of the moves, oh</p>
<p>A-M-A-T-E-U-R-S</p>
<p>Amateurs! Amateurs! We wish you well, we wish you well</p>
<p>&ldquo;We&rsquo;re Amateurs&rdquo;</p>
<p>A-M-A-T-E-U-R-S</p>


slug: girls-are-here
publish_on: 2011-11-16 09:06:00
title: The Girls Are Here
lyrics:
<p>The girls are here <br /> The rules have changed <br /> To the streets, up the hill, over plains <br /> Come on team <br /> So I can feel <br /> Lost, harassed, and new</p>
<p>There&rsquo;s nothing <br /> They&rsquo;ve shown us <br /> We&rsquo;d kill to have <br /> There&rsquo;s nothing like this at all</p>
<p>Come on team <br /> So I can feel <br /> Lost, harassed, and new</p>
<p>To the trustees of a verified nation <br /> Where have you been, what have we done? <br /> To the old friends who scavenge for an anecdote <br /> Rummage no more, we&rsquo;ve got one for you <br /> And here&rsquo;s to the predictions of amateurs <br /> Their net cast so wide, their Hail Mary moves <br /> And what creeps in the dark resides in all of us <br /> Keep transcripts and notes and meet me out back</p>
<p>Ooooooooh <br /> Caress me now <br /> And I&rsquo;ll come back again</p>
<p>The girls are here <br /> The rules have changed <br /> To the streets, up the hill, over plains</p>
<p>Come on team <br /> So I can feel <br /> Lost, harassed, and new</p>
<p>Whatever it is in the way <br /> Tear it down - make the time <br /> Come on out for the week <br /> Bring the wife - no regrets</p>


slug: get-me-in-a-room
publish_on: 2012-04-01 21:10:26
title: Get Me In A Room
credits:
<ul>
<li>David Bentley - guitar </li>
<li>David Bryson - drums </li>
<li>Elio DeLuca - string synth, piano, backing vocals </li>
<li>Joseph Marrett - banjo </li>
<li>Brian Rutledge - moog </li>
<li>Ryan Walsh - vocals, guitar, samples </li>
<li>Nicholas Giadone Ward - bass </li>
<li>Noell Dorsey, Katie Von Schleicher, Leah Hennessy - backing vocals</li>
</ul>

lyrics:
<p>It would be wrong for me to sing the blues <br /> All of my bad dies proportionately kind <br /> So if I must lose, lemme lose, spectacularly <br /> Wrap up my wounds and just turn out the lights</p>
<p>It would be fine to hum some overture <br /> A classical song to get us in on the plot <br /> I&rsquo;ve been to these towns, where the sounds <br /> Of the disaffected youth <br /> Will get you to drop down and count out your days <br /> So count out your days</p>
<p>Nice Tries On Some Borderline <br /> Title TBA Just Get Me In A Room</p>
<p>I told you before about my run-in with hymns <br /> Collectively stoned in the Sunday dawn <br /> But I came to see <br /> Even thee <br /> Would welcome an enemy <br /> If it arrived in the form of a song <br /> So arrive in a song</p>
<p>Nice Tries On Some Borderline <br /> Title TBA Just Get Me In A Room</p>
<p>You see I thought I had it figured out but I guess that I was wrong <br /> Title TBA Just Get Me In A Room <br /> Title TBA Just Get Me In A Room <br /> Title TBA Just Get Me In A</p>


slug: nightingale-lightning
publish_on: 2012-04-01 21:11:40
title: Nightingale Lightning
credits:
<ul>
<li>David Bentley - guitar </li>
<li>David Bryson - drums </li>
<li>Elio DeLuca - guitar, moog, backing vocals </li>
<li>Joseph Marrett - tambourine, cuatro </li>
<li>Brian Rutledge - trumpet </li>
<li>Ryan Walsh - vocals, guitar, samples </li>
<li>Nicholas Giadone Ward - bass</li>
</ul>

lyrics:
<p>Watch as this falls apart <br /> Ballet in reverse <br /> Revival of sins and critics who <br /> You thought had moved on <br /> To pastures of green <br /> Or somewhere just as baroque</p>
<p>Nightingale Lightning! <br /> Nightingale Lightning! <br /> Hello! Hello! Hello!</p>
<p>This is somewhat unique <br /> For a man of my class <br /> And stance and stature <br /> To stand and smoke down to the bone <br /> My cigarette <br /> And blow the smoke into the</p>
<p>FILMS <br /> THE POPULAR SONGS <br /> THE HEADLINE PARADES <br /> THE STARS OF THE STAGE &amp; TV <br /> SO THAT <br /> WHEN THEY REMEMBER <br /> THEY WILL REMEMBER <br /> IN A HAZE</p>
<p>Hello! Nightingale Lightning! <br /> Nightingale Lightning! <br /> Hello! Hello!</p>


slug: care-to-collapse
publish_on: 2012-04-01 21:12:14
title: Care To Collapse
credits:
<ul>
<li>David Bentley - cello </li>
<li>David Bryson - drums </li>
<li>Elio DeLuca - wurlitzer,  piano, glockenspiel, percussion </li>
<li>Joseph Marrett - banjo, tambourine</li>
<li>Brian Rutledge - trumpet, trombone </li>
<li>Ryan Walsh - vocals, guitar </li>
<li>Nicholas Giadone Ward - bass </li>
<li>Mike Fiore - backing vocals</li>
</ul>

lyrics:
<p>You scribbled down these words for me: <br /> &ldquo;take your place in the garden&rdquo; <br /> I took it up with bourbon to decipher in the top of a tree <br /> With boredom comes no more burden <br /> But a price is paid regardless <br /> Nostalgia held hostage in the wings, you know it&rsquo;s just for the show <br /> If you ever <br /> Care to collapse <br /> If you ever come to <br /> You should know <br /> You should know <br /> What I did in LA <br /> Where I lived in Dallas <br /> Why I left New York <br /> &amp; What occurred in Boise <br /> So if you ever care to collapse <br /> And if you ever come to</p>
<p>So keep it all under your hat <br /> Or other appropriate expressions <br /> Cuz winter&rsquo;s like a boxing match <br /> Televised but turned down low <br /> I&rsquo;ve got my finger on your position <br /> Your voice, your keys, and direction <br /> Cuz any old psychic can tell you everything is a sign <br /> So If you ever <br /> Care to collapse <br /> If you ever come to <br /> You should know <br /> You should know <br /> What I did in LA <br /> Where I lived in Dallas <br /> Why I left New York <br /> &amp; What occurred in Boise <br /> I feel like something ghostly <br /> If you were here so would you <br /> So would you</p>


slug: hungry-ghost-extraordinaire
publish_on: 2012-04-01 21:12:53
title: Hungry Ghost Extraordinaire
credits:
<ul>
<li>David Bentley - cello </li>
<li>David Bryson - drums </li>
<li>Joseph Marrett - banjo </li>
<li>Brian Rutledge - trumpet </li>
<li>Ryan Walsh - vocals, guitar, samples </li>
<li>Nicholas Giadone Ward - upright bass, electric bass </li>
<li>Mike Fiore - backing vocals </li>
<li>Marissa Nadler - backing vocals </li>
</ul>

lyrics:
<p>I was born in the middle of a screaming match <br /> Cleaned up sent to live with monks <br /> Raised up by Arabian wolves <br /> Grew up in the eye of a storm <br /> A gentleman crossed with a fiend <br /> Oh and I do say <br /> Oh and I do say</p>
<p>Hungry Ghost Extraordinaire <br /> I believe we&rsquo;ve been everywhere <br /> We sing so sweetly in the annals of the world <br /> These siren songs for misanthrope ears</p>
<p>I grew old in the shadow of a prison wall <br /> Commemorated then thrown away <br /> Memorialized but wanted alive <br /> Canonized yet despised by all <br /> A cautionary tale for the kids <br /> Oh and I do say <br /> Oh and I do say</p>
<p>Hungry Ghost Extraordinaire <br /> I believe we&rsquo;ve been everywhere <br /> We sing so sweetly in the annals of the world <br /> These siren songs for misanthrope ears</p>
<p>WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT ME IS TRUE <br /> BUT WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT YOU IS TOO <br /> WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT ME IS TRUE <br /> BUT WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT YOU IS TOO</p>
<p>Hungry Ghost Extraordinaire <br /> I believe we&rsquo;ve been everywhere <br /> We sing so sweetly in the annals of the world <br /> These siren songs for misanthrope ears <br /> This violent hymn through halcyon tears</p>
<p>And what they say about me is true <br /> But what they say about you is too</p>


slug: no-one-knows-what-happens-next
publish_on: 2012-04-01 21:13:30
title: No One Knows What Happens Next
credits:
<ul>
<li>Ryan Walsh - samples, editing </li>
<li>Elio DeLuca - organ </li>
<li>Unidentified Woman - vocals </li>
</ul>


slug: dead-peoples-music
publish_on: 2012-04-01 21:13:49
title: Dead People's Music
credits:
<ul>
<li>David Bentley - guitar </li>
<li>David Bryson - drums </li>
<li>Elio DeLuca - rhodes, organ, backing vocals </li>
<li>Joseph Marrett - banjo </li>
<li>Brian Rutledge - trumpet, trombone </li>
<li>Ryan Walsh - vocals, guitar </li>
<li>Nicholas Giadone Ward - bass </li>
<li>Mike Fiore - backing vocals </li>
</ul>

lyrics:
<p>There&rsquo;s no use pretending <br /> This life is unending or cruel <br /> The litany is endless <br /> But the feelings behind it have cooled <br /> And I could care less <br /> About a silhouette down by the shore <br /> We play Dead People&rsquo;s Music <br /> And we mistake the mirror for more</p>
<p>When the storyline&rsquo;s fractured <br /> And the details of the dream are too much (too much) <br /> I kick out the stage lights <br /> I flick every switch that should remain on <br /> Now I couldn&rsquo;t hear <br /> The sirens through the city&rsquo;s rain veneer <br /> We play Dead People&rsquo;s Music <br /> And we mistake the mirror for more</p>
<p>Some Noble Human Motive <br /> You Stick Together Or You Hang Alone <br /> This Is An Adventure <br /> &amp; It Can Never, Ever, Ever, Ever Stop <br /> &amp; It Can Never, Ever, Ever, Ever Stop</p>
<p>So there&rsquo;s no use pretending <br /> This life is unending or cruel <br /> The litany is endless <br /> But the feelings behind it have cooled <br /> I couldn&rsquo;t see <br /> The forest through the dark, twisted trees <br /> We play Dead People&rsquo;s Music <br /> And we mistake the mirror for more <br /> We play Dead People&rsquo;s Music <br /> And we mistake the mirror for more <br /> We play Dead People&rsquo;s Music <br /> And we mistake the mirror for more</p>


slug: people-breathe-into-other-people
publish_on: 2012-04-01 21:14:16
title: People Breathe Into Other People
credits:
<ul>
<li>David Bentley - guitar, backing vocals </li>
<li>David Bryson - drums </li>
<li>Elio DeLuca - rhodes, organ, backing vocals </li>
<li>Joseph Marrett - backing vocals </li>
<li>Brian Rutledge - trumpet, backing vocals </li>
<li>Ryan Walsh - vocals, guitar, samples </li>
<li>Nicholas Giadone Ward - bass, backing vocals </li>
</ul>

lyrics:
<p>Well I paced for some duration <br /> And the sum of the steps left us scarred <br /> With a trap door heart and an X-Ray head, we depart <br /> Now there&rsquo;s no such thing as sleeping <br /> And there&rsquo;s no such thing as the past <br /> The dares from the crowd <br /> Were spoken out loud <br /> And that&rsquo;s that <br /> What is this world? <br /> What is this world? <br /> Now let&rsquo;s walk through the next few moments <br /> With the caution and care of a fawn <br /> Like paper mache if you&rsquo;re poetic that way <br /> But you&rsquo;re not</p>
<p>What is this world? <br /> What is this world? <br /> People Breathe Into Other People And Bring Them Back To Life <br /> People Breathe Into Other People And Bring Them Back To Life <br /> People Breathe Into Other People And Bring Them Back To Life <br /> People Breathe Into Other People And Bring Them Back To Life <br /> People Breathe Into Other People And Bring Them Back To Life <br /> People Breathe Into Other People And Bring Them Back To Life <br /> People Breathe Into Other People And Bring Them Back To Life <br /> People Breathe Into Other People And Bring Them Back To Life <br /> People Breathe Into Other People And Bring Them Back To Life <br /> People Breathe Into Other People And Bring Them Back To Life <br /> What is this world?</p>


slug: game-changes-me
publish_on: 2012-04-01 21:15:29
title: The Game Changes Me
credits:
<ul>
<li>David Bentley - guitar </li>
<li>David Bryson - drums </li>
<li>Elio DeLuca - wurlitzer, shaker </li>
<li>Brian Rutledge - trumpet </li>
<li>Ryan Walsh - vocals, guitar </li>
<li>Nicholas Giadone Ward - bass </li>
<li>Mike Fiore - backing vocals </li>
<li>Noell Dorsey, Katie Von Schleicher, Leah Hennessy - backing vocals </li>
</ul>

lyrics:
<p>The night is filled with only three thoughts <br /> And they took two out back and were shot <br /> Now we&rsquo;re left with one <br /> Singular thing <br /> To wrestle into this world <br /> I&rsquo;m gonna change my game <br /> Until the game changes me <br /> And in a book of Child ballads I finally saw what you claimed to see <br /> Infiltrate me some simple way <br /> The night is filled with only one thought</p>
<p>Are you averse to a transformation? <br /> Do you believe in the afterlife? <br /> Hold me steady while I drink this deluge <br /> Do you believe in the afterlife? <br /> Someone, somewhere said something prophetic but no one thought to kick it through me</p>
<p>There used to be a way to get free <br /> Without the use of A, B, or C <br /> But the boilerplate cooled <br /> And broke into shards <br /> The museum put it on display <br /> I&rsquo;m gonna catch some thought <br /> And distill it through you <br /> When the last day of the season comes crawling you&rsquo;ll know just what to do <br /> Infiltrate me some simple way <br /> The night is filled with only one thought</p>
<p>Are you averse to a transformation? <br /> Do you believe in the afterlife? <br /> Kiss me slowly with a curse word come-on <br /> Do you believe in the afterlife? <br /> Someone, somewhere said something prophetic but no one thought to kick it through me</p>
<p>Like a living, breathing tattoo <br /> With the papers for the passing <br /> Some encyclopedic come-on <br /> Comes crashing through a white light <br /> And stays to infiltrate me some simple way!</p>
<p>Are you averse to a transformation? <br /> Do you believe in the afterlife? <br /> Hold me steady while I drink this deluge <br /> Do you believe in the afterlife? <br /> Kiss me slowly with a curse word come on <br /> Do you believe in the afterlife? <br /> Someone, somewhere said something prophetic but no one thought to kick it through me</p>


slug: hello-my-destroyer
publish_on: 2012-04-01 21:16:43
title: Hello, My Destroyer
credits:
<ul>
<li>David Bentley - cello </li>
<li>David Bryson - drums </li>
<li>Elio DeLuca - guitar, organ, rhodes </li>
<li>Joseph Marrett - banjo </li>
<li>Brian Rutledge - trumpet </li>
<li>Ryan Walsh - vocals, guitar </li>
<li>Nicholas Giadone Ward - bass </li>
</ul>

lyrics:
<p>Amidst the canteens and vitamins <br /> Amongst the lit up liturgical themes <br /> There were breaks in the code, yes, I heard: <br /> Spoken cues inside mechanical birds</p>
<p>Clocked in at 7:09 <br /> I took the stenograph out for a spin <br /> You were searching for The Party Within <br /> I was typing out the language of men <br /> And with that we begin</p>
<p>Hello, My Destroyer, Can I Destroy You?</p>
<p>Meanwhile, in somebody&rsquo;s dream <br /> I was stabbed in the back constantly <br /> I grew to take it as a compliment <br /> Cuz I can take it if y&rsquo;all have to vent <br /> There were starlit nights in the grove <br /> Where we sucked out the gin from our sleeves <br /> They we took aim at the thoughts in the eaves <br /> Now this next part is hard to believe <br /> But it&rsquo;s true, I reprise</p>
<p>Hello, My Destroyer, Can I Destroy You? <br /> Can I Destroy You? <br /> Can I Destroy You? <br /> And then right on cue <br /> You could destroy me too</p>
<p>Hellhound in the foyer <br /> Fooled again by mannequins <br /> We escape again <br /> From the straight jacket <br /> It&rsquo;s alarming, man <br /> But it&rsquo;s nothing you can&rsquo;t stand <br /> You&rsquo;re a full grown human man</p>
<p>Hello, My Destroyer, Can I Destroy You? <br /> Can I Destroy You? <br /> Can I Destroy You? <br /> And then right on cue <br /> You could destroy me too</p>


slug: call-off-your-horses
publish_on: 2012-04-01 21:17:11
title: Call Off Your Horses
credits:
<ul>
<li>David Bentley - cello </li>
<li>David Bryson - drums </li>
<li>Elio DeLuca - guitar, piano, backing vocals </li>
<li>Joseph Marrett - cuatro </li>
<li>Brian Rutledge - trombone </li>
<li>Ryan Walsh - vocals, guitar </li>
<li>Nicholas Giadone Ward - bass</li>
</ul>

lyrics:
<p>I am the token fiend you read about in the bible <br /> The kind that would come and ruin a miraculous scene <br /> You had the distinct privilege of being my rival <br /> And we took the thrill of a fight and it turned it into a creed</p>
<p>So call all your horses off <br /> Sing out the names of the brave <br /> And rise up from whence you came <br /> And come back to reload rifles in the rain</p>
<p>They say that you could force a field into your vision <br /> And unfurl a banner that reads &ldquo;you are coming with me&rdquo; <br /> Don&rsquo;t think too long, too hard, or ask for permission <br /> But don&rsquo;t buy the myth that nothing&rsquo;s gonna get in the way</p>
<p>So call all your horses off <br /> Sing out the names of the brave <br /> And rise up from whence you came <br /> And come back to reload rifles in the rain</p>


slug: three-minute-mark
publish_on: 2013-02-13 21:54:57
title: The Three Minute Mark
lyrics:
<p>Pour me a drink <br /> Let me explain the wall paper <br /> It&rsquo;s not impossible to translate this dream <br /> You&rsquo;ve kept it afloat <br /> Tell me about some love affair <br /> It&rsquo;s maybe the case that it won&rsquo;t bother me now</p>
<p>We once had our best interests <br /> Stripped and tied to some American sound</p>
<p>Just press record <br /> We&rsquo;ll cover mistakes with harmonies <br /> It&rsquo;s not impossible to sing what you mean <br /> But it might be the last thing that we need</p>
<p>I caught some heat in the reviews <br /> When I betrayed American sounds <br /> I&rsquo;m calling from the club&rsquo;s phone <br /> In a bad part of some American town <br /> I met the man who played you every song <br /> That some American found <br /> We once had our best interests <br /> Stripped and tied to some American sound</p>
<p>I&rsquo;ll need about 3 minutes to explain just how I feel for you now</p>


slug: meet-me-car
publish_on: 2013-02-13 21:55:29
title: Meet Me In The Car
lyrics:
<p>Here we go <br /> Sno-Cone baby, I love you in the morning <br /> Sweetest lows <br /> KO, Uncle, I&rsquo;ll meet you in the driveway</p>
<p>Watch this space <br /> unseen terrors crashing into our lives <br /> Boxes check <br /> But no more spark than any average romance</p>
<p>Go ahead and hook me to the polygraph <br /> We got a lot of people hoping for the best</p>
<p>I remember this! <br /> Don&rsquo;t mention the odds <br /> Meet me in the car</p>
<p>I am the setting sun <br /> You are the rising moon</p>


slug: honey-dont-it-all-seem-so-phony
publish_on: 2013-05-07 22:44:20
title: Honey, Don't It All Seem So Phony
lyrics:
<p>My twin teleprompters humming in the night <br /> Trying to send a signal I should lose this fight <br /> But I never took a fall and you&rsquo;re probably right <br /> This bout will yield nothing but losers</p>
<p>I saw you breaking down in a magazine <br /> And I never told a soul what it meant to me <br /> Now I&rsquo;m on a mission fueled by LSD <br /> Trying to break these patterns</p>
<p>But I assure you <br /> With a capital A <br /> We&rsquo;re just players in a fake play <br /> Honey, don&rsquo;t it all seem so phony?</p>
<p>Ladies &amp; gentlemen, may I introduce <br /> Some dark side of me that&rsquo;s gotten loose <br /> He&rsquo;s making the rounds, yeah it&rsquo;s probably true <br /> They say he looks exactly like me</p>
<p>While you&rsquo;re back home making real life moves <br /> I&rsquo;m in a motel outside a Baton Rouge <br /> Reading these pages to some local girl <br /> &ldquo;Honey, won&rsquo;t you read my manifesto?&rdquo;</p>
<p>But I assure you <br /> With a capital A <br /> We&rsquo;re just players in a fake play <br /> Honey, don&rsquo;t it all seem so phony?</p>
<p>I been running a marathon <br /> It&rsquo;s me vs. the hangers-on <br /> We keep singing the same song <br /> In the wrong key <br /> I&rsquo;m not here to deliberate <br /> I&rsquo;m not here to associate <br /> I&rsquo;m only trying to escape my fate <br /> Though it&rsquo;s not polite <br /> It could happen tonight</p>
<p>But I assure you <br /> With a capital A <br /> We&rsquo;re just players in a fake play <br /> Honey, don&rsquo;t it all seem so phony?</p>
<p>I&rsquo;m gonna build a world that won&rsquo;t fall apart <br /> Does anybody wanna come with me?</p>


slug: confessions-ex-ghost
publish_on: 2013-05-07 22:45:11
title: Confessions Of An Ex-Ghost
lyrics:
<p>Well I used to be a ghost <br /> But I&rsquo;m no longer a ghost <br /> There&rsquo;s a way I was told <br /> Now I know it was true <br /> Now I want what I had <br /> So I&rsquo;ll take it from you <br /> On my game and off the clock <br /> What kind of mess turns you on? <br /> Well, I used to be a ghost</p>
<p>You know I can&rsquo;t recall my name (trap door looming in the morning sky) <br /> I guess I threw it all away (split like heaven in the royal night) <br /> I got lost (hit the lights) in the woods (far away) <br /> Sat in capital thrones <br /> I got shot (here&rsquo;s a torch) by the dunes (c&rsquo;mon man) <br /> Walked the streets like a drone <br /> In my prime but nodding off <br /> What kind of wreck do you recall? <br /> You know I can&rsquo;t recall my name</p>
<p>I&rsquo;m coming back not without injuries <br /> I&rsquo;ll make my repairs up on your roof <br /> You lost hope when you read my obituary <br /> I&rsquo;m here to tell you the papers were faked <br /> They threw some mannequin in a lake <br /> If you moved on well you made a mistake</p>
<p>I used to be a ghost <br /> But I&rsquo;m no longer a ghost</p>


slug: portrait-artist-young-trashcan
publish_on: 2013-05-07 22:47:28
title: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Trashcan
lyrics:
<p>In the haunted mansion <br /> Where Jefferson Airplane <br /> Use to write their hit songs <br /> I fell in love</p>
<p>The future holds me hostage <br /> The past is slightly less violent <br /> I have issues with the present <br /> Still, I come at it with love</p>
<p>It&rsquo;s neverending <br /> This rule bending <br /> Beat Up, Blissed Out <br /> Bruises On The Brain <br /> They&rsquo;re sending in a team <br /> To try and write a new refrain</p>
<p>In a clapboard palace <br /> Famished for something <br /> But aiming to mingle <br /> I build a makeshift throne</p>
<p>It&rsquo;s like I told you <br /> I&rsquo;m coming for you <br /> With spat out verses <br /> Another bloody nose <br /> The car might not make it <br /> But I can still get us home</p>
<p>Portrait of the artist <br /> As a young trash can <br /> With a na&iuml;ve game plan <br /> Comes to me now</p>


slug: we-are-what-we-say-we-are
publish_on: 2014-05-03 08:21:25
title: We Are What We Say We Are
lyrics:
<p>nevermind religion we've got other fields to plow<br />the jury's in the bleachers, and the magician's back in town<br />watch out kindly citizens they say the moon will fall<br />it'll smash this town to smithereens and then who you gonna call?</p>
<p>Here comes that old occult feeling<br />we're raising the dead, we're raising the dead</p>
<p>call to order secret cults, their intent still unknown<br />to those who reside within its ranks and to those who walk alone<br />I know that you know I know what other only feel<br />let's lock in some locket and bury it at sea</p>
<p>Here comes that old occult feeling<br />we're raising the dead, we're raising the dead</p>
<p>may I interrupt this dance?<br />are you shattered for the storm?<br />Have you braced for boys gone wild<br />can you convince me we're alive?<br />well, that's a lot of pressure to pin down on the world<br />Here's an introductory class on thinning the herd</p>
<p>We are what we say we are<br />we are what we say we are</p>

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slug: try-instead
publish_on: 2014-05-03 08:22:04
title: Try This Instead
lyrics:
<p>Just read my rights<br />in the cadence we agreed on<br />crush every pill<br />wrap me in love<br />dig all the holes<br />try not to deceive your mind</p>
<p>it's hard to start again<br />in the shadow of malediction<br />rename the moons<br />tune up the bike<br />bust through the door<br />don't forget what's at stake</p>
<p>try this instead<br />i'll be here forever in weekly increments</p>
<p>what's behind the words<br />you've selected for me this evening<br />sing no regret<br />light up the board<br />open your heart<br />don&rsquo;t forget not to die</p>
<p>Let's punch up the storylines<br />we'll show up covered in brine<br />yes, we come from the ocean you see that, we said so<br />we're all dressed up for someone to come home</p>
<p>try this instead<br />i'll be here forever in weekly increments</p>


slug: destroy-this-poem
publish_on: 2014-05-03 08:22:29
title: Destroy This Poem
lyrics:
<p>Hey alright, we're cherry picking days till we die<br />we're building shapes unknown to the eye<br />we're breathing life into the meteor skies<br />and I can't even sing</p>
<p>hey alright, can you believe we escaped alive?<br />Here honey, get into this disguise<br />they're gonna try and tell us doors have closed<br />but I say fuck that noise</p>
<p>i'm doing ok I guess<br />I'll walk with a limp but I'll try to hide it<br />i'll show up to your party with bandages on<br />covering every part of my head but my eyes<br />you'll see me<br />don't worry<br />you'll see me<br />don't worry</p>
<p>Hey alright, I figured out how to sleep through the night<br />I told you no more revenge but I might<br />We&rsquo;ll reinstate some classic spells from the zone<br />Now let&rsquo;s destroy this poem</p>
<p>Cuz there's a lotta people saying<br />that I got no skin in the game<br />but they're wrong</p>


slug: do-you-have-romantic-courage
publish_on: 2014-05-03 08:22:50
title: Do You Have Romantic Courage?
lyrics:
<p>Knock me in the head, make it good, lay me out, save my life<br />Trust me, it&rsquo;s for real, shoot a flare, leave a message in the night<br />This life ain&rsquo;t nothing but liquor in a room with firearms<br />Honey, it&rsquo;s shame, clear your head, I turned off all the alarms</p>
<p>Do you have romantic courage?<br />Do you have romantic courage?</p>
<p>I&rsquo;m responsible for edits that removed this line right here<br />It used to be a truth but it&rsquo;s something no one wants to hear</p>
<p>If I had romantic courage<br />If I had a powerful way<br />(then you could)<br />Haunt Your Own House<br />&amp; Make Your Own Movie<br />If you had romantic courage<br />If you had a powerful way</p>
<p>Do you have romantic courage?<br />Do you have a powerful way?<br />Do you have romantic courage?</p>


slug: i-stand-corrected
publish_on: 2014-05-03 08:23:28
title: I Stand Corrected
lyrics:
<p>You&rsquo;ve been selected to participate<br />In a survey about this call<br />You can press 3 to get on with it<br />Or smash the phone into the wall<br />Cuz when times get rough<br />We can always choose the good ol&rsquo; fight or flight<br />&amp; this informal polling call is just another way to pass the night<br />We used to live like a Two-Part Tribe<br />Now we&rsquo;re struggling to pass by<br />We used to shout names at the dawn<br />If you recall this please press one<br />If you recall this please press one</p>
<p>&amp; if you&rsquo;re all alone when the shit goes down<br />You can always press the star key to see if I&rsquo;m around<br />But I probably won&rsquo;t be around<br />Because the world tends to swallow us whole<br />&amp; I&rsquo;d rather risk oblivion<br />Then wait around to play some phony role<br />I&rsquo;m losing track of who hates who<br />I&rsquo;m an exception to the rule<br />I think somebody&rsquo;s coming around who&rsquo;s gonna tell us the truth</p>
<p>Is everybody wasting your time?<br />I stand corrected</p>


slug: home-movies
publish_on: 2014-05-03 08:24:12
title: Home Movies
lyrics:
<p>If you feel like your mother please drop to your knees<br />we've been waiting for something to stun us for weeks<br />don't fuck with love<br />and then here's part II<br />don't fall apart</p>
<p>i've been watching home movies trying to stamp out the doubt<br />I play loops of you sleeping til I figure it out<br />it's a strict concentration that's required of me<br />to pinpoint the moment when the dream starts to dream</p>
<p>we came to paint the myths of lead guitarists<br />but the memory attacks us from all sides<br />watch as the nurse doles out the antibiotics<br />and the sun drips down mountain sides</p>
<p>Have you ever done something evil?</p>


slug: a-domestic-zone
publish_on: 2014-05-03 08:24:29
title: A Domestic Zone
lyrics:
<p>Meet my wife<br />we&rsquo;re as thick as thieves<br />we&rsquo;ve been up for days<br />now we&rsquo;re on our knees</p>
<p>Watch your back<br />we&rsquo;re not alone<br />we&rsquo;re coming to<br />in a domestic zone<br />in a domestic zone</p>
<p>Let&rsquo;s slow down<br />this violent pace<br />put the tv on<br />watch a famous face</p>
<p>Watch your back<br />we&rsquo;re not alone<br />we&rsquo;re coming to<br />in a domestic zone<br />in a domestic zone</p>
<p>Tap the phone<br />break the locks<br />curse this house<br />stop the clocks</p>
<p>Watch your back<br />we&rsquo;re not alone<br />we&rsquo;re coming to<br />in a domestic zone<br />in a domestic zone</p>


slug: pick-up-an-old-phone
publish_on: 2014-05-03 08:24:58
title: Pick Up An Old Phone
lyrics:
<p>First impressions first<br />I command it<br />The feel of a star map<br />Flat in your hand<br />Cuz nobody knows what<br />you are feeling<br />cuz nobody&rsquo;s psychic<br />unless that&rsquo;s a lie</p>
<p>My most insistent dream<br />Who can name it?<br />easy to be wanted<br />But hard to feel loved<br />Here comes some jokers<br />looking for answers<br />on questions of freedom<br />I&rsquo;ll just decline</p>
<p>The rest is up to us<br />Laying flatly<br />On some gentle incline<br />Near some parade<br />It&rsquo;s a national anthem<br />But I can&rsquo;t place the country<br />on questions of freedom<br />I&rsquo;ll just decline</p>
<p>Pick up an old phone and hear the future coming back for you<br />We&rsquo;ll turn to golden tape recorded versions of the truth</p>
<p>Everything is on it&rsquo;s way</p>
<p>Last impressions last<br />You command it<br />The feel of a blueprint<br />Scrolled in your hand<br />We can&rsquo;t remember<br />The way that we got here<br />Something was uttered<br />And counties were crossed<br />Pick up an old phone and hear the future coming back for you<br />We&rsquo;ll turn to golden tape recorded versions of the truth</p>


slug: the-posssible-nows
publish_on: 2014-05-03 08:25:16
title: The Posssible Nows
lyrics:
<p>I could pass a polygraph<br />oh oh oh - -<br />there's something we forget when we're born<br />there's something we forget when we're born</p>
<p>Guess which state i'm calling from<br />it's never what you guess to me<br />there's free love in the corridor<br />and no, it's not for charity<br />i'm putting up with false alarms<br />because I'm an enthusiast<br />someone let me my family know when i'm finally through with this</p>
<p>when you think it's gonna stop it just starts again<br />we're cycling through the possible nows</p>
<p>I could build a monument<br />oh oh oh<br />but there's something we forget when we're born</p>
<p>my lawyer calls, the house explodes<br />some rivers flow eternally<br />there's dancing girls out in the wings<br />placed there as a courtesy<br />take exit 10 off of highway 1 &amp; tell me where you land<br />i'd mention more specifics but i'm not your biggest fan</p>
<p>you're gorgeous, like a painting, like some outsider art<br />your eyes askew, your yellow teeth, your arms too far apart<br />but you take me as I am so I'll never stop appearing<br />in visions three, in dreams alike, come here my heir apparent</p>
<p>you can stare down the lanes into makeshift frames<br />I can feel the night just waking up</p>
<p>We could try some ritual<br />oh oh oh<br />but there's something we forget when we're born<br />there's something we forget when we're born</p>


slug: mcmliv-continuity-error
publish_on: 2014-05-03 08:26:14
title: MCMLIV (Continuity Error)
lyrics:
<p>Someone clapped the slate and we all came to sudden life<br />It's not like anything has really changed<br />you're a puzzle all in pieces<br />but there's much more to my thesis<br />it's my &nbsp;turn to invent the story as we proceed</p>
<p>would you believe we've got a problem with continuity?<br />lawyer #2 wears a modern watch<br />all the extras start complaining<br />and the lion tamer's waiting<br />to place the beast high atop the cathedral stairs</p>
<p>i'm the director of this film<br />but that's useless when it comes to you</p>
<p>6 8 24 we're losing light<br />someone load the film in the canister<br />break our hearts bring us back to the valley &amp; plains</p>


slug: phenomenonology
publish_on: 2014-05-03 08:26:29
title: Phenomenonology
lyrics:
<p>I promise to keep this embarassing<br />I think I'm doing a pretty good job<br />without filters I proceed through the mob<br />telling everyone my every single thought<br />no reservation, hesitation in sight<br />it's a decent way to drift through the night</p>
<p>take this take land<br />the words I use in demand<br />break through the gate and show them why they are wrong<br />look at these strange days &acirc;&euro;&ldquo; the brand new sins are fixing to stay<br />take this take land<br />let's pray it's not too bland</p>
<p>Divine times on the dotted lines<br />Phenomenonolgy!</p>
<p>I came to on the floor<br />There&rsquo;s others there with you too<br />Put yourself in a trance<br />Your automatic writing&rsquo;s the best<br />Dim the lights, enter ghost<br />Somebody give it guitars<br />And do not what you're told<br />just tell us what you're going to do!</p>
<p>Divine times on the dotted lines<br />Phenomenonolgy!</p>


slug: what-do-the-people-want
publish_on: 2016-02-25 06:02:41
title: What Do The People Want
lyrics:
<p>Say goodbye to home<br>
we're out here all alone<br>
we're starting over<br>
it's year zero<br>
where the night go on and on</p>

<p>I dreamt of a new kind of town<br>
our mayor in her wedding gown<br>
we call out the M's in the dictionary<br>
but they're not gonna save us now</p>

<p>What do the people want?<br>
The people don't know what they want</p>

<p>Activate this space<br>
with the remaining human race<br>
we stake our claim in a cemetery that's surrounded by your face</p>

<p>Agree to disagree<br>
on the Q's you hurl at me<br>
as top men search for sanctuary<br>
we're bitching about peace</p>

<p>What do the people want?<br>
The people don't know what they want<br>
They're waving backwards to Massachusetts<br>
trying to win the &ldquo;World's Best Haunt&rdquo; ©</p>

<p>What do the people want?<br>
The people don't know what they want<br>
They're telling jokes in the ossuary<br>
but the laughs are weak and gaunt</p>

<p>What do the people want?<br>
The people don't know what they want<br>
What do the people want?<br>
The people don't know what they want<br>
What do the people want?<br>
The people don't know what they want<br>
The people don't know what they want<br>
The people don't know what they want<br>
The people don't know what they want<br>
The people don't know what they want<br>
The people don't know what they want<br>
The people don't know what they want</p>


slug: we-have-the-perimeter-surrounded
publish_on: 2016-02-25 06:03:27
title: We Have The Perimeter Surrounded
lyrics:
<p>real good<br>
major<br>
plotlines<br>
coasting<br>
building<br>
danger<br>
rescue<br>
homelife<br>
every single thing that I could think of<br>
we have the perimeter surrounded</p>

<p>woody<br>
guthrie<br>
once had<br>
a weird dream<br>
he fronted<br>
a punk band<br>
called Exed Out<br>
they were amazing<br>
every single thing that I could think of<br>
we have the perimeter surrounded</p>

<p>Twister!<br>
Ouija!<br>
Fault lines<br>
freebies!<br>
Stag films<br>
my maps<br>
bookmarks<br>
&amp; adoration<br>
every single thing that I could think of<br>
we have the perimeter surrounded</p>

<p>you see, we were part of the light brigade<br>
dumping wattage on hate parades<br>
getting dusked in the deep<br>
the crew was me and marty and carol two<br>
we didn't do what they told us to<br>
which was part of the deal<br>
but now, when I think back on those days<br>
I can't believe we behaved that way<br>
you know we could've been killed<br>
love, l-o-v-e-y-o-u<br>
could maybe do what it used to do<br>
you wanna give it a chance?</p>

<p>real good<br>
major<br>
plotlines<br>
coasting<br>
building<br>
danger<br>
rescue<br>
homelife<br>
every single thing that I could think of<br>
we have the perimeter surrounded</p>


slug: mountain-wanted-more
publish_on: 2016-02-25 06:04:05
title: The Mountain That Wanted More
lyrics:
<p>i'm halting the mass production<br>
of lonely feelings on my factory floor<br>
i've divvied the sweetest memories<br>
into separate piles by atlantic shores<br>
I drank my way to the top<br>
and then I smoked myself through the door<br>
trying to reach you again<br>
i'm the mountain that wanted more</p>

<p>too wasted to hear the sirens<br>
the far out whinings of some fucked up kid<br>
i'm a beacon for true conspiracy<br>
up front heresy, i'm ok<br>
but I could only be me<br>
but my ways left less to adore<br>
I did the best that I could<br>
i'm the mountain that wanted more</p>

<p>at first I thought I was ocean<br>
at first I thought I was trees<br>
at first I thought I was engine<br>
but something happened to me<br>
I didn't end up a mansion<br>
i'm not some oak heavy door<br>
I couldn't live with a human<br>
i'm the mountain that wanted more</p>


slug: the-girl-with-electronics-inside
publish_on: 2016-02-25 06:04:30
title: The Girl With Electronics Inside
lyrics:
<p>She never blinks when we're alone<br>
she speaks her private thoughts directly into microphones<br>
the girl with electronics inside<br>
the girl with electronics inside<br>
and I can't seem to look away<br>
but I'd be more adept at passing through a gamma ray<br>
it's something I just wasn't trained foreshadowing<br>
her feelings may be binary<br>
but she's spontaneous<br>
in fact, much more than you or me<br>
the girl with electronics inside<br>
the girl with electronics inside<br>
I feel a spark when we touch<br>
but when we're in the rain<br>
it all becomes a little much</p>

<p>there's an on again off again thing going on, but it's fine<br>
the girl with electronics inside<br>
the girl with electronics inside</p>


slug: spin-them-atoms
publish_on: 2016-02-25 06:04:53
title: Spin Them Atoms
lyrics:
<p>I was once blessed with a good idea<br>
and I wrapped it up with caution tape<br>
gave it to my mother on a snowy night<br>
cuz I knew she'd know a way to escape<br>
hot petition in the AM<br>
drunken devils in the PM<br>
an epic funeral in the foyer<br>
a pressing patron in the attic</p>

<p>Singer: &ldquo;spin them atoms&rdquo;<br>
Band &ldquo;and if we don't have 'em?&rdquo;<br>
Singer: &ldquo;well i got some right here&rdquo;</p>

<p>the inheritance is yours but you'll need to spend the night<br>
in your uncle's haunted mansion<br>
not a bad deal for some dumb ass kid<br>
with his finger on the trigger of a ray gun<br>
doubled down and drowning<br>
fog-machine-cloak-room<br>
my employer on acid<br>
got some &ldquo;Slavic vandalism&rdquo;</p>

<p>Singer: &ldquo;spin them atoms&rdquo;<br>
Band &ldquo;spin them atoms&rdquo;<br>
Singer: &ldquo;straight into my heart&rdquo;</p>

<p>I swear to god i was there<br>
i was in the room<br>
the footage proves that it's true<br>
the time marked down in God's edit log<br>
of the moment he turned me into you</p>

<p>Singer: &ldquo;spin them atoms&rdquo;<br>
Band &ldquo;spin them atoms&rdquo;<br>
Singer: &ldquo;straight into my heart&rdquo;</p>


slug: im-in-the-phone-book
publish_on: 2016-02-25 06:05:36
title: I'm In The Phone Book, I'm On The Planet, I'm Dying Slowly
lyrics:
<p>Don't believe them when they say it's true<br>
it's not remotely a matter of fact<br>
thrashing sweetly down the interstate<br>
there's no way we'll ever be back<br>
pacing potions by the DMV<br>
I looked up and saw you smile</p>

<p>There were times when i called your name<br>
and it echoed like a flip in a mirror<br>
taking mushrooms on Easter Eve<br>
you boiled ginger wearing black Ray-Bans<br>
we made a list of all our enemies<br>
deciding three things were always true:</p>

<p>1) I'm in the phone book<br>
2) I'm on the planet<br>
3) I'm dying slowly</p>

<p>Angel's starlit on the basement stairs<br>
glowing rays beaming out of her eyes<br>
watch her doubled over twice a day<br>
grasping straws til the moment she tries<br>
to spit some verses at the devil dear<br>
ya gotta let him know who's in charge</p>

<p>I'm in the phone book<br>
I'm on the planet<br>
I'm dying slowly</p>

<p>Watch me die!</p>

<p>What's the point of all this noise?<br>
Who can say where it moves you and I?<br>
Cross the country in separate rigs<br>
shouting songs to the kids in the aisle<br>
a ritual in a Motel 6<br>
to make us one, at least for a night</p>

<p>I'm in the phone book<br>
I'm on the planet<br>
I'm dying slowly</p>

<p>Let me lay my hands on top of glowing spheres of endless energy<br>
Let me lay my hands on top of glowing spheres of endless energy<br>
Let me lay my hands on top of glowing spheres of endless energy<br>
Let me lay my hands on top of glowing spheres of endless energy<br>
let me lay my hands on top of glowing spheres of endless light!</p>

<p>I'm in the phone book<br>
I'm on the planet<br>
I'm dying slowly</p>


slug: play-it-as-it-loops
publish_on: 2016-02-25 06:05:55
title: Play It As It Loops
lyrics:
<p>I should have scattered my private life<br>
like a magazine in the trees</p>

<p>got tangled in telemarketing<br>
dialed homesteads, look at these</p>

<p>it's a wow, i'm on fire, it's amazing so bring it to me</p>

<p>I couldn't suspend my disbelief<br>
or invest in foreshadowing</p>

<p>unreliable narrators in my bed<br>
how will they describe how I sleep?</p>

<p>&ldquo;through the night / he lays bare<br>
in the morning he's not even here&rdquo;</p>

<p>it is what it is but it's not what we thought<br>
I passed through the mirror to see<br>
I passed through the mirror to see<br>
I converted atoms to bees<br>
I pulled on the forces in threes<br>
But I left out that part of the dream</p>

<p>it's a wow, i'm on fire, it's amazing so bring it to me</p>


slug: hassle-magnet
publish_on: 2016-02-25 06:06:26
title: Hassle Magnet
lyrics:
<p>I made a banquet<br>
of holy ghosties<br>
it was a longshot<br>
I wound it tightly<br>
they call me warlord<br>
on the fucking TV<br>
just like a hassle magnet</p>

<p>I live in bee hive<br>
I tunnel sand box<br>
I breathe the bombers<br>
there's no exception<br>
if you could see me<br>
you'd come to understanding<br>
that i'm a hassle magnet<br>
that i'm a hassle magnet<br>
that i'm a hassle magnet<br>
that i'm a hassle magnet</p>

<p>i walk the tight rope<br>
i hold the lantern<br>
i cracked the code word<br>
i drop pianos<br>
attracting bad news<br>
into existence<br>
like a hassle magnet<br>
can you feel it?<br>
do you hate it?<br>
have you dropped out? do you love me?<br>
cuz i'm a feeling<br>
you find in early AM<br>
cuz i'm a warlock<br>
in janitor's clothing<br>
and you're the trouble<br>
i been trying to pull towards me<br>
just like a hassle magnet</p>


slug: new-phone-who-dis
publish_on: 2016-02-25 06:06:50
title: New Phone Who Dis
lyrics:
<p>What is this, a funeral?<br>
I drove out to Ed's in the rain with my crew<br>
and the backlash<br>
of the back peddle<br>
got me stabbed right in the back<br>
it was all I could do to keep cool</p>

<p>you were my qualifying event<br>
you pushed the pins into the wall sized map</p>

<p>psychic<br>
rabbit<br>
psychic<br>
rabbit<br>
was my code word for you in the files<br>
now you know<br>
there's a code word for you in the files</p>

<p>it's certainly been awhile<br>
the parts of me you reviled<br>
have all been removed<br>
but I didn't do it for you</p>

<p>new phone who dis?</p>


slug: the-dangers-are-doubled
publish_on: 2016-02-25 06:07:13
title: The Dangers Are Doubled
lyrics:
<p>With an hour like a flower inside a periscope<br>
i roll the dice on certainty<br>
there's angels in the source code if you know where to look for them<br>
but I ain't gonna hang around</p>

<p>the dangers are double, they told me<br>
but I couldn't hear a single world<br>
the dangers are double, they told me</p>

<p>a kaleidoscope of open fields taped to a phone book<br>
you can't invest in vanity<br>
there's angels in the driveway collecting their bottle caps<br>
I slept too late to set em free</p>

<p>and the dangers were double, like they told you<br>
and the dangers were double in the deep<br>
and the dangers were doubled in the roof top open bar<br>
I was up late with girls<br>
I was up late with girls</p>

<p>and the legacy was better<br>
and heritage was the best<br>
from the truth surrounded me like the rings inside a tree<br>
at least the early visions were kind<br>
at least the early visions were kind</p>

<p>I'm under the lights<br>
I'm over the sea<br>
I'm into the death-defying, killing kindness, best version of me<br>
and the dangers were double, like they told you<br>
and the dangers were double in the deep</p>


slug: realistic-birthday-music
publish_on: 2016-02-25 06:07:37
title: Realistic Birthday Music
lyrics:
<p>I floated to the rafters<br>
my partial list of disappearing bastards<br>
falling from my person, just like confetti</p>

<p>I tried to throw your party<br>
like a prehistoric king would treat a body<br>
it's not what you think</p>

<p>And i'm coming at you with realistic birthday music<br>
i'm coming at you with my hands above my head</p>

<p>now you're inside forever after<br>
a glass beehive you look through on a ladder<br>
a dialogue bubble hangs above your head</p>

<p>i've seen this in a movie<br>
but never without a soundtrack of folk music<br>
to coax and guide me toward your bed</p>

<p>And i'm coming at you with realistic birthday music<br>
i'm coming at you with my hands above my head<br>
And i'm coming at you with realistic birthday music<br>
you've heard this song before<br>
you've heard this song before<br>
so break a leg<br>
don't stare<br>
be brave<br>
grow old<br>
you've heard this song before<br>
you've heard this song before<br>
you've heard this song before<br>
you've heard this song before<br>
you've heard this song before<br>
you've heard this song before<br>
you've heard this song before<br>
you've heard this song before<br>
you've heard this song before</p>


slug: folk-music-is-insane
publish_on: 2019-09-24 00:13:55
title: Folk Music Is Insane
lyrics:
<p>it started with contraband<br/>
wandering<br/>
the poet blinked twice<br/>
she can see<br/>
the deepest impossible sea<br/>
and we&rsquo;re walking together<br/>
singing the songs of<br/>
some SOB stuck in a dream<br/>
with a dancer<br/>
and a praying monster<br/>
don&rsquo;t you know<br/>
there&rsquo;s a killer on the road?</p>

<p>Slam cut to present day<br/>
America<br/>
there&rsquo;s weirdness in the woods<br/>
i&rsquo;m alone<br/>
and I can&rsquo;t stop looking at my phone<br/>
now we&rsquo;re cheering on assassins<br/>
adjusting our glasses<br/>
pretending that a verse would set us free<br/>
or a bad joke<br/>
or a single helix<br/>
it&rsquo;s all the same to a ghost with a guitar</p>

<p>folk music is insane<br/>
folk music is insane</p>

<p>we&rsquo;re back in a different time<br/>
who knows where<br/>
i&rsquo;ve been here before<br/>
hear those chimes<br/>
of the brand names washed out with the tide<br/>
and you&rsquo;re better than ever<br/>
your mood like the weather<br/>
is overcast with a chance of regret<br/>
prepared piano<br/>
and tape loops<br/>
and the rarest of b-sides have absolutely ruined my life</p>

<p>folk music is insane<br/>
folk music is insane<br/>
folk music is insane<br/>
folk music is insane</p>

<p>it&rsquo;s something to behold<br/>
but it&rsquo;s out of reach<br/>
and you can&rsquo;t explain<br/>
you&rsquo;ll never get close<br/>
folk music is insane</p>

<p>I know it&rsquo;s not nostalgia<br/>
won&rsquo;t you meet me in the parlor<br/>
we can&rsquo;t escape forever<br/>
and there&rsquo;s something in the water<br/>
folk music is insane</p>


slug: my-name-sounds-sinister
publish_on: 2019-10-03 11:46:14
title: My Name Sounds Sinister
lyrics:
<p>
    Hello I am the person singing this song<br>
    And if you think that might be you well you might not be wrong<br>
    Trying out new points of view<br>
    Just like we used to do<br>
    Hello I am the person singing the song
</p>

<p>
    Good luck if there is such a thing as good luck<br>
    And if doesn’t hurt to say it, then say it until you’re struck<br>
    By all the fortunes gold and soul<br>
    And pass it forward as you grow old<br>
    Good luck if there is such a thing as good luck
</p>

<p>
    Don’t quit, it only makes your enemies glad<br>
    They’d celebrate your decision, then feast on what you had<br>
    The rolling hills of lifer-arcs reflect the light from distant stars<br>
    Don’t quit, it only makes your enemies glad
</p>

<p>
    Hello I am the person singing this song<br>
    And if you need some more specifics<br>
    You might be taking this wrong<br>
    The push and pull of love and hate<br>
    Has stripped away my name today<br>
    Hello I am the person singing this song
</p>

<p>
    Every time you say my name<br>
    Every time you say my name<br>
    Every time you say my name<br>
    It sounds sinister
</p>


slug: running-hot-with-fate
publish_on: 2019-10-03 11:56:18
title: Running Hot with Fate
lyrics:
<p>
Trisha went to Washington and lit up like a Christmas Tree<br />
Adrian got busted but he‘s always been a friend to me<br />
well i‘m fine, but i‘m not ok<br />
Sarah saw a shooting star but kindly gave her wish away<br />
we‘re running hot with fate<br />
</p>

<p>
Alice wasn‘t kidding when she said she saw a UFO<br />
Elliot was ripping up his letters out in the snow<br />
well i‘m fine, but i‘m not ok<br />
Nathan‘s finally floating and it happened in the USA<br />
we‘re running hot with fate<br />
</p>

<p>
Dori’s finally being who she always knew he was inside<br />
It’s hard here without Jay but his memory stays by her side<br />
well i‘m fine, but i‘m not ok<br />
if you think you’re at you’re limit just remember what some folks survive<br />
we‘re running hot with fate<br />
</p>

<p>
Jamie’s back in rehab & this time he says it ain’t no joke<br />
Zadie said she’d leave him if he ever goes back to dope<br />
well i‘m fine, but i‘m not ok<br />
Met a fortune teller who told me it would turn out this way<br />
we‘re running hot with fate<br />
</p>

<p>
I’m running hot with it<br />
And you’re avoiding it<br />
We’re both arguing which one attracted it<br />
</p>

<p>
Can u carve a new world<br />
From some old clay?<br />
I keep waking up surprised I get another day<br />
</p>

<p>
Is this free will<br />
Or is it destiny?<br />
It doesn’t matter who the fuck’s in charge of me<br />
</p>

<p>
we‘re running hot with fate<br />
[hot fate! Hot fate!]<br />
</p>

<p>
(I don’t believe in it / but I’m running hot with it)<br />
</p>

<p>
hot fate<br />
</p>


slug: born-to-blow-it
publish_on: 2019-10-03 11:56:27
title: Born to Blow It
lyrics:
<p>
    You’d think I’d be a doctor by now<br>
    With all this self medicating<br>
    You’d think I was an x-ray machine<br>
    With everything that I been radiating
</p>

<p>
    But I wasn’t born to blow it<br>
    But I wasn’t born to blow it
</p>

<p>
    You’d think I was a master magician<br>
    The way that I keep disappearing<br>
    You’d think I was a bellboy<br>
    For all this baggage that I’m bringing
</p>

<p>
    But I wasn’t born to blow it<br>
    I’m my own great destroyer
</p>

<p>
    You’d think I was a prisoner<br>
    With all these bars that I walked into<br>
    You’d think I was the king james bible<br>
    With all this bullshit I been slinging
</p>

<p>
    I wasn’t born to blow it<br>
    Don’t have a steady employer<br>
    I’m not a doctor or lawyer<br>
    I’m my own great destroyer
</p>

<p>
    Honey, You’d think I was an astronaut<br>
    How I been acting so spacey<br>
    You’d think that I was a diplomat<br>
    With all the conflict I aint been facing<br>
    But I can picture a time and place<br>
    Where I can defeat this defeating side of me<br>
    And bury him out in the plains where the wind blows so wicked and wild
</p>

<p>
    Can’t seem to get it together<br>
    Feel like I’m becomin’ untethered<br>
    And I’m not trying to annoy ya<br>
    but here’s comes the spoiler<br>
    I’m just my own great destroyer
</p>


slug: transparent-chart-of-the-heavens
publish_on: 2019-10-03 11:56:38
title: Transparent Chart of the Heavens
lyrics:
<p>
  Transparent chart of the heavens<br />
  I see your beauty so bare<br />
  Transparent chart of the heavens<br />
  How you do you get those sunspots, black hole, comets<br />
  Out of your hair?
</p>
<p>
  Indexed map of new England<br />
  I trace your borders with care<br />
  Indexed map of new England<br />
  How do you push those lighthouse beacon ray beams<br />
  Out through the air?
</p>
<p>
  Anthology of American folk songs<br />
  I’m overwhelmed by your weight<br />
  Anthology of American folk songs<br />
  How do you keep those banjo murder love tales<br />
  From becoming your fate?
</p>
<p>
  Nostalgic dream of an old love<br />
  Bringing comfort then waves of regret<br />
  Nostalgic dream of an old love<br />
  How do you come to access feelings once felt<br />
  Without getting caught in its net?
</p>
<p>
  Venn diagram of two people<br />
  The overlap expanding now<br />
  Venn diagram of two people<br />
  Can you be sure that I’m me, you’re you<br />
  And not the other way around?
</p>
<p>
  Once you’re born that’s where it starts<br />
  Once you’re born that’s where it starts
</p>
<p>
  Cuz even inside forever, can’t you feel time running out?<br />
  You know we’ve been here forever, so let’s go home
</p>
<p>Cuz there’s a weird reassessment coming down on top of us</p>


slug: people-keep-dying
publish_on: 2019-10-03 11:56:48
title: People Keep Dying (And No One Can Stop It)
lyrics:
<p>
  By the light of a pinball machine<br />
  In the suburban houses that I dream<br />
  In hospitals and hospices<br />
  In the darkest god damn hearts you’ve ever met
</p>
<p>
  I am exported<br />
  To another dimension
</p>
<p>
  People keep dying and no one can stop it<br />
  People keep dying and no one can stop it<br />
  People keep dying and no one can stop it<br />
  People keep dying and no one can stop it<br />
  Their souls break free of their bodies<br />
  We etch their full name on a stone
</p>
<p>
  Ahhhhh<br />
  Ohhhhhh
</p>
<p>
  They shoulda sent a poet if they don’t wanna blow it<br />
  Well honey this time they did
</p>
<p>
  Ahhhhh<br />
  Ohhhhhh
</p>
<p>
  In my car on route 128<br />
  In the offices were I negotiate my fate<br />
  In the pages of these books I’ll never read<br />
  In the corners of a song nobody needs
</p>
<p>
  I am exported<br />
  To another dimension<br />
  People keep dying and no one can stop it<br />
  People keep dying and no one can stop it<br />
  People keep dying and no one can stop it<br />
  People keep dying and no one can stop it
</p>
<p>
  Are you there god? it’s me.<br />
  Are you there god? it’s me, you.
</p>


slug: it-still-floors-me
publish_on: 2019-10-03 11:56:57
title: It Still Floors Me
lyrics:
<p>I just now started to take my own advice<br />
I know you sent the message over twice<br />
this is the way the old gods entice</p>
<p>it still floors me<br />
it still floors me</p>
<p>Sometimes I did drugs I found on the floor<br />
kept the search on point evermore<br />
pounding out words on a door</p>
<p>it still floors me<br />
it still floors me</p>
<p>when you solve the mystery you become one yourself<br />
as you sink into everyone else<br />
you ask, “is this how it feels to be you?”</p>
<p>it still floors me<br />
it still floors me</p>
<p>confused by classics / mistaken for miracles<br />
I was trying to read myself my rights<br />
I was trying to embrace endless nights</p>
<p>it still floors me<br />
it still floors me<br />
it still floors me<br />
it still floors me</p>
<p>time travel is real<br />
but there’s a price you pay<br />
I came back to check out<br />
the places you stayed</p>
<p>there’s something in the water that’s driving us out of minds<br />
this only counts if I stay alive<br />
I know that Karen’s on our side</p>
<p>it still floors me<br />
it still floors me</p>
<p>you’re only harmless when you’re asleep<br />
and darling you’re never asleep<br />
and darling you’re never asleep<br />
and darling you’re never asleep</p>
<p>it still floors me<br />
break light / all night / try to go out of your mind<br />
it still floors me<br />
somebody nobody knew: that’s me<br />
it still floors me</p>


slug: im-you
publish_on: 2019-10-03 11:57:11
title: I’m You
lyrics:
<p>
  I’m gonna spend the rest of my life telling this story ain’t I?<br />
  Where’s my stability asked the man actively driving himself into a ditch<br />
  Am I crazy or is the world really organized this way?<br />
  Sometimes it’s hard to know precisely who you really are
</p>
<p>
  Play your own music for the end of episode montage you run out in your head<br />
  Show what you’re doing / show what she’s doing / show what we’re doing<br />
  They are both deep in thought wondering “what if”<br />
  So roll the end credits, don’t forget to thank the dolly grip
</p>
<p>
  Change your name / Cut off your hair / but stick to the plan<br />
  I know there’s no guarantees, even Bob Dylan lost his dream girl<br />
  This is our story / this is how we go here<br />
  You can put your hands on the brick and inhale slowly and ask yourself<br />
  Who am I?<br />
  Who am I?<br />
  Who am I?
</p>
<p>
  Nostalgia flooded the room like milk poured over religious figurines<br />
  I didn’t share this simile with my therapist worried she’d get worried and
  write something down<br />
  But then again who’s to say anyone can say something + alter the timeline<br />
  I’m just sick of pretending<br />
  That I don’t believe what I believe
</p>
<p>
  We know the dangers of one person using another person as a muse<br />
  But surely there can’t be nothing wrong if it goes both ways<br />
  Like lightning bolts bouncing between two consciousnesses trapped in jars<br />
  I called it “Dual Muses” and walked down to the corner store
</p>
<p>
  Rock n Roll improved my chemistry<br />
  And prog rock got me out of bed<br />
  And punk rock made me hate the government<br />
  Then heavy metal became my friend<br />
  And R n B let me dance with you<br />
  And Zydeco seemed like a strange dream<br />
  And hip hop made me trust the universe<br />
  And psych rock pushed me past the point<br />
  But the one thing they all taught me is…
</p>
<p>
  I’m you<br />
  Don’t freak out<br />
  I’m you
</p>


slug: i-went-through-hell
publish_on: 2019-10-03 11:57:21
title: I Went Through Hell (But Now I'm Back [From Hell])
lyrics:
<p>
  Ok pop quiz<br />
  What I’m trying to ask you is<br />
  “how am i like a summer storm?”
</p>
<p>
  You say what’s that mean?<br />
  And I squirm and shift my shoes<br />
  I say, “I got a soul and I’m gonna use it”
</p>
<p>
  I point to my foot<br />
  And say “here’s where my body ends.<br />
  Is that a useful thing to say?”
</p>
<p>
  And when you reply no<br />
  I can’t think of another place to go<br />
  So I say it again but point to my hand
</p>
<p>
  We’re avoiding truth<br />
  Like two detectives who refuse to search &amp; sleuth<br />
  Afraid what we’ll find behind locked doors
</p>
<p>
  The side effects were worse<br />
  Losing you had me running towards the hearse<br />
  Askin’ could you drop me off just down the street?
</p>
<p>
  I was first in line<br />
  For the Solipsistic Sad Guy Seminar<br />
  But inside it just turned out to be another bar
</p>
<p>
  I ordered whiskey neat<br />
  Fifty thousand times in the summer heat<br />
  And figured this is how I’ll defeat my victories
</p>
<p>
  We couldn’t say goodbye<br />
  So we practiced every weekend til we died<br />
  And even then it didn’t seem quite right
</p>
<p>
  I couldn’t play them blues<br />
  or any genre that could fix ol’ me &amp; you<br />
  so I was about to start a song that never ends
</p>
<p>
  But inside the bridge I found a note I left to myself<br />
  Saying, “don’t forget to love yourself<br />
  And don’t forget to come back from hell<br />
  And don’t forget to end the song.”
</p>
<p>
  I went through hell<br />
  But now I’m back from hell<br />
  Hi, hello how are you?<br />
  Hi, hello how are you?<br />
  Hi, hello how are you?<br />
  Hi, hello how are you?
</p>


slug: the-memory-tree
publish_on: 2019-10-03 11:55:42
title: The Memory Tree
lyrics:
<p>
  This all happens outside the space continuum<br />
  You’re alive in Phoenix wondering what we did to ‘em<br />
  You hear what happened to me?<br />
  I was pronounced lost at sea<br />
  But in truth I’m just hiding out won’t u come look for me?
</p>
<p>
  I was a sleeper agent before you woke me up<br />
  Playing classic tapes for some gurus we rounded up<br />
  But when I got in the room<br />
  I wasn’t sure what to do<br />
  The domestic zones I was used to<br />
  Didn’t prep me for you
</p>
<p>
  Can you make a memory?<br />
  Without choppin’ down the memory tree?
</p>
<p>
  And it’s a transaction, sure<br />
  But don’t it sometimes feel like it’s something more?
</p>
<p>
  I found a timeshare in the unified field<br />
  I lived there with you until forever got peeled<br />
  The neighborhood filled with ghosts<br />
  Was more spooky than most<br />
  With The undead department of dreams and our immaculate hosts
</p>
<p>
  I’m finally a poet but you know that don’t matter now<br />
  Here comes a siren to review them wedding vows<br />
  I may appear rapt with fear<br />
  But Don’t you dare disappear<br />
  When the going gets tougher than nails you know I’ll always be there
</p>


# music_press

publish_on: 2007-06-22 13:44:07
title: Pitchfork
date: 2007-06-22
source_url: http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/43739-collective-psychosis-begone
body:
<p>The band's ensemble structure (cello, trumpet, and melodica) and learned lyricism echoes the stage-packing sounds of Arcade Fire, Danielson, Bright Eyes, and Decemberists, while its shambolic, maximalist barroom aura recalls Robert Pollard, another songwriter infrequently at a loss for words.</p>


publish_on: 2007-06-27 13:44:14
title: Paste Magazine
date: 2007-06-27
source_url: http://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/whitman/archives/2007/06/
body:
<p>It&rsquo;s a ramshackle, lo-fi, amateurish indie mess, but Walsh&rsquo;s off-kilter David Byrne warble and the band&rsquo;s unerring pop sensibilities combine to forge something that is both accessible and bracing.</p>


publish_on: 2007-08-24 13:44:36
title: The Boston Globe
date: 2008-08-24
source_url: http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2007/08/24/beyond_borders/
body:
<p>It's the sound of music without limits, made by a band reveling in its own vast creative potential and the cumulative collision of its early influences.</p>


publish_on: 2007-08-22 13:44:32
title: Crawdaddy!
date: 2007-08-22
source_url: http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Article.aspx?id=2598
body:
<p>To a world where logic and wonder so often converge, Hallelujah the Hills provides a warm and welcome soundtrack.</p>


publish_on: 2007-08-10 13:44:30
title: Soundcheck Magazine
date: 2007-08-10
source_url:
http://soundcheckmagazine.com/magazine/index.php?option=com_simple_review&amp;reviewID=75&amp;task=displayReview&amp;Itemid=27

body:
<p>There&rsquo;s something intimate about this album &mdash; it feels as if you&rsquo;re in a room with these guys, and they laugh at your jokes, and they play a few songs, and you applaud, then you all go out and get drunk together.</p>


publish_on: 2007-07-31 13:44:26
title: Dusted
date: 2007-07-31
source_url: http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3735
body:
<p>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&rsquo;s just one person with a guitar&hellip;so how could a few real world sounds make it any stranger?</p>


publish_on: 2007-06-30 13:44:19
title: I Rock Cleveland
date: 2007-06-30
source_url: http://irockcleveland.blogspot.com/2007/06/machine-go-boom-hallelujah-hills-state.html
body:
<p>Numbers like &lsquo;Wave Backwards To Massachusetts,&rsquo; &lsquo;Hallelujah The Hills,&rsquo; and &lsquo;Slow Motion Records Broken at Break Neck Speeds&rsquo; showcased their ability to combine joyful, playful, and intelligent all within the same number.</p>


publish_on: 2008-01-10 13:44:40
title: Boston Music Spotlight
date: 2008-01-10
source_url: http://bostonmusicspotlight.com/article.php?id=733
body:
<p>Rarely do entire albums translate successfully as live setlists, but Hallelujah the Hills proved that their debut <em>Collective Psychosis Begone</em> is an exception to the rule Saturday night at the Middle East Upstairs. Breezing through the ebbs and flows of the excellent album like grizzled veterans, Ryan Walsh and his bandmates treated the crowd to a commanding performance.</p>


publish_on: 2007-10-12 13:46:06
title: Stereogum
date: 2007-10-12
source_url: http://www.stereogum.com/archives/mp3/new-hallelujah-the-hills-let-it-wave.html
body:
<p>It's the bookish end of things we're hearing on this stellar, non-album cut from HtH, singer Ryan Walsh delivering a positively Bright Eyed turn on the slow rolling &lsquo;Let It Wave.&rsquo;</p>


publish_on: 2009-09-25 17:00:00
title: Prefix
date: 2009-09-22
source_url: http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/hallelujah-the-hills/colonial-drones/30852/
body:
<p>&hellip;as catchy as each song can be, what grew on me is how they all mesh into a cohesive whole.</p>


publish_on: 2009-09-25 17:00:00
title: The Boston Phoenix
date: 2009-09-22
source_url: http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/90199-On-a-roll/
body:
<p>It&rsquo;s this open-minded and open-ended approach that has made HTH one of Boston&rsquo;s most prized pop possessions. We&rsquo;re not likely to hear a local album that trumps the wonders of <em>Colonial Drones</em> anytime soon.</p>


publish_on: 2009-09-25 17:00:00
title: The Line Of Best Fit
date: 2009-09-23
source_url: http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/2009/09/hallelujah-the-hills-colonial-drones/
body:
<p><em>Colonial Drones</em>, as the title aptly suggests, is a work full of fantasy-like explorations, laden with anthemic choruses and lyrics freely open for interpretation.</p>


publish_on: 2009-09-25 17:00:00
title: Pitchfork
date: 2009-09-24
source_url: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13461-colonial-drones/
body:
<p>Hallelujah the Hills [have] jumped to the accelerated class on their second album, <em>Colonial Drones</em>.</p>


publish_on: 2009-01-20 15:36:23
title: The Boston Globe
date: 2009-01-20
source_url: http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2009/01/20/dear_leader_rises_up_with_feeling/
body:
<p>Accented by cello and brass, HTH delivered a dynamically charged set of literate indie rock that filtered the free-associative wordplay of Guided By Voices through the antediluvian old-time feel of the Decemberists.</p>


publish_on: 2007-06-06 15:52:45
title: Exclaim!
date: 2007-06-06
source_url: http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/latestsub.aspx?csid1=111&csid2=870&fid1=25937
body:
<p>They are a band full of contradictions. With guitar, strings, keyboards and brass all at the band&rsquo;s disposal, they&rsquo;ve created some wonderful arrangements that are crowded yet manage to retain a surprising amount of clarity... There&rsquo;s just so much potential on display here that it is hard not to be excited about Hallelujah The Hills.</p>


publish_on: 2008-05-01 16:04:01
title: Exclaim!
date: 2008-05-01
source_url: http://www.exclaim.ca/musicreviews/generalreview.aspx?csid1=121&csid2=850&fid1=31103
body:
<p>Considering it&rsquo;s a free download, [<em>Prepare To Qualify</em>] is remarkably good and elegantly demonstrates just why the band&rsquo;s debut album won such high praise&hellip;</p>


publish_on: 2009-09-24 16:23:29
title: Blurt Online
date: 2009-09-24
source_url: http://www.blurt-online.com/reviews/view/1494/
body:
<p>&hellip;it's Walsh and his compadres conjuring a rough-hewn classic out of homey materials. Great stuff.</p>


publish_on: 2008-05-05 16:38:09
title: Tracer
date: 2008-05-05
source_url: http://www.tracermagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=49
body:
<p>There is an element of cacaphony in <em>Prepare to Qualify</em>, but it keeps you guessing. It keeps you captivated all the while wondering, &ldquo;Why in the hell am I so interested?&rdquo; Just keep listening - it&rsquo;ll hit you eventually, and I guarantee you&rsquo;ll keep coming back to it.</p>


publish_on: 2008-04-08 16:40:10
title: The Weekly Dig
date: 2008-04-08
source_url: http://www.weeklydig.com/arts-entertainment/music/cd-reviews/200804/hellelujah-hills
body:
<p>Their layered, anthemic vocals and raw sound (trumpets!) combine for a warm, welcoming fireplace-rock sound that you want to spoon with.</p>


publish_on: 2008-04-15 16:53:29
title: The Boston Phoenix
date: 2008-04-15
source_url: http://thephoenix.com/Boston/music/59774-hallelujah-the-hills-ho-ag/
body:
<p>For a few moments during Hallelujah the Hills&rsquo; EP release show on Saturday, everything seemed to dissolve into blissful madness. Members of HTH and Ho-Ag crammed simultaneously, almost comically, onto Great Scott&rsquo;s tiny stage in a collision of bodies, instruments, blaring sounds and styles.</p>


publish_on: 2008-09-05 16:56:19
title: The Boston Phoenix
date: 2008-09-05
source_url: http://thephoenix.com/Boston/Music/67875-SILVER-JEWS/
body:
<p>[The Silver Jews] followed an energetic set from Hallelujah the Hills &mdash; loud and non-showy with six dudes on stage including a trumpeter, a cellist, and a thunderous drummer who pounds with such force he&rsquo;s regularly launched off his stool.</p>


publish_on: 2009-11-24 18:39:46
title: Prefix
date: 2009-11-24
source_url: http://www.prefixmag.com/photos/times-new-viking-hallelujah-the-hills-and-the-axem
body:
<p>Boston's own Hallelujah the Hills wrapped up a five week tour and were tighter than Glenn Beck's throbbing forehead vein.</p>


publish_on: 2009-10-01 18:47:55
title: Erasing Clouds
date: 2009-10-01
source_url: http://www.erasingclouds.com/wk0709hth.html
body:
<p><em>Colonial Drones</em> has a big sound, upward movement, punchy hooks, singalong choruses and the tightness of a touring band.</p>


publish_on: 2007-06-30 18:50:38
title: Erasing Clouds
date: 2007-06-30
source_url: http://www.erasingclouds.com/wk1207hallelujah.html
body:
<p>There&rsquo;s perfect pop melodies hidden in the rock frames of numbers like &ldquo;Wave Backwards to Massachusetts&rdquo;, but there&rsquo;s some strange drifts of folksy surrealism throughout the album as well.</p>


publish_on: 2008-08-13 16:38:09
title: Pitchfork
date: 2008-08-13
source_url: http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12068-prepare-to-qualify-ep/
body:
<p>Read further into interviews with Walsh, and he frequently brings up Davids Lynch, Byrne, and Foster Wallace. Walsh identifies with their work and shares, in a small way, their desire to leave ends unraveled, to create scenes without pushing them toward a conclusion. This is&nbsp;<em>Prepare To Qualify</em>'s unifying and best aspect.</p>


publish_on: 2010-08-16 22:47:17
title: CT Indie
date: 2010-07-13
source_url: http://www.ctindie.com/2010/07/titus-andronicus-hallelujah-hills-and.html
body:
<p>There's an epic quality to everything they do, and the set at large benefited from the same careful arc that's found on a smaller scale within each song.</p>


publish_on: 2010-08-16 23:45:18
title: Ampeater Review
date: 2010-07-08
source_url: http://ampeatermusic.com/aem109
body:
<p>Hallelujah the Hills&rsquo;s lyrics are full of couplets that are clever and funny and touching and use words that you have probably not recently heard in a rock song, like, say, <em>documentarian</em> or <em>cohorts,</em> without sacrificing any of the rhythm that lyrics have to have to carry a rock song. AND they have loud guitars. What more could you ask for?</p>


publish_on: 2012-04-01 21:32:27
title: MTVHive
date: 2012-03-30
source_url: http://read.mtvhive.com/2012/03/30/hallelujah-the-hills-get-me-in-a-room-song-premiere/
body:
<p>[&ldquo;Get Me In A Room&rdquo;] builds to the sort of manic rock explosion that the singer describes as &ldquo;a pep talk to myself,&rdquo; where confines of a room seems metaphorical at best.</p>


publish_on: 2012-05-20 23:05:24
title: Weekly Dig
date: 2012-05-18
source_url: http://digboston.com/listen/2012/05/hallelujah-the-hills-no-one-knows-what-happens-next/
body:
<p>This is thinking outside the box with a lot of moving parts, but sonically, it comes together gorgeously in a start-to-finish listen.</p>


publish_on: 2012-05-20 23:05:24
title: Prefix
date: 2012-04-27
source_url:
http://www.prefixmag.com/media/hallelujah-the-hills/hungry-ghost-extraordinaire-prefix-premiere/64721/

body:
<p>It's a great introduction to <em>No One Knows What Will Happen Next</em>, and despite the warning in that title, and even if we don't know yet what that album will be, "Hungry Ghost Extraordinaire" is surely a good omen.</p>


publish_on: 2012-05-21 21:57:03
title: Prefix
date: 2012-05-21
source_url: http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/hallelujah-the-hills/no-one-knows-what-happens-next/65248/
body:
<p>The clarity of this record is a daring move for a band that has existed so firmly in the gauze, but it pays off at nearly every turn...they've also gone ahead and made their best record.</p>


publish_on: 2012-08-17 16:17:26
title: Exclaim!
date: 2012-05-22
source_url: http://exclaim.ca/Reviews/PopAndRock/hallelujah_hills-no_one_knows_what_happens_next
body:
<p>There is more introspection on display than usual, especially in the lyrics, but Hallelujah The Hills have simply grown into the band they always threatened to become. This is a happy ending for all involved.</p>


publish_on: 2012-08-17 16:20:52
title: Stereo Typing
date: 2012-07-28
source_url: http://www.stereotypingmusic.com/2012/07/stream-hallelujah-hills-no-one-knows.html
body:
<p>Hallelujah the Hills have always been one of the great hidden gems of beantown. With their new release, I am ready to proclaim them as one of the most underrated bands in the country</p>


publish_on: 2012-08-17 16:23:04
title: NYCTaper
date: 2012-07-02
source_url: http://www.nyctaper.com/?p=10091
body:
<p>Obviously, the talents of band members Brian Rutledge on horns and David Bentley on cello are a highlight and make a delicate song like &ldquo;Care to Collapse&rdquo; or &ldquo;Hungry Ghost Extraordinaire&rdquo; among the most memorable and recognizable songs, both from the album and live.</p>


publish_on: 2013-02-21 09:39:03
title: Music For Robots
date: 2013-02-18
source_url: http://music.for-robots.com/how-i-feel-for-you-now/
body:
<p>They&rsquo;ve been here the whole time, releasing albums, EPs, singles; growing changing, adapting and never losing the thread that made them great.</p>


publish_on: 2013-05-07 22:56:02
title: Bucket Full Of Nails
date: 2013-05-06
source_url:
http://bucketfullofnails.com/2013/05/06/review-hallalejah-the-hills-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-trashcan/

body:
<p>Much like a good work of fiction,&nbsp;<em>Portrait of the Artist as a Young Trashcan</em> warrants return visits. I&rsquo;m already picturing dog-eared copies of this album years from now.</p>


publish_on: 2013-05-22 15:44:52
title: Captain's Dead
date: 2013-05-17
source_url: http://captainsdead.com/hallelujah-the-hills-three-minute-mark.html
body:
<p>They just put out a odds and sods double record that is made up of b-sides, non album tracks, etc and god damn if it aint better than most bands/artists real records.</p>


publish_on: 2013-05-22 15:44:52
title: clicky clicky music
date: 2013-05-08
source_url: http://jbreitling.blogspot.com/2013/05/todays-hotness-hallelujah-hills-broken.html
body:
<p>A brilliant lyricist and a cracking coterie of collaborators and it's easy to see why there's gold at every turn here.</p>


publish_on: 2013-11-06 21:48:40
title: clicky clicky music
date: 2013-10-02
source_url: http://jbreitling.blogspot.com/2013/10/show-us-yours-19-hallelujah-hills.html
body:
<p>Mr. Walsh, the leader of Boston indie rock greats&nbsp;Hallelujah The Hills, is both smarter than your average bear and -- probably by a wider margin -- smarter than your average songwriter, and he writes, among other things,&nbsp;songs about writing songs that are not, you know, really just songs about writing songs.</p>


publish_on: 2013-11-06 21:53:14.545000
title: BDCwire
date: 2013-10-11
source_url:
http://bdcwire.com/hallelujah-the-hills-returns-debuts-exclusive-demo-for-album-to-be-recorded-sleepaway-camp-style/

body:
<p>Get your first taste of the album now with an exclusive demo of &ldquo;Pick Up an Old Phone&rdquo; and find out what the band is planning for its new release.</p>


publish_on: 2014-05-05 15:53:27
title: PopMatters
date: 2014-05-05
body: <p>Another giant step forward</p>
source_url:
http://www.popmatters.com/feature/181468-now-hear-this-hallelujah-the-hills-have-you-ever-done-something-evil/


publish_on: 2014-05-01 15:57:47
title: Spin
date: 2014-05-01
source_url: http://www.spin.com/articles/hallelujah-the-hills-do-you-have-romantic-courage-video/
body:
<p>It might just take the enduring strength of their forthcoming full-length Have You Ever Done Something Evil? to bring their long-deserving recognition.</p>


publish_on: 2014-12-18 22:18:19.542000
title: Bucket Full of Nails
date: 2014-05-13
body: <p>A band at the top of its game</p>
source_url:
http://bucketfullofnails.com/2014/05/13/review-hallelujah-the-hills-have-you-ever-done-something-evil/


publish_on: 2014-12-18 22:19:12
title: The Line of Best Fit
date: 2014-05-06
body: <p>Dizzying, heaving at its brim, full of ideas both lyrical and musical</p>
source_url:
http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/reviews/albums/hallelujah-the-hills-have-you-ever-done-something-evil


publish_on: 2014-12-18 22:19:49
title: WBUR
date: 2014-05-27
body: <p>Infuses euphoric melodies with lyrical wit and imagination</p>
source_url:
https://artery.wbur.org/2014/05/27/the-hallelujah-the-hills-interview-worst-gig-ever-romance-and-rock-n-roll


publish_on: 2015-01-04 09:02:15
title: 2014 Bests and Favorites
date: 2015-01-01
body:
<p><a href="http://www.popmatters.com/feature/188578-the-top-10-overlooked-albums-of-2014/">#1 - Popmatters Overlooked Records of the Year</a> <br /><a href="http://captainsdead.com/captains-deads-favorite-record-year-part-1-4.html">#1 - Captains Dead records of the year</a> <br /><a href="http://popheadwound.tumblr.com/post/106671631538/its-become-way-too-hard-and-not-as-fulfilling">#1 - Pop HeadWound Albums Of The Year</a> <br /><a href="http://www.beat-surrender.com/2014/12/18/beat-surrender-best-of-2014-rock-indie-pop-1-to-10/">#3 - Beat Surrender's best rock/pop/indie of the year</a> <br /><a href="http://www.onechord.net/2014/12/21/top-30-albums-of-the-year-2014-internation-edition-part-two-15-1/">#6 - One Chord to Another's Top 30 Albums of the year</a> <br /><a href="https://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/guestlisted/2014/12/your_new_years_eve_super_sonic_binge_the_top_214_songs_of">#12 &amp; #54 Top Songs Of 2014 - The Boston Herald</a> <br /><a href="http://www.mille-feuille.fr/Modules/Articles/Fiche/?article_id=77">#4 webzine millefeuille Top Albums 2014</a> <br /><a href="http://doomandgloomfromthetomb.tumblr.com/">Doom &amp; Gloom from the Tomb - Best Of 2014</a> <br /><a href="https://www.mergerecords.com/2014-year-end-lists-mike-caulo-merge-publicist">Merge Records Staff Lists - Favorites of 2014</a> <br /><a href="http://www.bradleysalmanac.com/?p=2390">Bradley's Almanac - Favorite LPs of the year</a> <br /><a href="http://www.earwolf.com/episode/best-of-music/">Improv4Humans Podcast - Best of Music</a> <br /><a href="http://bboyz1970-cafecopaypuro.blogspot.com/2014/12/los-40-discos-inmortales-del-2014-del_19.html">Cafe Copa Y Puro - Discos Inmortales del 2014</a> <br /><a href="http://www.newsreview.com/chico/2014-year-in-music/content?oid=15836318">#3 The Year In Music - NewsReview</a> <br /><a href="http://oceansneverlisten.blogspot.com/2014/12/best-songs-of-2014.html">Best Songs of the Year - Oceans Never Listen</a> <br /><a href="http://www.mattbesser.com/?page_id=19">Upright Citizen's Brigade Founder Matt Besser's Best of 2014</a></p>


publish_on: 2015-04-16 06:14:44.284000
title: Aquarium Drunkard
date: 2015-03-19
source_url: http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2015/03/19/hallelujah-the-hills-have-you-ever-done-something-evil/
body:
<p>Few do it with the style and imagination of Hallelujah the Hills. [It's] is a blast from start to finish, every minute packed with hooky twists and turns. Mastermind Ryan Walsh can write a hell of a chorus, too, hitting plenty of Pollard-ian, singalong sweet spots over the album&rsquo;s 12 tunes.</p>


publish_on: 2015-04-16 06:17:53.577000
title: Stereogum
date: 2015-03-25
body: <p>A hometown cult following and pockets of hardcore fans scattered throughout the country.</p>
source_url:
http://www.stereogum.com/1789511/hallelujah-the-hills-destroy-this-poem-video-stereogum-premiere/video/


publish_on: 2016-01-05 07:17:42
title: Boston.com
date: 2015-12-27
body: <p>Boston Legends</p>
source_url:
http://www.boston.com/entertainment/2015/12/27/every-place-boston-see-live-music-new-year-eve/TRFxLGqK2S5WxkXJ4eQpdN/story.html


publish_on: 2016-01-05 07:18:57.324000
title: Boston Herald
date: 2015-12-25
body: <p>The kind of punk rock you&rsquo;d expect on stage at the roadhouse from 'Twin Peaks'</p>
source_url:
http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/2015/12/rock_like_it_s_2016_the_best_shows_for_your_buck_on_new_year_s_eve


publish_on: 2016-01-05 07:20:22.044000
title: DigBoston
date: 2015-12-30
source_url: https://digboston.com/so-this-is-the-new-year-when-and-where-to-see-live-music-on-new-years-eve/
body:
<p>The best of folk punk, alt-rock, and political-style punches somewhere between Titus Andronicus and the Hold Steady.</p>


publish_on: 2016-04-10 14:00:38.134000
title: If It's Too Loud...
date: 2016-04-07
source_url: http://www.ifitstooloud.com/2016/04/hallelujah-hills-what-do-people-want.html
body:
<p>Hallelujah the Hills know they have something special here, and that 2016 just might be their year.</p>


publish_on: 2016-04-10 14:13:17
title: Wake the Deaf
date: 2016-03-03
source_url: http://www.wakethedeaf.co.uk/2016/03/03/hallelujah-the-hills-a-band-is-something-to-figure-out/
body:
<p>their fifth album...is cause for much excitement around these parts [and] promises to see the act once more in full flow.</p>


publish_on: 2016-04-10 14:16:11.256000
title: Captain's Dead
date: 2016-03-24
source_url: http://captainsdead.com/hallelujah-hills-girl-electronics-inside-premiere.html
body:
<p>get ready to have hallelujah the hills fill up those pretty little ear holes with what i like to refer to as musical tacos</p>


publish_on: 2016-04-10 14:18:19.082000
title: PopMatters
date: 2016-04-04
source_url:
http://www.popmatters.com/post/hallelujah-the-hills-a-band-is-something-to-figure-out-album-stream-premier/

body:
<p>The band is constantly figuring itself out anew, and this record has an infectious sense of discovery about it.</p>


publish_on: 2016-04-10 14:20:58.037000
title: DigBoston
date: 2016-03-22
body:
<p>bold riffs with emotional lyrics, and storytelling with the gusto of your biggest friend crush</p>


publish_on: 2016-04-12 02:05:05.994000
title: Clicky Clicky Music
date: 2016-04-11
source_url: http://jbreitling.blogspot.com/2016/04/review-hallelujah-hills-band-is.html
body:
<p>Massachusetts indie rock institution Hallelujah The Hills' [fifth record] is called <cite>A Band Is Something To Figure Out</cite>, but it could just as easily be called <cite>This Is What It Sounds Like When A Rock Band Has It All Figured Out</cite>&hellip;Rock frameworks that reliably stretch to accommodate subversive, irreverent impulses&hellip;The band's best outing to date.</p>


publish_on: 2016-05-06 09:40:45
title: Wake The Deaf
date: 2016-04-26
source_url: http://www.wakethedeaf.co.uk/2016/04/26/hallelujah-hills-band-something-figure-2/
body:
<p>There’s a lot of postmodern confusion on <cite>A Band is Something to Figure Out</cite>, but Hallelujah the Hills are post-postmodern, reconstructing the human experience through sheer enthusiasm, using their joyous hooks and choruses as earnest expressions of emotion rather than ironic juxtapositions.</p>


publish_on: 2016-05-06 09:50:42
title: The Boston Globe
date: 2016-05-04
source_url:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2016/05/04/hallelujah-hills-maintain-winning-streak/EF7rgmyd3P6pW0RJ98rSjJ/story.html

body:
<p>Hallelujah the Hills has racked up its share of war stories through more than 10 years of making music on the Boston scene, accruing a body of work that reflects Walsh’s interest in energetic, sometimes-shambolic rock music with a sly sense of humor embedded within.</p>


publish_on: 2016-05-08 17:14:09
title: DigBoston
date: 2016-04-20
source_url: https://digboston.com/video-premiere-hallelujah-the-hills-the-mountain-that-wanted-more/
body:
<p>Hallelujah The Hills’ fifth full-length album&hellip;brings their flavor of indie rock back to our ears so we can do air guitar in our bedrooms and learn new lyrics to scream live. There’s chipper synth, succinct drums, and Walsh’s rounded tone of voice that never ruffles your feathers the wrong way.</p>


publish_on: 2016-05-08 17:22:01
title: The Ash Gray Proclamation
date: 2016-04-13
source_url: https://theashgrayproclamation.com/2016/04/13/hallelujah-the-hills-a-band-is-something-to/
body:
<p>One constant for Hallelujah The Hills is their ability to push their sound into new exciting directions with each successive release.</p>


publish_on: 2016-05-23 22:36:54
title: DigBoston
date: 2016-05-12
source_url: https://digboston.com/the-gospel-of-rock-hallelujah-the-hills-still-slay-over-ten-years-later/
body:
<p>In Boston, a city ripe with remarkable rock acts&hellip;local treasure Hallelujah The Hills sits at the top of that throne.</p>


publish_on: 2016-05-23 22:41:42.138000
title: Metro Boston
date: 2016-05-13
source_url: http://www.metro.us/boston/visit-the-belladonna-of-sadness/zsJpem---lffblSBCYXkVI/
body:
<p>A must-listen for fans of classic, cathartic American indie rock. 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.</p>


publish_on: 2016-06-20 09:53:49
title: Bandcamp Daily
date: 2016-06-14
body:
<p><a href="https://daily.bandcamp.com/2016/06/14/fan-interviews-hallelujah-the-hills/">Fan Interviews: Hallelujah the Hills</a>
<br>Jon Doyle (of Wake The Deaf) interviews Ryan Walsh.
</p>


publish_on: 2016-06-30 10:38:39
title: Boston Herald
date: 2016-06-27
source_url:
http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/guestlisted/2016/06/guestlisted_premiere_hallelujah_the_hills_new_video

body:
<p>The band got right back to cooking up the weird, wonderful indie rock we’ve come to love from them for ten years.</p>


publish_on: 2015-11-13 22:29:16
title: The Ash Gray Proclamation
date: 2015-11-13
body:
<p><a href="https://theashgrayproclamation.com/2015/11/13/10-years-of-hallelujah-the-hills-an-interview/">10 Years of Hallelujah the Hills: An Interview with Ryan Walsh</a>
<blockquote>In that time the band has been responsible for some our favorite recorded moments. </blockquote></p>


publish_on: 2011-01-21 22:35:49
title: The Ash Gray Proclamation
date: 2011-01-21
source_url: http://evilspeakers.blogspot.com/2011/01/hallelujah-hills-capstan-shafts-january.html
body:
<p>&hellip;our expectations were high to hear the yet to be recorded material as well as selections from the bands impressive back catalog and HTH did not disappoint.</p>


publish_on: 2018-12-15 22:35:17
title: If It's Too Loud...
date: 2018-12-14
source_url: http://www.ifitstooloud.com/2018/11/hallelujah-hills-against-electricity.html
body:
There are two things Boston's Hallelujah the Hills do incredibly well: Catchy roots based rock songs and experimental instrumental noise rock. Their sixth album, Against Electricty, was just released yesterday and it fits squarely in the latter category.


publish_on: 2018-12-15 22:36:51.191000
title: Aquarium Drunkard
date: 2018-12-03
source_url: https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2018/12/03/bandcamping-winter-2018/
body:
All kinds of interesting textures and atmospheres happening. HTH doesn’t bother really going for a particular Astral Weeks-y vibe and wisely avoids late-60s psych cliches – maybe the most overt “reference” is the (excellent) “Rayrunner” rave-up. I’ll let you guess what that one sounds like!


publish_on: 2018-12-15 22:38:19.122000
title: WGBH
date: 2018-11-29
body: Hallelujah The Hills is a band that radiates the essence of Boston indie rock
source_url:
https://www.wgbh.org/music/indie/2018/11/29/grand-ideas-rock-wizards-and-the-silent-scorn-of-van-morrison-the-inspiring-dumb-confidence-of-ryan-h-walsh?fbclid=IwAR30ZdbZc-GTWCWoiu9O0oqOfBSrq6UpCd-ivd9


publish_on: 2019-11-15 10:31:00
title: Chunky Glasses
date: 2019-11-12
body: The band's magnum opus.
source_url:
http://www.chunkyglasses.com/content/episode-455-in-conversation-with-ryan-walsh-hallelujah-the-hills


publish_on: 2019-11-15 10:34:42.761000
title: WBUR
date: 2019-11-11
source_url: https://www.wbur.org/artery/2019/11/11/hallelujah-the-hills-im-you-album
body:
A Ginsberg-esque telling of present day America backed by a band with a similar chaotic synchronicity as the band from Ziggy Stardust.


publish_on: 2019-11-15 10:37:15
title: The Boston Herald
date: 2019-11-15
source_url: https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/11/15/perfect-songs-for-long-dark-days-of-fall/
body:
Somehow every song on “I’m You” has an equal-but-totally-different energy.
Ryan Walsh is one of the only rock musicians capable of writing songs about writing songs.


publish_on: 2019-11-25 10:28:30.387000
title: If It's Too Loud...
date: 2019-11-19
source_url: https://www.ifitstooloud.com/2019/11/first-listen-new-releases-for-15.html
body:
In the right circumstance, could let the rest of the world know what those of us in the area already learned.


publish_on: 2019-11-26 10:39:59.944000
title: One Chord To Another
date: 2019-11-24
body: Might well be the best one as a whole...buy the whole gorgeous record.
source_url:
https://www.onechord.net/2019/11/24/andy-shauf-gabriel-birnbaum-hallelujah-the-hills-and-little-scream/


publish_on: 2019-11-26 11:00:31.539000
title: Basic Folk Podcast
date: 2019-11-07
source_url: https://cindyhowes.net/2019/11/07/basic-folk-46-ryan-walsh-of-hallelujah-the-hills/
body:
Ryan Walsh has always held an interest in history and folk music. Please enjoy this conversation with one of my favorite humans.


publish_on: 2019-11-26 11:12:51
title: Ryan on his bandmates
date: 2019-11-15
source_url: https://www.facebook.com/hallelujahthehills/photos/a.80995054836/10157770503509837/
body:
A lot of the reviews, press and interviews for the band center around me, but I wanted to write a little something about how incredible my bandmates are as collaborators and friends.


publish_on: 2019-12-11 01:38:38.387000
title: The Remote Post
date: 2019-11-26
source_url: https://theremotepost.blog/2019/11/26/the-remote-post-albums-of-november-2019/
body:
I also happened upon stunning new record from Hallelujah Hills, a band I knew little about, but already feel a deep-rooted connection, as if I’ve been listening for years.


publish_on: 2019-12-11 01:39:17.109000
title: Sputnik Music
date: 2019-11-25
source_url: https://www.sputnikmusic.com/soundoff.php?albumid=340389
body:
If you thought the best of the decade was over you might want to think twice. I'm You is a rich and stunning slice of Americana rock 'n' roll and relatable, earnest storytelling.


publish_on: 2019-12-11 01:40:10.773000
title: Aarik Danielsen
date: 2019-12-06
source_url: https://www.facebook.com/aarikdanielsenwrites/posts/779701049121023
body:
I was absolutely astonished. This is a beautiful, visceral document made at the intersection of folk and indie-rock. Some of the most refreshing songs I've heard all year.


publish_on: 2019-12-17 00:31:18
title: Exile Magazine
date: 2019-12-15
source_url: http://www.exileshmagazine.com/2019/12/hallelujah-hills-im-you-2019.html
body:
No solo es el mejor disco hasta la fecha de Hallelujah The Hills, además es uno de los mejores discos de rock americano de los últimos años


publish_on: 2019-12-17 00:31:52.550000
title: The Boston Globe
date: 2019-12-12
body: The result is an album unlike anything Hallelujah the Hills has done.
source_url:
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2019/12/13/arts/another-true-story-hallelujah-hills-frontman-ryan-walsh/


publish_on: 2019-12-17 00:33:49.908000
title: If It's Too Loud...
date: 2019-12-10
source_url: http://www.ifitstooloud.com/2019/12/kens-best-of-2019-6-hallelujah-hills-im.html
body:
It's somehow weirder but more accessible at the same time. You get the feeling that are just going to do whatever they want from here on out. If that's the case, count us in.


publish_on: 2019-12-31 22:06:45.700000
title: Allston Pudding
date: 2019-12-19
source_url: http://allstonpudding.com/interview-preview-dont-freak-out-hallelujah-the-hills-is-you/
body:
<cite>I’m You</cite> has generated a veritable buzz among both critics and longtime fans&hellip; an anthemic collection that is simultaneously outward-looking and introspective.


publish_on: 2019-12-31 22:10:40.001000
title: Ryan's Smashing Life
date: 2019-12-17
source_url: http://www.rslblog.com/2019/12/running-hot-with-fate.html
body:
The new record is less than a month in the books and it's already one of my favorite records of 2019. I highly recommend it.


publish_on: 2019-12-31 22:13:14.924000
title: Dig Boston
date: 2019-12-19
source_url:
https://digboston.com/stick-to-the-plan-hallelujah-the-hills-went-through-hell-but-returned-for-seventh-lp/

body:
A deep and encompassing sound that pulls you in by the ears and spins you for a walk through bursts of thoughtful lyrics and enchanting harmonies, all built within the framework of firm rock beats


publish_on: 2019-12-31 22:22:06
title: 2019 Bests and Favorites
date: 2019-12-31
body:
<p>
Album of the Year - <a href="https://gloriousnoise.com/2019/album-of-the-year-hallelujah-the-hills-im-you">Glorious Noise</a>
<br />
Top Albums of 2019 - <a href="http://www.rslblog.com/2020/01/my-albums-of-year-2019.html">Ryan's Smashing Life</a>
<br />
Best of 2019 - <a href="http://www.mattbesser.com/?page_id=19">Matt Besser</a>
<br />
Best of 2019: "Folk Music Is Insane" - <a href="https://www.beat-surrender.com/best-of-2019-rock-
pop-indie/">Beat Surrender</a>
<br />
Best of 2019 - <a href="https://hi54.blog/content/the-hi54-bandcamp-shuffle-20x19">HI54</a>
<br />
The Top 25 Albums of 2019 - <a href="https://adiversesound.wordpress.com/2019/12/18/the-top-25-albums-of-2019/">A Diverse Sound</a>
<br />  
#1 Album of The Year - <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ClickyClickyMusicBlog/photos/a.709278452435813/2865848236778813/">Clicky Clicky Music Blog</a>
<br />  
Top 10 albums of the year - <a href="https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/12/27/top-10-albums-of-the-year-a-fun-provocative-mix/">The Boston Herald</a>
</p>


publish_on: 2020-01-20 14:06:41.010000
title: Americana UK
date: 2020-01-06
source_url: https://americana-uk.com/hallelujah-the-hills-im-you-discrete-pageantry-records-2019
body:
Lyrically, the album is a rabbit hole, the words begging to be repeatedly listened to in order to savour them while the band whips up some excellent moments.


publish_on: 2020-01-20 14:12:01.195000
title: Rock & More by Addison de Witt
date: 2020-01-15
source_url: https://www.rockampmorebyaddisondewitt.com/2020/01/hallelujah-hills-im-you-2019.html?spref=fb
body:
lo importante es la belleza que destilan estas canciones, gracias a su exquisita silueta melódica y a un sonido rico y suntuoso


publish_on: 2020-01-20 14:19:24.065000
title: One Chord To Another
date: 2020-01-05
source_url: https://www.onechord.net/2020/01/05/100-favourite-albums-of-the-year-2019-part-four/
body:
This rock thing ain’t so bad, especially if it’s done by one of the finest American rock bands. Such a great record.


publish_on: 2021-03-23 12:53:52.535000
title: Vanyaland
date: 2020-09-04
source_url:
https://vanyaland.com/2020/09/04/hallelujah-the-hills-prescribe-a-spontaneous-single-to-help-save-great-scott/

body:
Despite being completed during such a short spell, “Popular Anti​-​Depressants of the 21st Century” still authentically bears the burden of 2020’s constant mourning.


publish_on: 2021-03-23 12:57:55
title: Boing Boing
date: 2020-10-30
source_url:
https://boingboing.net/2020/10/30/a-wonderfully-eerie-stop-motion-silent-film-about-a-ghost-falling-through-the-multiverse.html

body:
The stop-motion music video for their song "The Memory Tree"&hellip;is a genuine joy, with the song acting as a perfect as a swelling score.


publish_on: 2021-03-23 13:02:18
title: Vanyaland
date: 2021-03-12
source_url: https://vanyaland.com/2021/03/12/the-last-show-hallelujah-the-hills-at-club-603-in-baltimore/
body:
We talk to [Hallelujah The Hills] about their last traditional live appearance before the pandemic hit.


publish_on: 2021-03-23 13:07:05.083000
title: These Subtle Sounds
date: 2021-03-14
source_url: https://thesesubtlesounds.com/fine-but-not-okay-with-hallelujah-the-hills/
body:
Hallelujah the Hills brings a constant raucousness to their shows, a nonstop thread of energy and exultation that cannot help but filter through all the noise, to break right into the moment and carry an entire audience on their sonic shoulders.


publish_on: 2022-09-09 00:00:00
title: If It's Too Loud
date: 2022-07-14
source_url: https://www.ifitstooloud.com/2022/07/hallelujah-hills-superglued-to-you.html
body:
I don't think any band is releasing consistently great music quite like Hallelujah the Hills are...The band isn't saying what Superglued to You is a part of yet, but we can't wait for it.


publish_on: 2022-09-09 00:00:00
title: Rosy Overdrive
date: 2022-08-08
source_url: https://rosyoverdrive.wordpress.com/2022/08/08/new-playlist-july-2022/
body:
Musically, we’re a long way since 2007, but 'Superglued to You' is as good as anything from Hallelujah the Hills’ Collective Psychosis Begone.


publish_on: 2022-09-09 00:00:00
title: Glorious Noise
date: 2022-09-13
source_url: https://gloriousnoise.com/2022/new-hallelujah-the-hills-video-superglued-to-you
body:
Is this going to be the official follow-up to I’m You, or something else? We’ll see. Until then, we’ll be playing this new song on repeat.


publish_on: 2022-09-05 09:48:21.532000
title: QRO
date: 2022-08-03
source_url: https://www.qromag.com/nice-a-fest-day-three-recap/
body:
There is a kind of inner momentum to a HTH’s show (and most of their songs) that builds up over time, and grabs you, and pulls you along. When it was time to play the last song, the crowd wasn’t ready to let them.


publish_on: 2023-12-08 00:34:30.544000
title: Boston.com
date: 2023-12-01
source_url:
https://www.boston.com/culture/events/2023/12/01/15-must-see-concerts-at-bostons-smaller-music-venues-during-winter-2023-24/

body:
Hallelujah the Hills has established itself as one of the most admired Boston-based rock bands
of the 2000s. Fronted by singer, songwriter, guitarist, journalist and author Ryan H. Walsh, the
sextet won more or less universal — and international — acclaim for its ambitious 2019 epic,
&ldquo;I’m You&rdquo;. Last September, Walsh announced that the band would begin work on DECK, which would comprise &ldquo;52 songs, one for each card. 4 thirteen-song albums, one for each suit.&rdquo;


publish_on: 2023-12-08 00:36:36.146000
title: Dusted
date: 2023-11-01
source_url: https://addtowantlist.com/index.php/2023/11/01/dusted-the-10-best-cover-songs-of-october-2023/
body:
A present-day and important subject, proceeds that will be donated to Doctors without
Borders, cover art by Robert Coburn from a poster contest run by Avant Garde magazine in
1967, but above all a beautiful, subdued version by Boston’s indie rock band Hallelujah The
Hills. Respect.


publish_on: 2023-12-08 00:37:35.800000
title: Connecticut Examiner
date: 2023-10-01
source_url: https://ctexaminer.com/2023/10/01/the-rundown-live-music-in-october-2/
body:
A staple of the Boston music scene, Hallelujah The Hills have been waving the indie rock
flag out of that city for nearly 20 years. With Ryan H. Walsh as the creative nucleus, the
band has been heralded for their approach to songwriting and their ability to make the
reader feel something.


# music_release

slug: collective-psychosis-begone
publish_on: 2007-06-01 19:34:26
title: Collective Psychosis Begone
date: 2007-06-05
cover_url: https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/cpb_cover.jpg
description:
<p>Available on:
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/collective-psychosis-begone/id435836763">iTunes</a>,
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005DKYMZ6">Amazon</a>,
<a href="https://play.spotify.com/album/3y0XAcEI867TrIHLv7gSiA">Spotify</a>,
<a href="https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Hallelujah_the_Hills_Collective_Psychosis_Begone?id=Bgiprmdu4gp5khdbgboxwsqoik4">Google Play</a>
<br>Released by Misra Records</p>

credits:
<p>Recorded March&ndash;September 2006<br />Drums recorded by Eric Penna, Lifted And Gifted Studios<br />Produced &amp; mixed by Ryan Walsh<br />Mastered by Jeff Lipton, Peerless Mastering<br />Artwork by Ryan Walsh<br />All songs written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
<p>The Band: David Bentley, Matthew Brown, Joseph Marrett, Eric Meyer, Brian Rutledge, Ryan Walsh</p>
<p>Guests: Evan Sicuranza, David Michael Curry, Lilian Belknap, Derek Mueller, Deirdre Ilkson</p>

player_code:
<iframe style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1379916105/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=none/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/collective-psychosis-begone">Collective Psychosis Begone by Hallelujah The Hills</a></iframe>


slug: prepare-to-qualify
publish_on: 2008-04-08 12:25:04
title: Prepare To Qualify EP
date: 2008-04-08
cover_url: https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/ptq_cover.jpg
description:
<p>Included on <cite><a href="/music/portrait/">Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Trash Can </a></cite>. <br>Released by  Discrete Pageantry Records.</p>

credits:
<p>Produced &amp; mixed by Ryan Walsh<br />Mastered by Jeff Lipton, Peerless Mastering<br />Artwork by Ryan Walsh</p>
<p>The Band: David Bentley, Elio DeLuca, Joseph Marrett, Eric Meyer, Brian Rutledge, Ryan Walsh</p>


slug: colonial-drones
publish_on: 2009-07-06 09:32:58
title: Colonial Drones
date: 2009-09-22
cover_url: https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/drones_cover.jpg
description:
<p>Available on:
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/colonial-drones/id435829429">iTunes</a>,
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B005DJSOZQ">Amazon</a>,
<a href="https://play.spotify.com/album/4jlUy40UKx1UxiNnkgcipj">Spotify</a>,
<a href="https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Hallelujah_the_Hills_Colonial_Drones?id=Bere4umri4kuxy7bmxwdksvicc4">Google Play</a>
<br>Released by Misra Records.</p>

credits:
<p>Recorded July 2008 &ndash; January 2009 at <a href="http://www.soulshoprecording.com/">The Soul Shop</a>, Medford, MA<br />Produced by Ryan Walsh<br />Recorded by Elio DeLuca<br />Mixed by Elio DeLuca and Ryan Walsh at the Soul Shop<br />Mastered by Jeff Lipton at <a href="http://www.peerlessmastering.com/">Peerless Mastering</a>, Boston, MA<br />Artwork by Ryan Walsh<br />All songs written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2007 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP)</p>
<p>The Band: David Bentley, Elio DeLuca, Joseph Marrett, Eric Meyer, Brian Rutledge, Ryan Walsh</p>

player_code:
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slug: no-one-knows-what-happens-next
publish_on: 2012-04-01 21:08:47
title: No One Knows What Happens Next
date: 2012-05-22
cover_url: https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/nokwhn_cover.jpg
description:
<p>Available on:
<a href="http://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/no-one-knows-what-happens-next">Bandcamp</a>,
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/no-one-knows-what-happens-next/id508218327">iTunes</a>,
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/One-Knows-What-Happens-Next/dp/B007KLY8QY">Amazon</a>,
<a href="https://play.spotify.com/album/1Tv6JULJSILBymJDTQAaCk">Spotify</a>,
<a href="https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Hallelujah_The_Hills_No_One_Knows_What_Happens_Nex?id=B2f6r7cpowkt7gzetnslemz5smm">Google Play</a>
<br>Released by  Discrete Pageantry Records</p>

credits:
<p>Recorded at The Soul Shop, Medford, MA by Elio DeLuca <br /> Tape transfer by Jack Younger at Watch City Studios <br /> Mixed by Rafi Sofer &amp; Ryan Walsh at Q Division <br /> Mastered by Jonathan Wyner at M-Works <br /> All songs written by Ryan Walsh, &copy; 2012 Reverse The Tape Decks (ASCAP) <br /> All songs arranged by Hallelujah The Hills.</p>
<p>Band:</p>
<ul>
<li>David Bentley - cello, guitar, backing vocals </li>
<li>David Bryson - drums </li>
<li>Elio DeLuca - keys, percussion, backing vocals </li>
<li>Joseph Marrett - banjo, cuatro, tambo, backing vocals </li>
<li>Brian Rutledge - trumpet, trombone, backing vocals </li>
<li>Ryan Walsh - guitar, vocals, samples </li>
<li>Nicholas Giadone Ward - bass, backing vocals </li>
</ul>
<p>Guests:</p>
<ul>
<li>Noell Dorsey, Katie Von Schleicher, Leah Hennessy - vocals on 1 and 8 </li>
<li>Mike Fiore - vocals on 3, 4, and 6 </li>
<li>Marissa Nadler - vocals on 4</li>
</ul>

player_code:
<iframe style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=37941206/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=none/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/no-one-knows-what-happens-next">No One Knows What Happens Next by Hallelujah The Hills</a></iframe>


slug: portrait
publish_on: 2013-05-07 21:31:19
title: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Trashcan
date: 2013-05-07
cover_url: https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/portrait_cover.jpg
description:
<p>A collection of singles, B-sides, and unreleased material from our storied &ldquo;career&rdquo;, 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 <a href="https://www.hallelujahthehills.com/portrait/notes.html">song-by-song notes</a>.</p>

<p>Available on:
<a href="http://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-trash-can">Bandcamp</a>,
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/portrait-artist-as-young-trashcan/id641120139">iTunes</a>,
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CJ7FEW6">Amazon</a>,
<a href="https://play.spotify.com/album/4GN0oH6nnIyTUvPR7bmG7y">Spotify</a>,
<a href="https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Hallelujah_The_Hills_Portrait_of_the_Artist_as_a_Y?id=Bexg22lcyt4vybz474thhrfcie4">Google Play</a>
<br>Released by  Discrete Pageantry Records</p>

player_code:
<iframe style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2478133405/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=none/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-trash-can">Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Trash Can by Hallelujah The Hills</a></iframe>


slug: have-you-ever-done-something-evil
publish_on: 2014-03-24 21:22:09
title: Have You Ever Done Something Evil?
date: 2014-05-13
cover_url: https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/hyedse_cover.jpg
description:
<p>Available on:
<a href="http://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/have-you-ever-done-something-evil">Bandcamp</a>, 
<a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/have-you-ever-done-something/id848361094">iTunes</a>, 
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Have-Ever-Done-Something-Evil/dp/B00J8V0R5K">Amazon</a>,
<a href="https://play.spotify.com/album/4GN0oH6nnIyTUvPR7bmG7y">Spotify</a>,
<a href="https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Hallelujah_The_Hills_Have_You_Ever_Done_Something?id=Bgy5dgwclwowkp5wp6433etldp4">Google Play</a>
<br>Released by  Discrete Pageantry Records</p>

<p><a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/have-you-ever-done-something-evil">180-gram vinyl</a> from Re-Vinyl Records available on Bandcamp.</p>

credits:
<p>Recorded at 1809 Studios, Macedon, NY - 1809studios.com<br />Produced by Hallelujah the Hills &amp; Dave Drago<br />Mixed &amp; mastered at Machines With Magnets, Pawtucket, RI by Seth Manchester, Keith Souza, &amp; Ryan Walsh<br />"You Got Fooled" engineered &amp; mixed at Q Division Studios, Somerville, MA by Matt Beaudoin<br />Copyright &copy;2014 Reverse The Tape Decks ASCAP</p>
<p>Band:</p>
<p>Ryan Connelly &ndash; Drums, Vocals<br />Joseph Marrett &ndash; Bass, Vocals<br />Brian Rutledge &ndash; Trumpet, Moog, Vocals<br />Ryan Walsh &ndash; Guitar, Vocals<br />Nicholas Ward &ndash; Bass, Piano, Vocals</p>
<p>Special Guests: Madeline Forster and Dave Drago</p>

player_code:
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slug: juvenile-oratorios-ep
publish_on: 2015-04-06 21:18:49
title: Juvenile Oratorios EP
date: 2014-10-17
credits: <p>Recorded and mixed by Hallelujah The Hills&nbsp;<br />Mastered by Machines With Magnets</p>
cover_url: https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/juvenile_oratorios_cover_large.jpg
description:
<p>Available on <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/juvenile-oratorios-ep">Bandcamp</a>
<br>Released by  Discrete Pageantry Records</p>

player_code:
<iframe style="border: 0; width: 100%; height: 120px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=1568505537/size=large/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=0687f5/tracklist=false/artwork=none/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/juvenile-oratorios-ep">Juvenile Oratorios EP by Hallelujah The Hills</a></iframe>


slug: a-band-is-something-to-figure-out
publish_on: 2016-02-25 11:13:23
title: A Band Is Something To Figure Out
date: 2016-04-12
cover_url: https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/abistfo_cover.jpg
description:
<p>Available on: <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/a-band-is-something-to-figure-out">Bandcamp</a>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/band-is-something-to-figure/id1085805313">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BXHIXP2">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://play.spotify.com/album/6oZg2xH1Apnbm11ato8W2N ">Spotify</a>, <a href="https://play.google.com/store/music/album/Hallelujah_The_Hills_A_Band_Is_Something_to_Figure?id=Bfvtt4ln3a2ds5zxdweehdoowfe">Google Play</a>
<br>Released by  Discrete Pageantry Records</p>
<p><a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/a-band-is-something-to-figure-out">180-gram vinyl</a> from Re-Vinyl Records available on Bandcamp.</p>

credits:
<p>Recorded November 2015 at 1809 Studios, Macedon, NY<br /> <a href="http://1809studios.com">1809studios.com</a></p>
<p>Produced by HTH and Dave Drago<br /> Engineered and mixed by Dave Drago<br /> Studio Assistant: Jacob Walsh</p>
<p>Mastered by Jake Rodenhouse<br /> <a href="http://www.perfectsoundstudios.com/">perfectsoundstudios.com</a></p>
<p>Ryan Connelly &ndash; Drums<br /> Joseph Marrett &ndash; Guitar<br /> Brian Rutledge &ndash; Synthesizer<br /> Ryan H. Walsh &ndash; Guitar, Vocals<br /> Nicholas Giadone Ward &ndash; Bass, Piano</p>
<p>Oh, YOU KNOW everyone sang, including Dave Drago + Jacob Walsh</p>
<p>&copy; 2016 Reverse The Tape Decks ASCAP</p>

player_code:
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slug: movement-scorekeepers
publish_on: 2016-07-04 16:02:16
title: Movement Scorekeepers
date: 2016-07-08
cover_url: https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/movement_scorekeepers_cover.jpg
description:
<p>A lo-fi companion to <cite>A Band Is Something To Figure Out</cite>.
<br><a href="http://www.jealousbutcher.com/products/movement-scorekeepers-ep">Limited-edition, blue vinyl 7"</a> from Jealous Butcher Records</a>.</p>

player_code:
<iframe width="100%" height="150" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/260734404&amp;color=000000&auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_comments=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false&show_playcount=false&show_artwork=false"></iframe>


slug: against-electricity
publish_on: 2018-11-11 22:59:42
title: Against Electricity
date: 2018-11-13
cover_url: https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/against_electricity_cover.jpg
description:
<p>An instrumental album originally created as the soundtrack for the book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Astral-Weeks-Secret-History-1968/dp/0735221340">Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968</a>.</p>

<p>Available on <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/against-electricity">Bandcamp</a>.
<br><a href="https://www.jealousbutcher.com/products/against-electricity">Limited-edition vinyl</a> available from Jealous Butcher Records</a>.
</p>

credits:
<p>Music by Hallelujah The Hills: Ryan Connelly, Dave Curry, Joseph Marrett, Brian Rutledge, Nicholas Ward, Ryan H. Walsh.</p>

<p>With special guests: Dana Colley, Tanya Donelly, Josh Kantor, Marissa Nadler, and Evan Sicuranza.</p>

<p>Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Seth Manchester at Machines with Magnets, Pawtucket RI.</p>

<p>© 2018 Reverse The Tape Decks ASCAP</p>

player_code:
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slug: im-you
publish_on: 2019-10-03 11:37:21
title: I’m You
date: 2019-11-15
cover_url: https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/im_you_cover.jpg
description:
<p>
Available on:
<a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/im-you">Bandcamp</a>,
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0oZGsj8kV57dn6ELB35eDi">Spotify</a>,
<a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/im-you/1483660892">Apple</a>,
<a href="https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bbj7trumkkrog2s2eduvyqq3ene">Google</a>,
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Z5G42CD">Amazon</a>
<br />Released by  Discrete Pageantry Records.
</p>

<p><a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/campaign/im-you-2019">Deluxe double 180-gram vinyl</a> available on Bandcamp.</p>

credits:
<p>
    Recorded at Machines with Magnets, Pawtucket RI<br />
    Produced by Seth Manchester and Hallelujah The Hills<br />
    Mixed by Seth Manchester<br />
    Mastered by Greg Calbi, Sterling Sound
</p>
<p>
    The band:<br />
    Brian Rutledge<br />
    David Michael Curry<br />
    Joseph Marrett<br />
    Nicholas Ward<br />
    Ryan Connelly<br />
    Ryan H. Walsh
</p>
    
<p>
    Special guests:<br />
    John Payne (flute and soprano sax on “It Still Floors Me”)<br />
    Tyler Derryberry (theremin on “Folk Music Is Insane” and “People Keep Dying”)
</p>
<p>
    All songs written by Ryan H. Walsh<br />
    except “Born to Blow It” written by Ryan H. Walsh and Marissa Nadler<br />
    All songs arranged by Hallelujah The Hills
</p>
<p>Copyright &copy;2019 Reverse The Tape Decks ASCAP</p>

player_code:
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# music_video

slug: wave-backwards-to-massachusetts
publish_on: 2008-06-20 20:38:31
title: Wave Backwards To Massachusetts
source_url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v0wsVdRvKP8
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/v0wsVdRvKP8/hqdefault.jpg
embed_code:
<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/v0wsVdRvKP8?wmode=opaque" seamless allowfullscreen></iframe>


slug: hallelujah-the-hills-live
publish_on: 2007-06-26 20:38:31
title: Hallelujah The Hills [Live]
source_url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOfHnxgtuB0
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/nOfHnxgtuB0/hqdefault.jpg
embed_code:
<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/nOfHnxgtuB0?wmode=opaque" seamless allowfullscreen></iframe>


slug: slow-motion-records-live
publish_on: 2007-06-26 20:38:31
title: Slow Motion Records Broken At Break Neck Speeds [Live]
source_url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tmh1zmIpZKI
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/Tmh1zmIpZKI/hqdefault.jpg
embed_code:
<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Tmh1zmIpZKI?wmode=opaque" seamless allowfullscreen></iframe>


slug: tour-short-film
publish_on: 2007-07-03 20:38:31
title: Tour Short Film
source_url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl3_u51Jw8k
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/Sl3_u51Jw8k/hqdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: blank-passports
publish_on: 2009-09-09 23:04:20
title: Blank Passports
source_url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59cbFQnBLsg
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/59cbFQnBLsg/hqdefault.jpg
embed_code:
<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/59cbFQnBLsg?wmode=opaque" seamless allowfullscreen></iframe>


slug: put-the-gurus-in-charge
publish_on: 2010-08-30 16:47:12
title: Put The Gurus In Charge
source_url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_WLB3VsrIM
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/P_WLB3VsrIM/hqdefault.jpg
embed_code:
<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/P_WLB3VsrIM?wmode=opaque" seamless allowfullscreen></iframe>


slug: introductory-saints
publish_on: 2010-09-13 23:22:42
title: Introductory Saints
source_url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAMliN9QcP0
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/tAMliN9QcP0/hqdefault.jpg
embed_code:
<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/tAMliN9QcP0?wmode=opaque" seamless allowfullscreen></iframe>


slug: station
publish_on: 2010-11-16 22:18:43.746000
title: Station
source_url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGPDc-R0wcE
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/jGPDc-R0wcE/hqdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: get-me-in-a-room
publish_on: 2012-05-16 23:55:00.057000
title: Get Me In A Room
source_url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zLKaes54BPM
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/zLKaes54BPM/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: hungry-ghost-extraordinaire-sleepover-shows
publish_on: 2012-08-13 23:55:34
title: Hungry Ghost Extraordinaire [Sleepover Shows]
source_url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPvL_n_z1S4
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/lPvL_n_z1S4/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: call-off-your-horses
publish_on: 2013-02-13 22:02:37.495000
title: Call Off Your Horses
source_url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VtZF_MNk7o
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/2VtZF_MNk7o/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: do-you-have-romantic-courage-live
publish_on: 2013-03-13 00:00:00
title: Do You Have Romantic Courage? [Live]
source_url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MpoV3nN5ZM
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/_MpoV3nN5ZM/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: confessions-of-an-ex-ghost
publish_on: 2013-08-20 20:50:48
title: Confessions of an Ex-Ghost
source_url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXgTDyatfvE
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/QXgTDyatfvE/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: three-minute-mark-off-the-record
publish_on: 2013-08-19 20:51:59
title: Three Minute Mark [Off The Record]
source_url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_bu8VG8R1U
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/Y_bu8VG8R1U/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: nurses-5-float-past-live
publish_on: 2013-05-24 23:08:31
title: Nurses 5 Float Past [Live]
source_url: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEe0RD1Mr7s
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/kEe0RD1Mr7s/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: you-got-fooled-cxcw-2014
publish_on: 2014-04-03 12:33:56
title: You Got Fooled [CXCW 2014]
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2GAxATJ74_A
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/2GAxATJ74_A/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: album-iv-trailer
publish_on: 2014-04-03 12:35:48
title: Album IV Trailer
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XK-vkOZh_c
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/8XK-vkOZh_c/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: i-stand-corrected
publish_on: 2014-04-03 12:37:18
title: I Stand Corrected
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zW2Msqaclls
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/zW2Msqaclls/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: do-you-have-romantic-courage
publish_on: 2014-05-01 14:50:40.449000
title: Do You Have Romantic Courage?
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeMhvXc5W-I
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/SeMhvXc5W-I/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: try-this-instead
publish_on: 2014-08-18 06:26:31
title: Try This Instead
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bu0q0v84Xds
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/Bu0q0v84Xds/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: home-movies-live
publish_on: 2014-10-16 14:52:45
title: Home Movies [Live]
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuY1EZXq2eQ
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/YuY1EZXq2eQ/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: destroy-this-poem
publish_on: 2015-04-06 21:07:21.537000
title: Destroy This Poem
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKrQtNpixtI
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/SKrQtNpixtI/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: dead-peoples-music-live
publish_on: 2015-04-01 00:00:00
title: Dead People's Music [Live]
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZU2mWTwTeY
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/TZU2mWTwTeY/sddefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: ryan-walsh-on-songwriting-guestlisted-guitar-lesson
publish_on: 2015-06-11 21:07:00
title: Ryan Walsh on Songwriting [Guestlisted Guitar Lesson]
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SqwdsgOPMOM
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/SqwdsgOPMOM/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: we-are-what-we-say-we-are
publish_on: 2015-06-11 21:07:54
title: We Are What We Say We Are
source_url: https://vimeo.com/126794989
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preview_url: https://i.vimeocdn.com/video/517362144_640.jpg
credits:
<p><strong>Directed/Edited</strong> by Ryan Hamilton Walsh</p>

<p><strong>Cast</strong></p>

<p>Ryan Connelly as Bear Boy <br>
Brian Rutledge <br>
Joseph Marrett <br>
Nicholas Giandone Ward <br>
Ryan Hamilton Walsh <br>
Colleen Matthews <br>
Kelly Teer  <br>
Pete Schluter <br>
Nick Stanisha <br>
Christine Fernsebner Eslao <br>
Jeff Walsh  <br>
Mike O’Brien <br>
John Benda <br>
Dean Ward <br>
Kathleen Giadone</p>

<p><strong>Mask Design</strong> by <a href="http://wintercroft.com">Wintercroft</a></p>

<p><strong>Mask Assembly</strong></p>

<p>Nicholas Giadone Ward <br>
Ryan Hamilton Walsh <br>
Brian Rutledge <br>
Ryan Connelly</p>

<p><strong>Special Thanks</strong></p>

<p>Crystal René Burney <br>
Charles Morton <br>
The Tavern at the End of the World</p>


slug: we-have-the-perimeter-surrounded
publish_on: 2016-03-08 10:20:16
title: We Have The Perimeter Surrounded
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lkVl3hyBXE
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/3lkVl3hyBXE/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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description:
<p>Some are calling this the best video of all time. I can't speak to that but I can say this video does contain actual footage from the recording studio where the real album title was revealed to the band. And it was...tense.</p>


slug: the-mountain-that-wanted-more
publish_on: 2016-04-19 11:09:26
title: The Mountain That Wanted More
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2I0FQFGqcCc
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/2I0FQFGqcCc/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: realistic-birthday-music
publish_on: 2016-06-30 10:34:10
title: Realistic Birthday Music
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7uDxqn7dtY
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/C7uDxqn7dtY/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
<iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/C7uDxqn7dtY?wmode=opaque" seamless allowfullscreen></iframe>

credits:
<p>Candle Eradicators: Mark Walsh, Mona Walsh, Julia Papps, Billy Kanellopoulos, Maura Johnston, Brad Nelson, Hatcher Bentley, Jessica Grimsby, Erik Szyska, Kevin Hoskins, Boog Dumphy, Katie Connors, Danielle Blasczak, Clara & Connor, Jenna Sicuranza, Evan Sicuranza, Linda Sicuranza, Kevin Becerra, Ramona Rose, Mouhcine Karrouim, Marisa Young, Jeff Prohaska, Anthony Puopolo, Jim Kavanaugh, Francine Mroczek, Allyson Laredo, Katelyn Guerin, Michael Ruggerio, Trina Ruggerio, Matthew Scott, Ed Park, Leeore Schnairsohn, Alexandria Ellison, Jim Mahoney, Ryan Walsh, Joseph Marrett, Brian Rutledge, Ryan Connelly</p>


slug: im-you-teaser
publish_on: 2019-10-07 09:43:06.256000
title: I’m You Teaser
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Amz8lS4uB7I
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/Amz8lS4uB7I/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: folk-music-is-insane
publish_on: 2019-11-15 10:13:53
title: Folk Music Is Insane
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JOs37FojZ0
credits: <p>Special thanks to Joe Yoga and Neal Block for filming.</p>
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/1JOs37FojZ0/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: hot-fate
publish_on: 2019-12-17 00:44:23
title: Running Hot with Fate
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CrT-bkNCXTI
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/CrT-bkNCXTI/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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description:
<p>Much like the song, the video for “Running Hot With Fate” is a collection of miniature short stories about a group of people. But whereas these stories were conveyed in the recording by way of the lyrics, here in the video, volumes are telegraphed via peoples’ stares, subtle expressions, and the contours of their faces. 27 Boston musicians were cast in ‘Fate’ from a pool of artists whose careers collectively cover six decades of music.</p>

<p>You can read more about the video, meet the Fates, and own a piece of Fate at <a href="https://www.runninghotwithfate.com/">runninghotwithfate.com</a>.</p>

credits:
<p>Directed &amp; edited by Tyler Hollis Derryberry
<br />Concept/Produced by: Tyler Hollis Derryberry &amp; Ryan H. Walsh</p>


slug: david-berman-2
publish_on: 2020-01-05 14:24:25
title: David Berman Tribute [Live]: Self Ignition, There Is A Place
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXzCCUVUih8
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/cXzCCUVUih8/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: david-berman-1
publish_on: 2020-01-05 14:23:00
title: David Berman Tribute [Live]: Sometimes a Pony Gets Depressed, Long Gone
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUDQwLrYuCY
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/qUDQwLrYuCY/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: it-still-floors-me
publish_on: 2020-02-05 23:16:05
title: It Still Floors Me
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVOTNzqwnRY
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/EVOTNzqwnRY/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: people-keep-dying-and-no-one-can-stop-it
publish_on: 2020-04-11 18:28:15.004000
title: People Keep Dying (And No One Can Stop It)
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkCTN-fUTTg
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/NkCTN-fUTTg/sddefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: memory-tree
publish_on: 2020-10-20 12:45:50
title: The Memory Tree
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TocIodnAZw
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/3TocIodnAZw/sddefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: this-is-more-of-a-comet-than-a-quasar
publish_on: 2021-03-05 12:48:00
title: This is More of a Comet Than a Quasar
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5yHERMtSIQ
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/e5yHERMtSIQ/sddefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: wers-live
publish_on: 2020-07-13 12:49:51
title: WERS [Live]
source_url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKmLLi3sufU
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/ZKmLLi3sufU/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: superglued-to-you
publish_on: 2022-09-05 00:00:00
title: Superglued to You
source_url: https://youtu.be/UHsepV9olDk
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/UHsepV9olDk/maxresdefault.jpg
embed_code:
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slug: god-is-so-lonely-tonight
publish_on: 2022-09-09 00:00:00
title: God is So Lonely Tonight
source_url: https://youtu.be/mHKtGfczmNE
preview_url: https://img.youtube.com/vi/mHKtGfczmNE/sddefault.jpg
embed_code:
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# news_post

slug: we-have-just-finished-delicious-meal
publish_on: 2009-01-18 01:04:40
title: We have just finished a delicious meal.
body:
<p><a href="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/drones_meal.jpg" title="Colonial Drones to-do list and takeout order"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/drones_meal_thumbnail.jpg" border="0" alt="Colonial Drones to-do list and takeout order" width="150" height="150" /></a></p>
<p>Of course, by &ldquo;finished&rdquo; we mean &ldquo;finished recording&rdquo;; there's still mixing and mastering and pressing and so on.  But the sounds have been captured! The end is in sight!</p>


slug: no-more-desperate-grasping-feelings-difficult-put-
publish_on: 2008-08-13 01:07:51
title: No more desperate grasping for feelings difficult to put into words.
body:
<p>We are so thankful to get to play some shows with the Silver Jews.</p>

<p>We are relieved to finally get back to play another show in New York with our good friends Ford &amp; Fitzroy.</p>

<p>We are enjoying the process of working on these 15 new songs in the studio.  We hope to get it out early 2009 on the unstoppable Misra Record label.</p>


slug: here-we-are-where-we-thought-we-began
publish_on: 2008-07-10 22:44:57
title: Here we are where we thought we began
body:
<p>2nd album recording commences this weekend. You know the old story: we'll slave over expertly recording the new songs on rich, analog tape only to wait to hear it quickly dismissed 6 months later by kids in America who listen to half a song on their iPhone.</p>

<p>Don't get upset at me, I know there's a lot of you who want to hear it. It's just so hot that it's terribly easy to drift into pessimistic humor. Pull me back! We're very lucky. I've never recorded an album knowing it will come out on a great label (Misra Records) and so I don't have to worry about what will happen to it once we're finished. We'll craft it, they'll catapult it, and we hope you'll listen.</p>

<p>The songs are related, the album is about something...just not sure exactly what yet. I might leave the deciphering job up to <a href="http://www.myspace.com/titusandronicus">Patrick Stickles</a>.</p>

<p>Happy Summer friends. Buy popsicles, not gas.</p>


slug: are-you-preparified
publish_on: 2008-04-08 22:48:50
title: Are You Preparified?
body:
<p>Today we are proud to unveil the <a href="/music/prepare-to-qualify/">Prepare To Qualify EP</a> 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 <a href="http://peerlessmastering.com/splash/">Peerless Mastering</a>, 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.</p> 


slug: im-one-disintegrate-your-dreamscape
publish_on: 2008-02-28 23:05:22
title: I'm The One To Disintegrate Into Your Dreamscape
body:
<p>Two new songs!  Both recorded in a <a href="http://www.soulshoprecording.com/">real studio</a>!  &ldquo;Nurses 5 Float Past&rdquo; on <a href="http://stereogum.com/archives/mp3/new-hallelujah-the-hills-nurses-5-float-past_008225.html">Stereogum</a>!  &ldquo;Don't Take The Law Into Your Own Hands But Take Mine In Yours&rdquo; on <a href="http://thephoenix.com/onthedownload/PermaLink.aspx?guid=b91233d0-43ad-4d9e-98fd-004594c86b10">The Boston Phoenix</a>!  Enjoy!</p>


slug: i-am-writing-under-duress-all-my-lies-will-be-pres
publish_on: 2008-02-18 23:07:47
title: I Am Writing This Under Duress, All Of My Lies Will Be Presented As Truths
body:
<p>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.</p>

<p>The <a href="/live/">Unifying Monsters Tour</a> 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!</p>

<p>Thanks to everyone who watched us perform <i>Collective Psychosis Begone</i> 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 <a href="http://bostonmusicspotlight.com/article.php?id=733">here</a> and <a href="http://www.performermag.com/nep.livereviews.0802.php">here</a> (scroll down); for maximum effect, read those slowly or repeatedly while listening to the <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/bootleg-collective-psychosis-begone-live-1-4-2008-the-middle-east">recording of the set</a>.</p>


slug: do-i-have-come-right-flat-out-and-tell-you-everyth
publish_on: 2007-11-03 23:14:29
title: Do I have to come right flat out and tell you everything?
body:
<p>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 <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/track/audio-diary-tour-collage-2007">audio collage</a> of actual sounds heard during our trek.  If you must feed your hungry eyes, you can head over to Flickr to see not <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/annierock/1776714025/in/set-72157602653403930/">one</a>, but <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/hailmaryny/1640240297/in/set-72157602534823514/">two</a> 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.</p>


slug: you-cant-bring-it-and-it-cant-go-out
publish_on: 2007-08-26 23:21:36
title: You can't bring it in, and it can't go out
body:
<p>We're approaching Fall which is the season that Hallelujah The Hills thrives best within. You can expect far less sloth-like behavior from us as soon as those leaves start dying. Hell, we may even get a new song online for you all. Here's what's happening now though: the <a href="http://www.boston.com/ae/music/articles/2007/08/24/beyond_borders/">Boston Globe</a> has an article about the band. <a href="http://crawdaddy.wolfgangsvault.com/Article.aspx?id=2598">Crawdaddy Magazine</a> put out one too. And <a href="http://soundcheckmagazine.com/magazine/index.php?option=com_simple_review&amp;reviewID=75&amp;task=displayReview&amp;Itemid=27">SoundCheck</a> reviewed the album.</p>

<p>We're definitely touring in October. A small one but I think we'll make it down to Georgia finally. At the end of the tour we'll play the Misra/Absolutely Kosher CMJ Showcase in NYC. Details forthcoming. Hope to see you soon.</p>
            
<p>Finally, we have a belated Christmas-In-July gift for you.  At the end of our tour in June, we stopped by <a href="http://umass.edu/">UMass Amherst</a> to record a few songs for <a href="http://www.wmua.org/">WMUA</a>. Those folks were kind enough to send the session our way, so now everyone can listen to stripped-down renditions of two of our songs.</p>


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publish_on: 2007-07-17 23:28:42
title: Thought broadcasting the tour shakedown
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<p>It took a little while to put together, but Ryan has written a <a href="http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&amp;friendID=630765&amp;blogID=286423792">tour summary</a> (with photos!) on our MySpace blog.  Thanks to all the wonderful, enthusiastic people we met along the way.  We can't wait to do it again!</p>


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publish_on: 2007-06-30 23:29:30
title: The song sings the singer back home
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<p>We only have a few days left on our tour, and for our first time out, it's been going exceedingly well.  The crowds haven't been gigantic, but they have been exuberant, with a healthy dose of old friends that were kind enough to put us up for a night. We've played with some great bands like <a href="http://www.fordandfitzroy.com/">Ford &amp; Fitzroy</a>, our labelmates <a href="http://www.southeastengine.com/">Southeast Engine</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/southerly">Southerly</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/whitewrenchconservatory">White, Wrench, Conservatory</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/titusandronicus">Titus Andronicus</a>, and <a href="http://www.myspace.com/machinegoboom">Machine Go Boom</a>. The folks at <a href="http://www.therudyardkipling.com/">The Rudyard Kipling</a> in Louisville, <a href="http://www.canalstreettavern.com/">Canal Street Tavern</a> in Dayton, and <a href="http://www.triplerocksocialclub.com/">The Triple Rock Social Club</a> in Minneapolis were very kind to us. We even had the honor of having <a href="http://www.myspace.com/thaxdouglas">Thax Douglas</a> read a poem before our set at <a href="http://www.thenotechicago.com/">The Note</a> in Chicago. In short, there has been no lack of awesome things to make this tour a success.  We'll have more to say after we've slept in our own beds, along with a bunch of photos.</p>


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publish_on: 2007-06-06 23:31:27
title: Release day +1
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<p>The album has been out in the world for a day now, and the good vibes are flowing all around. We would be remiss if we didn't scream a gigantic &ldquo;Thank You!&rdquo; to everyone that has been a part of this. We feel so fortunate that there are so many people that have shared our enthusiasm for this music, going all the way back to first show. The idea that this is only the beginning is incredibly exciting.</p>

<p>We've got a whole batch of stuff for you to read. First, our new friend <a href="http://www.whatever-whenever.net/060507.html">Jami Attenberg</a> did an interview with Ryan that can be read on <a href="http://www.largeheartedboy.com/blog/archive/2007/06/jami_attenberg.html">Largehearted Boy</a>. Our old friend <a href="http://www.apocalypse.org/~steve/">Steve Gisselbrecht</a> did an interview with the band that's in this month's issue of <a href="http://www.thenoise-boston.com/">The Noise</a>. Finally, there are album reviews from <a href="http://www.performermag.com/nep.recordedreviews.0706.php">The Northeast Performer</a>, <a href="http://www.avclub.com/content/music/hallelujah_the_hills">The Onion AV Club</a>, and <a href="http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/cds/H/hallelujah-the-hills/collective-psychosis-begone/3063">Prefix Magazine</a>.</p>

<p>If you're into all of that, check back here periodically over the next couple weeks, because you can be assured that we'll be giddily posting all the kind words that people write about us.</p>


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publish_on: 2009-07-07 21:18:36
title: Every Number Has A Potency
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<p>Friends, Enemies, Barristers, &amp; Solicitors:</p>

<p>The 2nd full length album from Hallelujah The Hills is hitting the street on September 22nd courtesy of all the hard working mavens at <a href="http://www.misrarecords.com">Misra Records</a>.  It's called <em><a href="/music/colonial-drones/">Colonial Drones</a></em> 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 <a href="http://www.misrarecords.com/hallelujahthehills.php">from Misra</a>.</p>

<p>You 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, &ldquo;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.&rdquo;</p>


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publish_on: 2009-12-04 17:22:28
title: Do I Really Feel The Way I Feel?
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<p>We're back from tour, we're alive, and we now have a place to put all that leftover hatred from adolescence (Texas).  You can dig through the band's <a href="http://www.twitter.com/h_t_h">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/hallelujahthehills">Facebook</a> pages for photos and play-by-plays but some highlights off the top of our heads go like so:  being unexpectedly blown away by <a href="http://drinkupbuttercup.com/" title="DRINK UP BUTTERCUP">Drink Up Buttercup</a> and <a href="http://www.thewoodenbirds.com/" title="The Wooden Birds">The Wooden Birds</a>, rigging a college lecture hall to function as a rock club, Thax Douglas showing up in Austin to write and read <a href="http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc3/hs042.snc3/12935_179889994836_6350234836_2655223_6597184_n.jpg" title="">HtH #2</a>, Tim Armstrong (from Rancid) grabbing our first album at the Los Angeles show, meteor watching in Charlottesville, VA, and inviting Patrick Stickles up to sing with us in Manhattan and hearing someone in the audience yell &ldquo;this isn't happening!&rdquo;</p>


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publish_on: 2010-05-05 00:10:37
title: Our Summer Vacation
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<blockquote><p>When [Titus Andronicus] returns from Europe to tour North America in June, they'll  expand into an eight-piece, complete with cello, keyboards, and horn  players borrowed from tour openers Hallelujah the Hills. Considering that they already did a pretty  amazing job conveying the heft and majesty of <em>The Monitor</em> onstage  as a quintet, this should be pretty awesome.</p></blockquote>

<p><a href="http://pitchfork.com/news/38644-titus-andronicus-extend-tour/">Pitchfork, April 29, 2010</a></p>


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publish_on: 2010-08-16 22:20:47
title: Summer/Fall Almanac
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<p>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&nbsp;<a href="http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=191639&amp;id=6350234836&amp;ref=mf">some photos from the tour</a>.</p>
<p>We'd be fools not to squeeze some <a href="/live/">short bouts of touring</a> 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 &amp; teach a curmudgeonly teen how to rekindle her school spirit.</p>
<p>Ryan 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 <a href="mailto:band@hallelujahthehills.com">band@hallelujahthehills.com</a>.</p>
<p>And finally, <a href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/LeaguesAreForming?view_type=list">Hallelujah The Hills original artwork and more</a> is now available for sale on Etsy.</p>


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publish_on: 2010-11-04 17:59:16.624000
title: Album III Reprise Revisited
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<p>I turn a lot in my sleep.&nbsp; This morning it was suggested to me that I ceaselessly shift like a rotisserie chicken during slumber.&nbsp; I replied that I wanted my dreams to be properly cooked before consuming.</p>
<p>It is in that spirit that we bring up the subject of Album III before it is even recorded, titled, or fully written.&nbsp; Our wonderful times with Misra Records are on pause and we're trying an experiment.&nbsp; Can our studio costs for Album III be covered by fans pre-ordering a record they'd purchase upon release anyway?&nbsp; <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/42784417/hallelujah-the-hills-record-album-iii">Check out the experiment right here</a>.</p>
<p>Our drummer quit on stage the other night. We'll file this one in the department of regrettable fuck-ups.&nbsp; <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4zaYoRYqR4" target="_blank">Video explanation here</a>.</p>
<p>What else? Don't try to be cool.&nbsp; Don't hate for fun.&nbsp; Just keep looking for ideas, put them out in the world, and try to be a decent tipper.</p>


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publish_on: 2011-03-29 00:07:29
title: Why There Was No Vinyl At Our 7" Release Show
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<p>Summer 2010 &ndash; A mysterious person contacts us via email asking if we&rsquo;d like to participate in the first of a series of limited edition short run lathe cut 7&rdquo; he or she was planning on putting out. Being fond of vinyl and shady, groundless business propositions we said yes.</p>
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<p>Early Fall 2010 &ndash; We record the two songs for the 7&rdquo; in 24 hours at the Soul Shop recording studio in Medford, MA.  During this session Elio and Ryan place stamp #7/10 on their Asian eatery frequent customer card. They dream of their impending free entr&eacute;e. Joe brings a Johnny Cash record that no of us had ever, ever heard of and insisted we sample it on the B side.</p>
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<p>Our mysterious vinyl backer becomes even more elusive when we flat out ask for his/her name because they were omitting it from their emails. The omission, shockingly, is purposeful and the backer asks for us to refer to him or her merely as, &lsquo;F&rsquo;.</p>
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<p>However, this anonymous entrepreneur proves to be fairly worth his or her salt when they promptly pay for the mastering of the two 7&rdquo; songs. Fears which had previously run rampant in the band are somewhat quelled. Lady Gaga wows a nation with second rate David Cronenberg imagery clumsily stapled to average pop music.</p>
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<p>F tells us that the people cutting the vinyl will be done by late January. We book our release show safe in the knowledge that all will work out despite the nutty, non-traditional methods employed.</p>
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<p>Late Winter 2011 &ndash; The vinyl purveyors stop returning F&rsquo;s emails and phone calls. They post &ldquo;no more orders!&rdquo; on their Facebook and Twitter. No vinyl arrives. Hallelujah The Hills stand side by side on the edge of a road, just about sunset, look off into the distance, and all mutter to themselves, &ldquo;now this? My god, now this?&rdquo;</p>
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<p>Ryan &amp; Brian begin to attempt to contact the vinyl purveyors by every conceivable method. In a last ditch effort Brian calls an Athens, GA record store and says, &ldquo;Hey, do you know anyone from _______ vinyl?&rdquo; The record store employee surprisingly says, &ldquo;Yes, they&rsquo;re actually browsing the racks here right now!&rdquo;</p>
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<p>Brian talks to the vinyl purveyor for a brief 5 minutes. She spins tales of broken machinery, backed up orders, and a harrowing move from Seattle to Athens. She promises to call with another update that very night. She is never heard from again and a communication black out is once again instituted.</p>
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<p>Ryan calls daily begging for an update whether it&rsquo;s good or bad news. No calls, no vinyl. We&rsquo;re so sorry, friends. The songs can be downloaded on <a href="http://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com">Bandcamp</a>. What have I learned from all this? Songs and ideas routinely overcome their format. And a shop name that rhymes with &lsquo;Shingle Fleece Plate&rsquo; vinyl can take a walk until their hat floats. They are no friends of ours. Enjoy the songs. All the best, Hallelujah The Hills.</p>
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publish_on: 2011-09-04 19:29:14.249000
title: Too Much News For One Title
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<p>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.</p>
<p>Want 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 <a href="http://sleepovershows.com/hallelujah-the-hills">Sleepover Shows</a> session. A little later on Ryan was asked to be <a href="http://survivingtheworld.net/GuestLecture15.html">a guest lecturer</a> 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 <a href="http://www.stevenalmond.com/">Steve Almond</a> host entitled <a href="http://thishasbeenadisaster.tumblr.com/">This Has Been A Disaster - Thanks For Having Us</a>. 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 <a href="http://thestairs.bandcamp.com/">re-released online</a>. Lastly, if you enjoy extremely-specific-niche-awards you need to <a href="http://molempire.com/2011/08/17/top-20-album-covers-with-lions-on-them/">look at this</a>, as well.</p>
<p>But, 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 <a href="/live/">Shows page</a>. Please join us.</p>
<p>Now it's time for bed. I gotta help a friend move tomorrow.</p>


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publish_on: 2012-02-16 13:54:34
title: Be in next HTH video, read about The OTC, avoid all IOU's
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<p>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 <a href="mailto:ryan@hallelujahthehills.com">ryan@hallelujahthehills.com</a> to RSVP! This will be fun and we'll be so grateful.</p>
<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/overdub.jpg" border="0" alt="The Overdub Tampering Committee" width="480" height="450" /></p>
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<p>In 2008 members of Hallelujah The Hills &amp; <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Ho-Ag/274623515412">Ho-Ag</a> invented a hoax. &nbsp;This week Ryan comes clean and tells all the sordid details of the weird online happenings that surrounded The Overdub Tampering Committee. &nbsp;<a href="http://thephoenix.com/Boston/music/133963-overdub-tampering-committee/">You can read the piece over at The Phoenix</a>.</p>
<p>Album Release &amp; Tour News coming really soon! <a href="/about/">This is Hallelujah The Hills in 2012</a>.</p>


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publish_on: 2012-03-25 08:11:29
title: Ballad Of The Nearby Finish Line
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<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/nokwhn_cover_medium.jpg" border="0" alt="No One Knows What Happens Next Cover" width="320" height="320" /></p>
<p>Oh friends! The album is called&nbsp;<em>No One Knows What Happens Next</em>&nbsp;and is out May 22nd on&nbsp;<a href="http://discretepageantryrecords.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">Discrete Pageantry Records</a>.&nbsp; I can't believe it, either.&nbsp; Thank you so, so much for your support.&nbsp; The first song will likely come out next week.&nbsp; You can hear little samples of every song over at the&nbsp;<a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B007HI9N06?ie=UTF8&amp;child=B007HI9OPU" target="_blank">Amazon pre-order page</a>.&nbsp; If you want to pass a long the best pre-order link to friends&nbsp;<a href="http://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/no-one-knows-what-happens-next" target="_blank">that would be this</a>.&nbsp; If you know of a record store who might want to carry the album&nbsp;<a href="http://discretepageantryrecords.tumblr.com/wholesale" target="_blank">click here</a>.</p>
<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/nokwhn_stack_medium.jpg" border="0" width="320" height="240" /></p>
<p>What else.&nbsp; We stayed home and performed at&nbsp;<a href="http://couchbycouchwest.com/hallelujah-the-hills-nightengale-lightning/" target="_blank">CXCW</a>.&nbsp; We have a bunch of shows planned and more on the way.&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href="/live/">Check here</a>.&nbsp; Ryan became interested in&nbsp;<a href="http://www.twitlonger.com/show/gdkjc0" target="_blank">John William Dunne</a>.&nbsp; Ryan's month old article on illegal music downloading, fandom, and hoaxes reemerged as a&nbsp;<a href="http://blog.thephoenix.com/BLOGS/phlog/archive/2012/03/16/this-american-life-says-mike-daisey-fabricated-a-story-did-daisey-also-stretch-the-truth-in-cambridge.aspx" target="_blank">scintillating footnote</a>&nbsp;in a national art vs journalism scandal.&nbsp; Joe got a new amp head in an effort for the banjo to be heard at live shows.&nbsp; He WILL be heard, ladies &amp; gentlemen!&nbsp; And so shall we!</p>
<p>We bid you bye bye with an old Irish blessing. "May You Be Alive At The End Of The World."&nbsp;</p>


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publish_on: 2012-05-16 23:36:52
title: It's Just Peacock Feathers
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<p>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. <em>No One Knows What Happens Next</em>. Yes! We are shaking with anticipation to fully set it loose in the world. On May 22nd it will be available in record stores, <a href="http://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/no-one-knows-what-happens-next">Bandcamp</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/One-Knows-What-Happens-Next/dp/B007KLY8QY">Amazon</a>, <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/hallelujah-the-hills/id255451180">iTunes</a>, 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.</p>
<p>Did you hear the <a href="http://www.mtvhive.com/2012/03/30/hallelujah-the-hills-get-me-in-a-room-song-premiere/">first song we released</a>? How about <a href="http://www.prefixmag.com/media/hallelujah-the-hills/hungry-ghost-extraordinaire-prefix-premiere/64721/">the 2nd</a>? Did you see <a href="http://consequenceofsound.net/2012/05/video-hallelujah-the-hills-get-me-in-a-room-cos-premiere/">the video for Get Me In A Room</a>? 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.</p>
<p>We'll be on tour in June and July. Watch this site for details. Watch for more posters like this, too:<br /><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/nokwhn_escape_large.jpg" border="0" width="425" height="640" />&nbsp;</p>
<p>Other things! <a href="http://ryanhamiltonwalsh.tumblr.com/post/22303653672/hats-because-weather-is-pitiless-on-sale-here">'The Czar Of Whatever It Takes' hats</a> are in! <a href="http://jahchops.tumblr.com/">The 'HtH Casually Smiling &amp; Eating With Chopsticks' website</a> is complete. <a href="http://www.etsy.com/listing/99402272/hallelujah-the-hills-complete">Our complete discography is a steal</a> on Etsy. <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvFO8iCibDo&amp;feature=youtu.be">We provided the plugs theme</a> for an episode of the 'Comedy Bang Bang' podcast. <a href="http://thishasbeenadisaster.tumblr.com/post/23088581598/episode-7-is-a-miniature-dispatch-from-the-road">The latest episode of the 'This Has Been A Disaster' podcast</a> 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.</p>
<p>That's it for now. Thank you!</p>


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publish_on: 2012-08-17 15:54:54.522000
title: The Science of Non-Repeatable Events
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<p>Friends, we had a terrific summer touring the right half of the U.S. It was so good to see your smiling faces again. Thanks for all the kind words about the new album. We're so glad you like it.</p>
<p>Let's take a look at the weather:</p>
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<li>Ryan compiled a rarities disc that spans 13 years (from when he started recording music until now) for the Kickstarter backers. As of today, this compilation is now available to the public for purchase! Check out&nbsp;<a href="http://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/you-can-escape-your-fate-but-its-not-considered-polite" target="_blank">"You Can Escape Your Fate (But It's Not Considered Polite)"</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://soundcloud.com/ryan-hamilton-walsh/get-me-in-a-room-big-digits" target="_blank">Big Digits remixed "Get Me In A Room."</a>&nbsp;It's a delight.</li>
<li>Ryan&nbsp;<a href="http://www.alrightimwrong.com/2012/07/hallelujah-hills-interview.html" target="_blank">got cornered in an interview</a>, employed a classic evasive technique, but was called out.</li>
<li>NYC Taper recorded the final New York HtH show of summer 2012 and&nbsp;<a href="http://www.nyctaper.com/?p=10091" target="_blank">shared it with the world</a>.</li>
<li>The band&nbsp;<a href="http://survivingtheworld.net/GuestLecture24.html" target="_blank">guest lectured Surviving The World</a>&nbsp;for an entire week. Start here and move forward to see all of the boards.</li>
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publish_on: 2013-02-13 22:10:47
title: I'll Need About Three Minutes
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<p>This is the 8th year of this band existing.  Please proceed to what's going on by continuing to cast your eyes below.</p>
<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/winter_2013_cover_medium.jpg" border="0" width="480" height="479" /></p>
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<li><a href="http://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/">We're releasing a new single on 2/14/13</a>. Two songs.  First new material since No One Knows What Happens Next.  These two songs will NOT be on the next HtH album. Hope you like 'em.</li>
<li>HtH IV : We are working on it. It's got a title and a concept and is loud.  Hopefully out Spring 2013.</li>
<li>The crowd-sourced collage song originally <a href="http://survivingtheworld.net/GuestLecture25.html">spoken about here</a>, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/hallelujahthehills/you-can-escape-your-fate-but">finally came out last month freaking out all who listened to it</a>. We wonder if a song has ever been created like this before?  If you know of a precedent please email us.</li>
<li>Ryan compiled <a href="http://ryanhamiltonwalsh.tumblr.com/post/39214795328/creative-work-2012-no-one-knows-what-happens">a list of output for 2012</a>. He was filled with pride but not too much pride.  He disdains hubris, you know.  That's here.</li>
<li>Please follow us on <a href="https://twitter.com/JahHills">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://www.facebook.com/hallelujahthehills">Facebook</a>.  We're fairly entertaining, usually!</li>
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publish_on: 2013-05-07 23:03:48
title: Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Trashcan
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<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/portrait_cover_medium.jpg" border="0" width="480" height="480" /></p>
<p><a href="/music/portrait/">The singles, b-sides, and unreleased material</a> from our storied &ldquo;career&rdquo;, placed all together in an order that plays out like the double album we never released. Available on <a href="http://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-trash-can">Bandcamp</a>, <a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CJ7FEW6/">Amazon</a>, and <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/portrait-artist-as-young-trashcan/id641120139">iTunes</a>.</p>


slug: do-you-have-romantic-courage
publish_on: 2013-10-01 21:14:48
title: Do You Have Romantic Courage?
body:
<p>Do you have a powerful way? The 4th Hallelujah The Hills album does and, as of this very moment (in a way) it exists. <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/weirdspecificthing/hallelujah-the-hills-record-album-iv">Pre-order the album between now and October 31st at Kickstarter</a> and help the gentlemen record it the very best way. It'll be out in May, you'll get early access, and the band will tour California and other parts of the US all summer long!</p>
<p>Please make sure to check out the video crafted especially for this occasion complete with meltdowns, histories, and a special glimpse into HtH IV.</p>


slug: no-time-prose
publish_on: 2014-01-26 21:02:51
title: No time for prose, let's list this shit!
body:
<ol>
<li>Thank YOU for making the album we are about to make possible via your super-generosity during our Fall Kickstarter.</li>
<li>We are about to go into the studio shortly, and you'll be hearing the finished album in May 2014. It's wholly unlike the other three but still sounds like us. Make sense? <a href="http://bdcwire.com/hallelujah-the-hills-returns-debuts-exclusive-demo-for-album-to-be-recorded-sleepaway-camp-style/">Hear a demo song over at BDCwire</a>.</li>
<li>Look for California and Northeast US tours this Spring. Contact us if you'd like to play with us or set up a show!</li>
<li>A record for the longest song incubation period ever was recently set when the lost HtH song <a href="https://soundcloud.com/hallelujahthehills/highschoolvania">Highschoolvania</a> was released. Written in 2002, recorded in 2006, released in 2014.</li>
<li>We made some <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXgTDyatfvE">great</a>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_bu8VG8R1U">videos</a> this past summer. Also, don't miss this <a href="/about/">amusing history of the band</a> that was assembled for the Kickstarter campaign.</li>
<li>Ryan wrote a piece about <a href="http://bdcwire.com/danvers-dude-makes-23k-musically-spamming-on-spotify/">The Spammer of Spotify</a> and some guesses what the next music industry clusterfuck might be&nbsp;(and check out the <a href="http://storify.com/JahHills/the-spammer-of-spotify">follow-up conversation</a>). He also, like last year, compiled his <a href="http://ryanhamiltonwalsh.tumblr.com/post/69989041720/everything-i-made-this-year">list of output</a> for your enjoyment.</li>
</ol>


slug: have-you-ever-done-something-evil
publish_on: 2014-03-24 21:04:00
title: Have You Ever Done Something Evil?
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<p><strong>UPDATE 5/5:</strong>&nbsp;Now you can <a href="http://www.popmatters.com/feature/181468-now-hear-this-hallelujah-the-hills-have-you-ever-done-something-evil/">stream the whole album</a>, over at PopMatters!</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE 5/1:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="http://www.spin.com/articles/hallelujah-the-hills-do-you-have-romantic-courage-video/">New video!</a> Spin has premiered "Do You Have Romantic Courage?"</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE 4/23:</strong>&nbsp;<a href="http://noisey.vice.com/blog/hallelujah-the-hills-we-are-what-we-say-we-are-premiere">Yet another new song!</a> It's called "We Are What We Say We Are", and it's on Vice's Noisey blog.</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE 4/16: </strong><a href="http://bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/guestlisted/2014/04/exclusive_debut_hallelujah_the_hills_do_you_have_romantic">Hear another new song</a>, "Do You Have Romantic Courage?", on Guestlisted from The Boston Herald!</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE 4/3: </strong><a href="http://www.thelineofbestfit.com/new-music/blog/hallelujah-the-hills-i-stand-corrected-premiere-149870">See the first video</a>, for "I Stand Corrected", at The Line of Best Fit!</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE 3/25</strong>: <a href="http://www.stereogum.com/1671731/hallelujah-the-hills-pick-up-an-old-phone-stereogum-premiere/mp3s/">Hear the first single</a> from our new album. It's called "Pick Up An Old Phone" and it just premiered on Stereogum!</p>
<p>Here we go! Today we announced the <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/have-you-ever-done-something-evil">title of the album</a> (as seen in the frightening subject line of this update), revealed the track listing, and showed off <a href="http://captainsdead.com/hallelujah-the-hills-have-you-ever-done-something-evil-teaser.html">the album cover</a>. That wasn't enough, though. We released the album's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8XK-vkOZh_c" target="_blank">video trailer</a> 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.</p>
<p>We'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 <a href="/live/">calendar</a>. Lots more soon. THANKS!</p>


slug: have-you-ever-bounced-off-a-rainbow
publish_on: 2014-06-08 20:34:29
title: Have You Ever Bounced Off A Rainbow Into An Ocean And Decided Not To Drown?
body:
<p>On May 13th we released our 4th full length album <em>Have You Ever Done Something Evil?</em>. <a href="http://i.imgur.com/YXEZyl3.jpg">Reactions have been incredible</a>. 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 <a href="http://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/have-you-ever-done-something-evil">Bandcamp</a>. But hey, if you're on iTunes or Amazon anyway, think about leaving a review. It helps spread the word on the record.</p>
<p>Our 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 <a href="http://www.earwolf.com/episode/hallelujah-the-hills/">our episode of Impov4Humans</a> which we recorded in Los Angeles at the Earwolf studios.</p>
<p>If you think we look a little beleaguered in <a href="http://blog.earwolf.com/post/87244336643">these Earwolf studio pictures</a>, there's a good reason. The night before that recording <a href="http://www.vanyaland.com/2014/05/22/hallelujah-hills-clothes-band-merch-stolen-last-night-oakland/">our van was smashed into while we played</a> 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.&nbsp;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.</p>
<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/hth_wedding_1.jpg" alt="Wedding photos" /></p>
<p>More California stories and exciting band news soon!</p>


slug: destroy-this-poem
publish_on: 2014-10-21 19:55:44
title: Destroy This Poem
body:
<p>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?</p>
<p>We'll end our "No More New York Shows" protest and play <a href="https://theoutlawroadshow.squarespace.com/">CMJ on October 25th</a> at <a href="http://www.theboweryelectric.com/">Bowery Electric</a>. It'll be our first NY show in about two years and it's being curated/hosted by <a href="http://www.rslblog.com/">Ryan's Smashing Life</a> blog and Adam Duritz of the Counting Crows fame. That's free and you should <a href="http://donyc.com/outlawroadshow2014">RSVP now</a>!</p>
<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/juvenile_oratorios.jpg" border="0" alt="Juvenile Oratorios Cover" width="533" height="533" /></p>
<p>The vinyl release got pushed back til around November 20th, but <a href="http://www.re-vinylrecords.com/">pre-orders</a> now get immediate download of the bonus EP <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/juvenile-oratorios-ep">Juvenile Oratorios</a>! Here's a track from that EP <a href="http://allstonpudding.com/premiere-hallelujah-hills/">we accidentally spilled all over a music blog earlier today</a>. But anyways, the release is 180 gram vinly, only 500 being pressed, you won't wanna miss owning this musical platter.</p>
<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/hyedse_vinyl.jpg" border="0" alt="HYEDSE Vinyl Preview" width="533" height="214" /></p>
<p>This is especially true in light of the fact that <a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2014/10/04/list-boston-music-awards-nominees/bYd6Q5tLqFNZRRHqjYDOzN/story.html">we have been charged with the crime of being the best</a> in three separate ways. You can vote for us (and Joe's band Creaturos, and Marissa Nadler too) over at the <a href="http://www.bostonmusicawards.com/">BMA site</a>, 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.</p>
<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/adomian.jpg" border="0" alt="James Adomian" width="533" height="297" /></p>
<p>Some other things you may have missed: collected podcast appearances &amp; radio interviews <a href="http://ryanhamiltonwalsh.tumblr.com/post/97022457196/collected-podcasts-radio-interviews">can be found here</a>, the <a href="http://vimeo.com/101514124">"Try This Instead" video starring James Adomian </a>(Comedy Bang Bang, Childrens Hospital, Last Comic Standing), <a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/AllThisPaperwork/videos">3 live videos</a> 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 <a href="http://bdcwire.com/list/sleeping-with-the-protagonist-a-night-at-bostons-new-verb-hotel/">chronicled by RW here</a>.</p>
<p>Thank 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.</p>


slug: there-are-few-records-better-than-this-one
publish_on: 2014-12-15 21:02:49
title: "There are few records, of any kind, better than this one in 2014."
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<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/hth_bmas_2014.jpg" border="0" alt="HTH live at the BMAs, photo by Deborah Bernard" width="510" height="510" /></p>
<p><strong>2014 Boston Music Awards</strong><br />Hallelujah The Hills: <a href="https://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/guestlisted/2014/12/who_rocked_it_best_performances_from_sunday_nights_boston">Rock Artist of the Year</a>,&nbsp;<a href="http://www.bostonglobe.com/arts/music/2014/12/14/boston-music-awards-celebrate-locals-with-cheeky-humility/OkhSelwP1ZDsI1sMYJUlEJ/story.html?hootPostID=5162dfacbaf8c3fd78c1109191d06899">Video of the Year</a></p>
<p>Last week PopMatters named <em><a href="/music/have-you-ever-done-something-evil/">Have You Ever Done Something Evil?</a></em> the #1 Overlooked Album of the year. I know what you're thinking. You're wondering, "Why are you psyched about being overlooked?"</p>
<p>HTH doesn&rsquo;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 <a href="http://www.popmatters.com/feature/188578-the-top-10-overlooked-albums-of-2014/P1/">PopMatters</a> and <a href="http://captainsdead.com/captains-deads-favorite-record-year-part-1-4.html">Captains Dead</a> for calling out what they heard, as they heard it. And <strong>thank all of you</strong> 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.</p>
<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/ryan_hyedse_vinyl_medium.jpg" border="0" alt="Ryan holding HYEDSE vinyl" width="479" height="557" /></p>
<p>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 &amp; more. <a href="http://ryanhamiltonwalsh.tumblr.com/post/104669413641/everything-i-made-in-2014">All here</a>.</p>


slug: do-you-have-moment-for-me
publish_on: 2015-04-06 21:41:35.981000
title: Do you have a moment for me to talk to you about reverse mortgages?
body:
<p>Hey friends. We have lots going on!</p>
<ul>
<li>We debuted a <a href="http://www.stereogum.com/1789511/hallelujah-the-hills-destroy-this-poem-video-stereogum-premiere/video/">brand new video</a> on Stereogum featuring a new social-media-technology that goes disasterously wrong when the band tries to harness it for selfish purposes.</li>
<li>We leaked a <a href="http://www.vanyaland.com/2015/03/05/vanyaland-premiere-hallelujah-the-hills-take-stock-in-the-girl-with-the-electronics-inside/">demo of a new song</a> that may or may not be part of a bunch of new songs that we are working for a new album. </li>
<li>With the limited pressing of the &lsquo;Evil&rsquo; vinyl starting to dwindle, we&rsquo;ve made the <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/juvenile-oratorios-ep">Juvenile Oratorios bonus EP</a> live as a download on the Bandcamp page.</li>
<li>Ryan released <a href="http://www.bostonmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/article/2015/03/24/van-morrison-astral-weeks/">&ldquo;Astral Sojourn&rdquo;</a> &mdash; an article that drills down into the secret-Boston-origin of Van Morrison&rsquo;s &ldquo;Astral Weeks&rdquo; in the latest issue of Boston Magazine.</li>
<li>Nicholas released his first EP under the name The Furniture. It&rsquo;s great! <a href="https://wearethefurniture.bandcamp.com/releases">Take a listen</a>. </li>
<li>Five years ago Titus Andronicus released &ldquo;The Monitor.&rdquo; Did you know that HTH recorded trumpet, string-parts, piano and vocals all over that wonderful record? Some <a href="http://ryanhamiltonwalsh.tumblr.com/post/113347944781/the-monitor-by-titus-andronicus-is-five-years-old">recollections of the recording process</a> can be found over on Ryan&rsquo;s Tumblr. </li>
</ul>
<p>Oh, and as always, check to see if we&rsquo;re <a href="/live/">coming to your town</a> any time soon!</p>


slug: ten-years
publish_on: 2015-09-08 19:39:58
title: Ten Years of Hallelujah The Hills
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<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/hth_at_ten_large.jpg" border="0" /></p>
<p>The following features a rich harvest of information, but here&rsquo;s your <strong>TL;DR:</strong> We&rsquo;ve been a band for ten years, new album this spring, <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/deluxer-mandatory">pre-orders are heavily rewarded</a>, there is a book being written about the band making this album, the author wants to talk to fans at November live shows.</p>
<p>OK? Let&rsquo;s break that down.</p>
<p>We&rsquo;re recording a new album this fall. It&rsquo;s called <strong>Deluxer Mandatory</strong>. 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&rsquo;ll need to understand it with your ears!</p>
<h4>The Great Democratized Pre-Order!</h4>
<p>For the past two albums we&rsquo;ve covered recording and production costs with Kickstarters, and it&rsquo;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&rsquo;ve decided. We believe we can cover all recording/production costs just via regular ol' pre-sales. <strong>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.</strong> We&rsquo;ll host a live-streamed raffle drawing in the spring where we&rsquo;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&rsquo;s try it out! <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/deluxer-mandatory">PRE-ORDER NOW!</a></p>
<p><strong>All pre-orders automatically get:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Your name in the liner notes</li>
<li>Early access to the album</li>
<li>Early access to a chapter of the book</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>Raffle Prizes:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Two (2) test pressings of &ldquo;Have You Ever Done Something Evil?&rdquo; vinyl with original one of a kind collage on the front cover</li>
<li>Two (2) test pressings of &ldquo;Deluxer Mandatory&rdquo; vinyl with original one of a kind collage on the front cover</li>
<li>Five (5) signed copies of M. Jonathan Lee's book about the making of "Deluxer Mandatory"</li>
<li>The actual mask worn by &ldquo;Bear Boy&rdquo; in the video for &ldquo;We Are What We Say We Are&rdquo;</li>
<li>The original collage constructed for the cover of &ldquo;Have You Ever Done Something Evil?&rdquo;</li>
<li>Handwritten lyrics to any HTH song (3)</li>
<li>Acoustic show via Skype (3)</li>
<li>4 guestlist spots (use 1 ticket four times or four tickets 1 time, we don&rsquo;t care!) any show, any city, never expires</li>
<li>The Mystery USB Stick &ndash; what&rsquo;s on this? None of your f'ing business yet</li>
</ul>
<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/deluxer_mandatory_cover_medium.jpg" border="0" alt="Deluxer Mandatory Album Cover" /></p>
<p><strong>Deluxer Mandatory by Hallelujah The Hills:</strong></p>
<ol>
<li>Spin Them Atoms</li>
<li>The Dangers Are Doubled</li>
<li>We Have The Perimeter Surrounded</li>
<li>Lemonade Pop Rocks Candy Bar Ibogaine</li>
<li>Lemme Map This Out</li>
<li>Something&rsquo;s Coming</li>
<li>Hassle Magnet</li>
<li>List Of People Who Disappeared Mysteriously</li>
<li>Play It As It Loops</li>
<li>The Anthology Of American Hold Music</li>
<li>Realistic Birthday Music</li>
<li>New Phone Who Dis</li>
</ol>
<p>To be recorded at <a href="http://1809studios.com/">1809 Studios</a>, Macedon, NY.&nbsp;Vinyl to be pressed by <a href="http://www.re-vinylrecords.com/">Re-Vinyl Records</a>.</p>
<ol> </ol>
<h4>The Book</h4>
<p>When we go to record the album this fall, we&rsquo;re giving UK author <a href="https://twitter.com/j0n4th4n_lee">M. Jonathan Lee</a> complete access to the band and the recording process. Since we feel like we&rsquo;re not a band who is &ldquo;winding down their career,&rdquo; which is when you might normally see a book like this come out, we found Mr. Lee&rsquo;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&rsquo;s the author in his own words:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>A year or so into becoming a fan of Hallelujah The Hills, I got into dialogue with Ryan Walsh over using some of the band&rsquo;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.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>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&rsquo;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.</p>
<h4>The Live Shows</h4>
<p>On sale now!</p>
<p><strong>Friday November 13</strong> @ Cuisine en Locale, Somerville, MA w/ Landlady, Eternals.&nbsp;<a href="https://www.eventbrite.com/e/hallelujah-the-hills-landlady-eternals-tickets-18523694870">TIX</a></p>
<p><strong>Saturday November 14</strong> @ Bowery Electric, New York, NY w/ Wilder Maker, Jason Heath &amp; The Greedy Souls.&nbsp;<a href="http://www.ticketweb.com/t3/sale/SaleEventDetail?dispatch=loadSelectionData&amp;eventId=6144095&amp;REFERRAL_ID=tmfeed&amp;crosssite=TM_US:2159224:">TIX</a></p>
<p>Our 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.</p>
<p>To make a long story short: we&rsquo;re in a great mood, we love making music, and we&rsquo;re about to make more of it. Thank you for listening and doing this with us, friends!</p>
<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/ten_years_photo_medium.jpg" border="0" alt="Ten Years of Hallelujah The Hills Poster" /></p>
<p>Best, <br />Brian, Joe, Nick, Ryan, and Ryan</p>


slug: every-single-thing
publish_on: 2015-12-04 05:51:13
title: Every Single Thing That I Could Think Of
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<p>What are you doing this New Year&rsquo;s Eve? If you&rsquo;re within 100 miles of Boston, MA, why not spend it with America&rsquo;s Favorite Functional Confuse-Core band, Hallelujah The Hills?</p>
<p><strong>Dec 31: A Very Distorted New Year&rsquo;s Eve</strong> <br /> @ Great Scott, Allston MA  <br /> Hallelujah The Hills,&nbsp;The Barbazons, and&nbsp;Milk<br /><a href="http://bit.ly/1MYHxMn">Tickets!</a></p>
<p>What else is going on? I&rsquo;ll tell you if give me a moment.</p>
<p>Ryan met&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/hallelujahthehills/photos/a.80995054836.74408.6350234836/10153709304714837/?type=3">legendary experimental filmmaker</a>&nbsp;Jonas Mekas! David Crosby from The Byrds <a href="https://www.facebook.com/hallelujahthehills/photos/a.80995054836.74408.6350234836/10153719839194837/?type=3&amp;theater">offered studio advice!</a>&nbsp;The band received two Boston Music Award <a href="http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/guestlisted/2015/10/boston_music_awards_release_2015_nominees_list_ruby_rose_fox">Nominations!</a></p>
<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/1809_vocals_medium.jpg" alt="HTH recording vocals"/></p>
<p>We made a record! You helped us make it! Thanks! Our time up at <a href="http://1809studios.com/">1809 Studios</a> was, again, really special. We knocked everything out in five days. <a href="http://jonathanleeauthor.com/hth">UK Author Jonathan Lee</a> was there for the whole thing. Then we played two 10th birthday shows. You can&rsquo;t ask for a better HTH-autumn than that! We are mixing currently and the album is due out this spring. <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/deluxer-mandatory-out-spring-2016">Pre-orders are live</a>.</p>
<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/1809_gang_medium.jpg" alt="The 1809 gang"/></p>
<p><strong>10th Anniversary Interview/Show Review Round Up</strong></p>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.vanyaland.com/2015/11/12/interview-ryan-walsh-of-hallelujah-the-hills-on-10-years-of-being-in-a-real-band/">Interview: Ryan Walsh of Hallelujah The Hills on 10 years of being in a &lsquo;real band&rsquo;</a></li>
<li><a href="http://theashgrayproclamation.tumblr.com/post/133139120436/10-years-of-hallelujah-the-hills-an-interview?soc_src=mail&amp;soc_trk=ma">The Ash Gray Proclamation Interview </a></li>
<li><a href="http://jbreitling.blogspot.com/2015/11/hallelujah-hills-marks-10-years-of.html">Hallelujah The Hills Marks 10 Years of Cosmic Americana, Tracks New LP, Shares Rejected Album Titles </a></li>
<li><a href="http://allstonpudding.com/preview-hallelujah-the-hills-cuisine-en-locale-1113/">Allston Pudding Interview</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.chunkyglasses.com/content/hallelujah-the-hills-bowery-electric-111415">Live at Bowery Electric, NYC, 11/23/15 Review</a></li>
</ul>
<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/ny_hands_medium.jpg" alt="Hello New York!" /></p>


slug: woody-guthrie-predicted-punk
publish_on: 2016-02-25 10:53:39
title: Woody Guthrie Predicted Punk
body:
<p>The 5th Hallelujah The Hills album is titled <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/a-band-is-something-to-figure-out">A Band Is Something To Figure Out</a> and will be released April 12, 2016.  You can hear the first single from the album right now by proceeding to <a href="http://www.woodyguthriepredictedpunk.com/">WoodyGuthriePredictedPunk.com</a>.</p>

<p><strong>UPDATE 3/31/16: FBI MANDATED DECLARATION.</strong> Last month we forged a declassified FBI document in the spirit of fun to give our new song an extra sense of historical context. We wrote the lyrics about Woody Guthrie dreaming about a punk band first, sometime last year, and then we decided it would be fun to create a document and story that made it seem like he actually had done so a few months ago. When we launched this song and the <a href="http://www.woodyguthriepredictedpunk.com/">WoodyGuthriePredictedPunk.com</a> website, we were surprised to see many people sharing the news on social media as if it was real. We thought nothing of it until last week we were visited by two Boston office FBI agents who were curious why we had declassified documents that they had no knowledge of. It wasn't a matter of censoring the news that Woody predicted punk, you see, but more of an issue of access. We immediately came clean and confessed that we had fabricated the document and the story, never believing anyone would take it all that seriously. We are being allowed to keep this website up and running only upon posting this corrective note. We apologize for wasting the Federal Bureau of Investigation's time and apologize to anyone we fooled with our promotional effort.</p>


slug: a-band-is-something-to-figure-out
publish_on: 2016-04-12 00:00:00
title: A Band Is Something To Figure Out
body:
<p><a href="/music/a-band-is-something-to-figure-out/"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/abistfo_pg_banner.jpg" alt="Album promo image"/></a></p>

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<p><a href="/music/a-band-is-something-to-figure-out/">Our fifth album</a> is available, starting today, on <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/a-band-is-something-to-figure-out">Bandcamp</a>, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/band-is-something-to-figure/id1085805313">iTunes</a>, <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01BXHIXP2">Amazon</a>, <a href="https://play.spotify.com/album/6oZg2xH1Apnbm11ato8W2N ">Spotify</a>, and a bunch of other strange platforms I'm not sure anyone listens to. <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/a-band-is-something-to-figure-out">CD copies</a> of the album ship immediately and can be ordered on Bandcamp. The limited edition Re-Vinyl Records <a href="http://www.re-vinylrecords.com/">vinyl pressing</a> 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.</p>

<p>Tonight, 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 <a href="http://wmbr.org/">wmbr.org</a>. We'll play album release shows next month in Boston (<a href="http://www.ticketmaster.com/event/01005058C29F551E">5/12</a>) and New York (<a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/231108990583257/">5/14</a>), then look for some tour dates this summer. And if you like a nice band t-shirt, we have two <a href="https://teespring.com/exed-out-tee-shirt">new</a> <a href="https://teespring.com/hallelujah-the-hills-hassle">shirts</a> that tie-in to the new album, but they're only on sale for the next 24 hours.</p>

<p>Here's an excerpt from one early review that we like: &ldquo;Massachusetts indie rock institution Hallelujah The Hills' [fifth record] is called <cite>A Band Is Something To Figure Out</cite>, but it could just as easily be called <cite>This Is What It Sounds Like When A Rock Band Has It All Figured Out</cite>&hellip;Rock frameworks that reliably stretch to accommodate subversive, irreverent impulses&hellip;The band's best outing to date.&rdquo; &mdash;<a href="http://jbreitling.blogspot.com/2016/04/review-hallelujah-hills-band-is.html">Clicky Clicky Music</a></p>

<p>We hope you feel similarly!</p>

<p>XO, HTH</p>


slug: movement-scorekeepers
publish_on: 2016-05-24 00:03:58
title: Movement Scorekeepers
body:
<p>Are you enjoying our new album, <cite><a href="/music/a-band-is-something-to-figure-out/">A Band Is Something To Figure Out</a></cite>? That&rsquo;s good, because we&rsquo;ve built a side patio for it. <cite><a href="http://www.jealousbutcher.com/products/movement-scorekeepers-ep">Movement Scorekeepers</a></cite>, out July 8, 2016, is a lo-fi companion to the album The Metro described like so: &ldquo;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.&rdquo; Why did you stop believing? WHY. I know why.</p>

<p>The 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.</p>

<p><a href="https://soundcloud.com/hallelujahthehills/are-we-failing">&ldquo;Are We Failing?&rdquo;</a>, the first song on the EP, is available for any online sharing starting today. The EP will be out digitally and on a <a href="http://www.jealousbutcher.com/products/movement-scorekeepers-ep">limited-edition blue 7"</a> but not on CD.</p>

<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/c_scale,w_480/v1464048487/movement_scorekeepers.jpg" alt="Movement Scorekeepers cover"></p>

<p>Meanwhile, the full-length <cite>A Band Is Something To Figure Out</cite> vinyl is gorgeous, shipping SOON, and we&rsquo;ll have plenty of these at live shows. But why wait? Get it from <a href="http://bit.ly/1lbE9mU">Re-Vinyl Records</a>.</p>


slug: two-record-summer
publish_on: 2016-06-19 21:41:39
title: It's a Two Record Summer!
body:
<p>On July 8th, we&rsquo;re releasing two new pieces of vinyl.</p>

<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/vinyls_summer_2016.jpg" alt="Summer 2016 Vinyl"/></p>

<ol>
<li><p>Our new LP <cite>A Band Is Something To Figure Out</cite> from Re-Vinyl Records, limited to 500 copies. You can <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/a-band-is-something-to-figure-out">order it now</a>, and it&rsquo;ll ship right away. All LP vinyl purchasers will ALSO receive a digital bonus song sometime this summer! We&rsquo;ll also have this at the merch table at <a href="/live/">all summer tour dates</a>, PLUS it&rsquo;s on the normal digital channels as well.</p></li>
<li><p>A brand new EP titled <cite>Movement Scorekeepers</cite>! This is a limited-edition (250 copies), blue vinyl 7" from Jealous Butcher Records. You can <a href="http://www.jealousbutcher.com/products/movement-scorekeepers-ep">pre-order it now</a>, and we&rsquo;ll have copies at the summer shows. It&rsquo;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.</p></li>
</ol>

<p>Also, <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/hth-10th-birthday-commemorative-7">for the completists</a>, 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!</p>


slug: very-special-video-message
publish_on: 2016-11-26 17:16:10
title: A very special video message about some boxes left on my porch
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<p>Hit play to learn about the kooky, ever-changing, fantabulous, upside-down world of the music biz and why HTH vinyl is now available at depression-era prices. When will this expire? I guess when I tire of boxing up records, so get to it.</p>

<p>Full-Length Vinyl: $8.50 on Bandcamp, no shipping in U.S.
<br><a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/a-band-is-something-to-figure-out"><cite>A Band Is Something To Figure Out</cite></a>
<br><a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/have-you-ever-done-something-evil"><cite>Have You Ever Done Something Evil?</cite></a>
</p>


slug: thanks-for-the-great-year
publish_on: 2017-01-02 00:00:00
title: From the whole band, thanks for the great year!
body:
<p>Here's two news items:</p>

<ul>
    <li><p><a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/bootleg-live-at-the-cake-shop-july-29th-2016">LIVE BOOTLEG - July 29th, 2016 @ The Cake Shop</a>: The Cake Shop, a favorite NYC venue of ours, has closed. In honor of the club, we&apos;ve put our entire concert from July 2016 up for free on Bandcamp.</p></li>

    <li><p>Please enjoy this new hastily written &amp; recorded country song entitled <a href="https://soundcloud.com/hallelujahthehills/punk-rocks-gonna-be-great-now-that-trumps-in-charge">&ldquo;Punk Rock&apos;s Gonna Be Great Now That Trump&apos;s In Charge&rdquo;</a>, 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.</p></li>
</ul>

<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/c_scale,q_auto:best,w_800/v1483619694/2016_press.jpg" alt="2016 press"></p>


slug: 25-minute-realistic-birthday-music
publish_on: 2017-03-13 23:24:54
title: The 25-minute version of "Realistic Birthday Music"!
body:
<p>The 4-minute song that concludes our 2016 album <cite><a href="/music/a-band-is-something-to-figure-out/">A Band Is Something To Figure Out</a></cite> is now a 25-minute epic including audio contributions from fans.</p>

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slug: one-night-only
publish_on: 2017-05-08 10:40:51
title: One Night Only
body:
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<p>LIVE inside The Charles Hayden Planetarium, with visuals created specifically for the performance.</p>

<p>
Thursday August 17, 2017 at 7:30 PM
<br>$20 advance,  $25 day-of-show
<br>Only 200 seats available! This experience will NOT be repeated!
<br><a href="https://www.mos.org/public-events/summer-thursdays/live-music">BUY TICKETS</a>
</p>

<p>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.</p>

<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/c_scale,q_auto,w_800/v1494239657/planetarium_wonders.jpg" alt="Planetarium wonders"></p>


slug: making-collective-psychosis-begone
publish_on: 2017-06-21 09:38:19
title: What I Remember About Making Collective Psychosis Begone
body:
<p>
    <img class="post-callout" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/hallalluya.jpg" alt="Old press photo">
    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&apos;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. <i>The Boston Phoenix</i> and the <i>Dig</i> were writing about us almost every week, and I can&apos;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&apos;t even made t-shirts yet.
</p>
<p>
    Cory Brown at Misra was particularly excited about releasing the album. He asked what we needed to become “a real, functioning band.” 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 “giving us a little taste” of this or that revenue. To be honest, even if the contract contained a clause that indicated we&apos;d never be paid more than the advance, I would&apos;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.
</p>
<p>
    The original title for the record was <i>Let&apos;s All Plug In To The Telepathic Disco</i> but we opted for <i>Collective Psychosis Begone</i> instead. I was worried that the <i>Psychosis</i> title would be interpreted as too political; when I expressed that fear to others, they were like, “Uhhhh, what&apos;s political about that?” Inside the Bush Jr. regime with the Iraq War being protested safely within something terrifying called “Free Speech Zones”, 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 “Collective Psychosis Begone!”
</p>
<p>
    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&apos;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, “great, I&apos;ll just go out back now and shoot up”, as if the technical demands of our rock band had caused him to relapse into a heroin habit.
</p>
<p>
    <img class="post-callout" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/performer.jpg" alt="Old press photo">
    The album received some exciting, positive reviews, and I remember I was a-ok with most of the criticisms some writers <i>did</i> have. I find that stuff interesting. One guy, though, opened his review by bitching about the length&mdash;I repeat <i>the length</i>&mdash;of our song titles, and how they made him “yearn for the simplicity of ‘Yeah’” 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 “Yeah” over and over again? To my delight, most other folks seemed to really understand what we were going for:
</p>
<blockquote>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’s just one person with a guitar…so how could a few real world sounds make it any stranger? &ndash; <cite><a href="http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/3735">Dusted</a></cite>
</blockquote>
<p>
    We embarked on the first tour knowing the <i>Pitchfork</i> 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&apos;d both appear on each others second albums.
</p>
<p>
    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 <i>all</i> dream. I remembered poet John Ashbery claiming that all of his poems were about “the experience of experience” 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 “I&apos;m so in love with you” or “everything will probably be alright” or “somebody please shake me awake.” 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. 
</p>
<p>
    There&apos;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 <i>Collective Psychosis Begone</i> for the first time in many years earlier this week, and I was proud of the eccentric mess we made. If you&apos;ve ever listened to it, we&apos;d like to thank you for meeting us there.
</p>
<p style="text-align: right;">
    Ryan H. Walsh
    <br>June 20th, 2017
</p>
<p>
    <a href="https://play.spotify.com/album/3y0XAcEI867TrIHLv7gSiA">Collective Psychosis Begone</a> was released on Misra Records on June 22, 2007.
</p>
<p>
    We just posted <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/collective-psychosis-begone-live-1-4-2008-the-middle-east">a live performance of the entire album </a>from 2008 on Bandcamp.
</p>

<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/soldout.jpg" alt="Old press photo"></p>


slug: show-added-planetarium
publish_on: 2017-07-13 10:03:57
title: 2nd Show Added for the Museum of Science Planetarium Concert!
body:
<img class="post-callout" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/c_scale,w_280/v1499940475/planetarium_gang.jpg" alt="Planetarium group photo">

<p>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.</p>

<p>Due to high demand for the 7:30PM show, a second show has been added at 9PM; tickets on sale today.</p>

<p>The five-piece band, once described by The Boston Globe as “the sound of music without limits,” will expand to a full-orchestra-version for these performances only. Special guests include <strong>Josh Kantor</strong> (Red Sox organist, Jim’s Big Ego), internationally lauded singer/songwriter <strong>Marissa Nadler</strong>, seven-time Boston Music Award winner <strong>Will Dailey</strong>, <strong>Dave Curry</strong> (Thalia Zedek Band, Willard Grant Conspiracy) on viola, and a choir including members of <strong>Boston Cream</strong>, <strong>Long Gone</strong>, <strong>Headband</strong>, and <strong>Land of Enchantment</strong>.</>

<p>Museum of Science, Boston
<br>Thursday August 17, 2017 at 7:30PM & 9PM
<br>$20 advance, $25 day-of-show
<br><a href="https://www.mos.org/public-events/summer-thursdays/live-music">Tickets</a>
</p>


slug: live-fenway
publish_on: 2017-09-24 20:19:34
title: Live at Fenway!
body:
<p>Fenway Park organist Josh Kantor covers our song "To All My Scientist Colleagues I Bid You Farewell" at a Red Sox game this summer:</p>

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slug: i-wrote-book-cover
publish_on: 2017-09-30 00:42:30
title: I wrote a book. This is the cover.
body:
<p><img src="https://68.media.tumblr.com/2de45ed8c04e02f8f93ff3bc6c98989c/tumblr_ow63ypdOhI1rtpgemo1_1280.jpg" alt="Cover for Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968"></p>

<p>In 2015 I wrote <a href="http://www.bostonmagazine.com/arts-entertainment/article/2015/03/24/van-morrison-astral-weeks/">an article</a> for Boston Magazine about how Van Morrison lived in Cambridge, MA in the months leading up to recording his masterpiece LP, Astral Weeks. People seemed to really enjoy the piece, including a man named Ed Park at Penguin Books.</p>

<p>Cut to this moment, right now: I’ve written an entire book about Astral Weeks and other connected stories from Boston 1968. <a href="https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/545122/astral-weeks-by-ryan-h-walsh/">It’s out March 6, 2018</a> via Penguin Press and you can <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Astral-Weeks-Secret-History-1968/dp/0735221340">pre-order</a> it now, which I hope you do. Fandom of Van Morrison or a fondness for Boston are not required to enjoy this book– it’s a strange story, almost like a dream, that is worth telling way beyond the premise of hearing the origin of a classic album. As you’ll see on the cover, and read in the book description, all kinds of luminaries are involved, as well as folks I’m fairly certain you’ve never heard of. When we decided that the phrase “secret history” would be in the title early on, I set out to ensure that the book would make good on that titular promise. I think that’s the case. You, the reader, will have to decide for yourself.</p>

<p>It’ll be available in hardcover and ebook on 3/6/18 and audiobook too at some point (630 minutes – my longest audio concoction, by a large margin). If you plan on reading it, consider pre-ordering it now. If you’ve enjoyed the stories I’ve sang inside Hallelujah The Hills songs, I can almost guarantee you’ll feel the same way flipping the pages of this true story, told fifty years later.</p>

<p>Thanks. Ryan H. Walsh<p>

<p>
<strong>Amazon pre-order</strong>: <a href="http://amzn.to/2wmEuKd">http://amzn.to/2wmEuKd</a>
</p>

<p>
<strong>Penguin page</strong>: <a href="http://bit.ly/2h0x9dk">http://bit.ly/2h0x9dk</a>
</p>


slug: after-brief-end-winter-nap
publish_on: 2018-04-27 00:44:02
title: After a brief end-of-winter nap...
body:
<p>&hellip;we’re back! And we’re announcing two new shows! Join us 5/17 in Providence, RI and 7/20 in Jamaica Plain, Boston.</p>
<p>And while we’re hard at work at on writing our sixth HTH LP, here’s two little tidbits to put on your next mix tape. These are original, instrumental tracks we created for the audiobook version of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Astral-Weeks-Secret-History-1968/dp/0735221340">Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968</a>. We had the pleasure of working with great musicians we grew up with in our headphones, like Tanya Donelly from Belly and Dana Colley from Morphine on this project. Parts of the hour-plus of music we recorded can be heard through out the audio version of the book, but here’s two tracks in full for streaming or downloading. For more information on the project, <a href="http://www.vanyaland.com/2018/03/28/astral-weeks-audiobook-gets-a-boston-all-star-soundtrack/">Vanyaland has the scoop</a>.</p>

<p><iframe width="100%" height="120" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/390337128&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=true&amp;show_comments=false&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;show_artwork=false"></iframe></p>

<p><iframe width="100%" height="120" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/390337782&amp;color=%23ff5500&amp;auto_play=false&amp;hide_related=true&amp;show_comments=false&amp;show_user=true&amp;show_reposts=false&amp;show_teaser=true&amp;show_artwork=false"></iframe></p>

<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/c_scale,w_480/v1524789074/craig_finn-ryan_walsh.jpg" alt="Craig Finn interviewing Ryan Walsh"></p>
<p>For the Brooklyn AW68 book event, Craig Finn from The Hold Steady interviewed Ryan for a great crowd that included Rob Sheffield, who recently wrote <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/rob-sheffield-astral-weeks-book-van-morrison-w517631">a comprehensive piece about the book for Rolling Stone</a>. Besides being one of HTH’s favorite songwriters, Craig’s <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a8GsQOK38u8">deep familiarity with Boston</a> made him an obvious choice for the job. If you haven’t heard Craig’s last two solo albums, drop everything and fix that. These records are true gems of melody and storytelling, some of the most stand-out lyrics of the last few years if you ask me.</p>
<p>Other things to check out:</p>
<ul>
<li>
<p><a href="http://www.earwolf.com/episode/leah-krinsky/">Ryan appearing on Never Not Funny</a>. Jimmy Pardo pronounces the band name correctly and Ryan performs “The 3 Minute Mark” solo.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p>Longtime HTH supporter <a href="https://aquariumdrunkard.com/2018/03/26/astral_weeks/">Aquarium Drunkard interviews Ryan</a> about Boston and the book on their Transmissions podcast.</p>
</li>
<li>
<p><a href="http://titusandronicus.net/patrick-stickles-interviewed-by-ryan-walsh/">Ryan interviews Patrick Stickles of Titus Andronicus</a> to help unveil the band’s new LP <em>A Productive Cough</em> which is a surprising Stickles-Special® about the confusing times we live in, full of lifted spirits and real talk.</p>
</li>
</ul>


slug: announcing-new-album
publish_on: 2018-11-12 01:15:30
title: Announcing a New Album by Releasing a New Album
body:
<p class="content-flex">
    <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/im-you">
        <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/im_you_cover.jpg" alt="I'm You cover">
    </a>
    <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/against-electricity">
        <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/against_electricity_cover.jpg" alt="Against Electricity cover">
    </a>
</p>

<p>Hello friends! We’ve written a new album that we’re recording this winter titled <cite> <strong>I’m You</strong></cite>, and we need your help to do it! No, this is not a Kickstarter; instead, we’re turning on pre-orders for the <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/im-you">seventh HTH full-length LP</a> as well as releasing our sixth album right this very instant. That means you can start enjoying <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/against-electricity">our new instrumental album</a>,  <cite><strong>Against Electricity</strong></cite>, right now! All sales will go towards our recording budget for  <cite>I’m You</cite>.</p>

<p  class="content-flex">
    <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/im-you">
        <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/pre_order_im_you.jpg" alt="Pre-Order I'm You">
    </a>
    <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/against-electricity">
        <img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/images/buy_against_electricity.jpg" alt="Buy Against Electricity">
    </a>
</p>

<p>From now until December 14, 2018, anyone who pre-orders  <cite>I’m You</cite>  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’ve cooked up. We’ll host a live-streamed raffle drawing in the spring where we’ll draw the winners. If you win, your prize will accompany your brand new HTH album.</p>

<p><strong>All pre-orders for <cite>I’m You</cite> automatically get:</strong></p>
<ul>
    <li>Your name in the liner notes</li>
    <li>Early access to the album</li>
</ul>

<p><strong>Raffle prizes:</strong></p>
<ul>
    <li>10 original collages that have appeared as part of HTH releases or show posters (10 separate winners)</li>
    <li>Signed copies of the <cite>Astral Weeks</cite> book (3)</li>
    <li>Handwritten lyrics to any HTH song (3)</li>
    <li>Acoustic show via Skype (local winners can redeem this in person) (3)</li>
    <li>One of a kind acoustic recording of any HTH song of your choice (3)</li>
    <li>4 guestlist spots (use 1 ticket four times or four tickets 1 time, we don’t care!) any show, any city, never expires</li>
    <li>HTH Live Show Digital Pack - You’ll get a download of several unreleased HTH shows that span the entire existence of the band (3)</li>
</ul>

<p>We 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.</p>

<p>&ldquo;Don't Freak Out / I'm You&rdquo;</p>

<p>Love, HTH
<br>Ryan Connelly, Dave Curry, Joseph Marrett, Brian Rutledge, Nicholas Ward, Ryan H. Walsh
</p>


slug: first-single-from-7th-lp
publish_on: 2019-09-24 06:00:00
title: Today we're releasing the first single from our 7th LP
body:
<p>The song is called &ldquo;Folk Music Is Insane.&rdquo;</p>

<p>You can listen to it on
<a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/track/folk-music-is-insane">Bandcamp</a>,
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/hallelujahthehills/02-folk-music-is-insane-final/s-Iccwt">SoundCloud</a>,
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5XiINjXioWNaWRMxBDj9o6?si=QzCpxammSVmUNWJv97-pXQ">Spotify</a>,
<a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/folk-music-is-insane-single/1480886309">Apple Music</a>,
<a href="https://play.google.com/music/m/Bivutnboql33fhvx5hgpm5alfva?t=Folk_Music_Is_Insane_-_Hallelujah_the_Hills">Google Play</a>,
etc.
</p>

<p>
<iframe style="border: 0; width: 640px; height: 42px;" src="https://bandcamp.com/EmbeddedPlayer/album=2247674964/size=small/bgcol=ffffff/linkcol=de270f/artwork=none/track=1530755473/transparent=true/" seamless><a href="http://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/im-you-out-fall-2019">I&#39;m You (out Fall 2019) by Hallelujah The Hills</a></iframe>
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<p>The album is called <em>I&rsquo;m You</em>.</p>

<p>We&rsquo;ll tell you all about it very soon.</p>

<p>This 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&rsquo;d think, &ldquo;now what in the living hell does that mean?&rdquo; So, we put it on a t-shirt. Two of &lsquo;em actually. <a href="https://teespring.com/stores/hallelujah-the-hills">Check it out</a>.</p>

<p><a href="/songs/folk-music-is-insane/">Here are the lyrics</a>. Let us know if there&rsquo;s any questions.</p>

<p>
<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/files/artwork/folk_music_cover.jpg" alt="Cover art for 'Folk Music Is Insane'">
</p>


slug: big-news-comes-in-threes
publish_on: 2019-10-08 23:10:06
title: Big News Comes in Threes
body:
<p>
<strong><cite>I’m You</cite> release date!</strong>
<br />It exists! It's real! It's ten songs! It's out 11/15/19! Don't freak out.
<br /><a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/im-you">Pre-order</a>
</p>

<p>
<strong>Album release show!</strong>
<br />Just announced! 12/19/19 at Great Scott in Allston, MA.
<br /><a href="https://www.axs.com/events/384554/hallelujah-the-hills-tickets">Get tickets</a>
</p>

<p>
<strong>New single!</strong>
<br />“Running Hot with Fate”
<br />
<a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/track/running-hot-with-fate">Bandcamp</a>,
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/hallelujahthehills/03-running-hot-with-fate-final">SoundCloud</a>,
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/1SNvFanGC9Ui6Ifz8b3jfp">Spotify</a>,
<a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/running-hot-with-fate-single/1482385858">Apple Music</a>,
<a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen#/album/Bkwsi4ocqivrsbvlsmvpoxj4cwa/">Google Play</a>
</p>

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And, in case you missed it:
“Folk Music is Insane”, the first single from <cite>I’m You</cite>
<br />
<a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/track/folk-music-is-insane">Bandcamp</a>,
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/hallelujahthehills/02-folk-music-is-insane-final/s-Iccwt">SoundCloud</a>,
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/5XiINjXioWNaWRMxBDj9o6?si=QzCpxammSVmUNWJv97-pXQ">Spotify</a>,
<a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/folk-music-is-insane-single/1480886309">Apple Music</a>,
<a href="https://play.google.com/music/m/Bivutnboql33fhvx5hgpm5alfva?t=Folk_Music_Is_Insane_-_Hallelujah_the_Hills">Google Play</a>
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<p>
Also: <a href="https://teespring.com/stores/hallelujah-the-hills">t-shirts!</a> 
<br />Wear them around the house or when you go out.</li>
</p>

<p>
<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/c_fill,g_auto:body,h_280,w_800,y_2812/v1572192109/hth_201910_park.jpg" alt="HTH press photo">
</p>


slug: it-still-floors-me
publish_on: 2019-10-31 00:11:04
title: It Still Floors Me
body:
<p>
<iframe width="100%" height="166" scrolling="no" frameborder="no" allow="autoplay" src="https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/666643349&color=%23e3b07c&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true"></iframe>
</p>

<p>
<a href="/songs/it-still-floors-me/">Lyrics</a>
<br />Listen on
<a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/track/it-still-floors-me">Bandcamp</a>,
<a href="https://soundcloud.com/hallelujahthehills/07-it-still-floors-me-final-hi/s-BVuQC">SoundCloud</a>,
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/track/6Kn8h3hIWqEMTFKPjcnwP9">Spotify</a>,
<a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/it-still-floors-me-single/1484722491">Apple Music</a>
<a href="https://play.google.com/music/listen#/album/Bewbqwm6kkmf66vqrgb7nqy5u7q">Google Play</a>
</p>

<img class="post-callout" alt="John Payne recording flute" src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/c_scale,h_373,w_280/v1572481739/john_payne_recording.jpg">

<p>
This is the third single from the forthcoming <a href="/music/im-you/"><cite>I’m You</cite></a>. It’s 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 <a href="https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/van-morrison-astral-weeks-podcast-761683/">we did some press together</a>, it occurred to me how unlikely it was that John’s playing didn’t appear on more records over the years, Boston or otherwise. The students at <a href="https://jpmc.us/">John’s school</a> 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’s the actual, literal same soprano sax that was played on “Slim Slow Slider”!). 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.
</p>


<p>
<img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/c_scale,w_800/v1572481739/john_payne_hth.jpg" alt="HTH with John Payne">
</p>


slug: happy-birthday-im-you
publish_on: 2019-11-15 10:17:38
title: Happy Birthday, I’m You
body:
<p>It’s Friday, November 15, 2019 and the record is finally <a href="/music/im-you/">let loose into the wild</a>.</p>

<ul>
<li><p>This is the part where it starts to have more to do with you than us. And that’s a beautiful thing.</p></li>

<li><p>There’s a video for “Folk Music Is Insane.” <a href="https://youtu.be/1JOs37FojZ0">Check it out</a>.</p></li>

<li><p>All of the earlier discography’s CDs and vinyl are <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/merch">on sale now</a> to celebrate the release of <cite>I’m You.</cite>
</li>

<li>Oh, and there’s <a href="https://teespring.com/stores/hallelujah-the-hills">t-shirts</a>.</li>
</ul>

<p>
See you all soon,<br>
Ryan                 
</p>

<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/v1573814700/venn_diagram_im_you.jpg" alt="Venn diagram of two people: I'm You"></p>


slug: im-you-is-all-yours
publish_on: 2019-11-25 10:24:02
title: I’m You is All Yours
body:
</h1>
<p>Available on all digital platforms, including: 
<a href="https://open.spotify.com/album/0oZGsj8kV57dn6ELB35eDi">Spotify</a>,
<a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/im-you/1483660892">Apple</a>,
<a href="https://play.google.com/store/music/album?id=Bbj7trumkkrog2s2eduvyqq3ene">Google</a>,
<a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Z5G42CD">Amazon</a>. CDs available via <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/im-you">Bandcamp</a>. No vinyl release planned yet.</p>
<p>The incredible warm welcome the record has received below. THANK YOU for listening and speading the word. We have no label, no PR team. Word of mouth is how this record will find everyone it needs to find.</p>
<p><strong>REVIEWS</strong></p>
<ul>
    <li>“ALBUM OF THE YEAR” - Glorious Noise</li>
    <li>“A LYRICAL MASTERPIECE.” - Metro</li>
    <li>“IT’S BRILLIANT.” - The Typescript</li>
    <li>“9/10. Glorious. It all boils down to human connection, a hand calmly extended through the speaker.” - The Line of Best Fit</li>
    <li>“The band’s magnum opus” - Chunky Glasses</li>
    <li>“A Ginsberg-esque telling of present day America backed by a band with a similar chaotic synchronicity as the band from Ziggy Stardust” - WBUR</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>FOLKS ON SOCIAL</strong></p>
<ul>
    <li>“INSANELY GOOD” - <span class="citation" data-cites="kr1277">@kr1277</span></li>
    <li>“My day was made much better by listening to the excellent new Halleluiah The Hills record ‘I’m You’ several times. I recommend it highly. Nice work Hills and co…” - <span class="citation" data-cites="steadycraig">@steadycraig</span></li>
    <li>“I’m You is so good I’m speechless” - <span class="citation" data-cites="msakraid">@msakraid</span></li>
    <li>“It’s a masterpiece and much more” - <span class="citation" data-cites="tecumsehvalley">@tecumsehvalley</span></li>
    <li>“I’m You IS the album of the year” - <span class="citation" data-cites="tybini">@tybini</span></li>
    <li>“It’s SO good” - <span class="citation" data-cites="beaucolburn">@beaucolburn</span></li>
    <li>“I’ve listened to it four times front to back and I gotta say this new HTH record is moving me more than anything I’ve heard in the past year. Exuberant, soulful, not afraid to get grim — I love it.” - <span class="citation" data-cites="joshshabtai">@joshshabtai</span></li>
    <li>“Hallelujah the Hills might be the best band of the decade yet I never even heard of them until Lydia Loveless tweeted about them. Go listen to It’s You on Spotify. I have 6 albums to catch up on. I’m busy.“ - <span class="citation" data-cites="dirtygertty">@dirtygertty</span></li>
    <li>“This is deadass one of the best records I’ve ever heard.” - <span class="citation" data-cites="mechewstaa">@mechewstaa</span></li>
    <li>“I’m You is sounding like their masterpiece! And it’s only sounding better with every listen.” - <span class="citation" data-cites="onetenthhero">@onetenthhero</span></li>
    <li>“A late contender for album of the year.” - <span class="citation" data-cites="eriktmpls">@eriktmpls</span></li>
</ul>
<p>We hope to tour <cite>I’m You</cite> in the coming months.</p>
<p>– HTH</p>


slug: return-and-recap
publish_on: 2021-06-24 06:00:00
title: Return and Recap
body:
<p>Hi, sorry for the 18 month gap between news posts, but a global pandemic really disrupted life as we know it in ways we don't even understand yet, and probably won't for awhile! We hope you've been safe and healthy and if you lost someone, like so many did, we'd like to offer our sincerest condolences.</p>

<p>We'll recap what we did during the down time, but first, here's the new news:</p>

<ul>
    <li><p>Kill Rock Stars asked us to cover any song from their catalog to celebrate their 30th Anniversary as a label. We chose Marnie Stern's "Year of the Glad." <a href="https://ffm.to/yearoftheglad">Take a listen</a>.</p></li>

    <li>
        <p>After our longest break from performing ever, we wanted to return to live shows in the most interesting way possible. We settled on this:</p>

        <p>
            Saturday, July 17, 2021 @ 6PM<br>
            HTH Live in front of the USS Constitution<br>
            Charlestown, MA<br>
            Free! <a href="">RSVP for reminders</a>.
        </p>
    </li>
</ul>

<p>And here's that promised re-cap of what happened in between:</p>

<p>
    We were right in the middle of getting going touring the <a href="https://www.hallelujahthehills.com/news/im-you-is-all-yours/"><cite>I'm You</cite> record</a> when COVID sent us all back home. Before the pandemic, we had never gone more than 3 or 4 weeks without a practice since late 2005, so we had to find new inventive ways to keep connected, working, and busy, like:

    a <a href="https://www.hallelujahthehills.com/video/people-keep-dying-and-no-one-can-stop-it/">quarantine-tinged video</a> for "People Keep Dying",
    a <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/bootleg-rock-n-roll-improved-my-chemistry-live-3-13-20">live album</a> from the brief <cite>I'm You</cite> tour,
    a <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/folk-music-is-insane-the-im-you-demos-2020">deconstruction of <cite>I'm You</cite></a> showing how demos become the finished record via an extended audio collage,
    a <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/track/popular-anti-depressants-of-the-21st-century-2020-single">new song</a> recorded remotely to raise money for the staff of Great Scott,
    an elaborate <a href="https://www.hallelujahthehills.com/video/memory-tree/">stop-motion animation video</a> for "The Memory Tree,"
    <a href="https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7jBQIPecsUTQZUMEVyljMj">Ryan solo songs</a>,
    a <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/bootleg-the-oldest-recorded-song-in-music-history-live-1-21-20">duo live show recording</a>,
    a <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/the-world-is-most-certainly-haunted-and-i-am-one-of-its-best-ghosts-halloween-2020-mix-tape">Halloween mix-tape</a>, 
    and finally, an <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/songs-for-npr-segues-2021-ep">experimental EP</a> we recorded remotely and ironically titled <cite>Songs for NPR Segues</cite> (because they were too noisy and weird for NPR to use, get it?!).
</p>

<p>And what about what's next? Stay tuned.</p>


slug: im-you-vinyl
publish_on: 2021-09-21 06:00:00
title: I’m You on vinyl is up to you
body:
<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/v1632187196/im_you_vinyl.png" alt="I'm You vinyl mockup"></p>
<p>Since November of 2019, the question the band has been asked more than any other is “Will <cite>I’m You</cite> ever come out on vinyl?” We’d love that, of course, but without having been able to do a bunch of touring behind the album—because of the pandemic—it just didn’t make sense to press them ourselves or find an interested label at the time. But our dear, sweet Bandcamp has this program where if enough people order your record, they press the vinyl for you. It’s risk free and win win! <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/campaign/im-you-2019">We have the next 30 days to get 250 orders in</a>.</p>
<p>If you’re reading this, you were probably one of the people who has been asking about it. So perhaps we can help each other here, and you can help us get to 250. <em>cue sad violin music.</em> For, you see, we have no label or PR team. We’re just a little band out of Boston. Therefore, word of mouth and personal recommendations are essential to making this happen.</p>
<p>Therefore, we ask you, CAN YOU CONVINCE ONE (JUST ONE!) OTHER PERSON TO GET INTO THIS RECORD AND <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/campaign/im-you-2019">SIGN ON FOR A VINYL COPY</a> IN THE NEXT 30 DAYS? If you can, this campaign is a slam dunk. And if it fails? Well that’s just how one runs hot with fate sometimes.</p>
<p>WHAT IT IS:</p>
<ul>
    <li>2 platter 180g vinyl pressing of Hallelujah The Hills’ critically lauded 2019 album <cite>I’m You</cite>.</li>
    <li>Gorgeous matte gatefold packaging with new artwork, notes, and photos.</li>
    <li>Recorded &amp; Mixed by Seth Manchester at Machines with Magnets, mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound.</li>
    <li>An array of bonus add-ons available.</li>
    <li>Called “Album of the Year” by Glorious Noise, “a lyrical masterpiece,” by The Metro, and earned a 9/10 rating from The Line of Best Fit + many, many more raves and reviews.</li>
    <li>An instant rare collector’s item.</li>
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publish_on: 2022-09-09 00:00:00
title: Put on some coffee. Break time is over.
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<p>We're back with two new singles entitled <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/track/superglued-to-you-2022-single">"Superglued to You"</a> and <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/track/god-is-so-lonely-tonight">"God is So Lonely Tonight"</a>. They're streaming everywhere, for download on Bandcamp, and both have shiny new videos to visually take you into each song's world.</p>

<p>"Superglued to You" premiered on <a href="https://thebestshow.net/episode/night-of-100-out-on-the-road-todays-fake-terms-of-respect/">The Best Show</a> with Tom Scharpling, and here's what Tom said about it: <quote>"An amazing song by an amazing band...the song rules, if the new record sounds like that, we'll hear plenty more from it."</quote> Thank you, Tom!</p>

<p>So, what are these songs for? What are they a part of? We're not ready to say quite yet, but we will later this fall, and at that point we'll show you exactly which cards are up our sleeves and reveal our hand. For now, hope you all enjoy these summer bangers we recorded at <a href="https://www.bignicestudio.com/">Big Nice Studio</a> in Rhode Island.</p>
 
<p>If you were a supporter of the Bandcamp campaign to get <cite>I'm You</cite> on vinyl, THANK YOU! You did it! It's such a beautiful thing! We're moved and happy about how it all worked out.</p>

<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/c_scale,w_800/v1662372301/im_you_record.jpg" alt="Photo of I'm You records"></p>

<p>Missed the campaign? Well, good news, we've put a limited number of copies <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/album/im-you-2019">for sale on Bandcamp</a>! Are you in Boston? It's for sale exclusively at <a href="http://www.tresgatosjp.com/store">Tres Gatos</a> in Jamaica Plain. Tell Phil that Hills sent ya!</p>


<p>Up next, live, we're playing a special late show with Cassie Berman at the Lilypad in Cambridge, MA. It's been well over a decade since we shared a stage with Cassie. Here's a photo of us on-stage at the Middle East September 5, 2008 at the end of the week we spent opening for the Silver Jews.</p>

<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/v1662372300/cassie_live.jpg" alt="Photo of Cassie Berman singing the band"></p>

<p>Earlier that day, she recorded her classic vocals on <a href="https://youtu.be/PyK8Q046TU4">"Classic Tapes"</a>. We cannot wait to hear the songs she'll bring from Nashville to Boston.</p>


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publish_on: 2022-09-27 10:17:34
title: Introducing DECK, a 52 song album!
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<p>Greetings! We are setting out to create a 52 song album entitled <cite>DECK</cite> with one song for every card in a deck of playing cards. The <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hillsdeck">DECK Patreon</a>, launched today, is how we're going to fund this huge project; the better it does, the more funds we have to make <cite>DECK</cite> over the next year and a half. It's going to be lots of fun; in fact it already is. Check out the debut episode of the Camper Can Calethoven podcast and the first Hills Cover Song Session available immediately to all subscribers!</p>

<p>Here's how <cite>DECK</cite> is going to work: 52 songs, one for each card. 4 thirteen song albums, one for each suit. <strong>Diamonds</strong>: a proper studio follow up to <cite>I’m You</cite>. <strong>Clubs</strong>: lo-fi faster, punkier, dirtier songs. <strong>Hearts</strong>: a sparser, mostly acoustic, yet carefully orchestrated, album full of weepers. <strong>Spades</strong>: a free-form, experimental record.</p>

<p>The final product will come with an original deck of card with artwork for each song. You’ll be able to pull 13 random cards, put their corresponding songs in the order you pulled the cards, and voila, you have your own unique version of the record that might function like an audio-tarot-card-reading, if you’re into that. (Did you know there are more different combinations of an ordered deck than there are atoms on Earth? Wow!)</p>

<p>The truth is: I’ve had this idea for about twenty years now. But I never had the guts to try and actually try to make it until now. Maybe I didn’t have the life experience to be able to effectively create something like DECK twenty years ago. That’s almost certainly true. During each ensuing year, I’ve nervously watched music news headlines to see if someone else would stumble upon the idea and get there first. No one ever did.</p>

<p>So sidle up to the table and get dealt in, it's time to make rock records unreasonably ambitious again. Ready?</p>


slug: half-a-deck
publish_on: 2023-12-08 00:43:11
title: Playing with Half a DECK
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<p>Greetings, Hills website visitor!</p>

<p>They said it couldn't be done. They said we'd certainly fail. They said we weren't up to the task. And guess what? They may be right! No one knows what happens next, we already know that, but we ARE at the halfway point of creating <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hillsdeck">DECK</a>—a 52 song, 4 album project with a track for every card in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standard_52-card_deck#Composition">a standard deck of cards</a>. There will be no compulsory champagne popped until all 52 are securely tucked into the pack, and so for now, we toil onward.</p>

<p>Today, though, we are sharing a little sign of life from behind the walls of Hillz secrecy. Please meet <a href="https://hallelujahthehills.bandcamp.com/track/alone-in-love-2">&ldquo;Alone, In Love&rdquo;</a>: our electric new 7-minute signal, AKA the 5 of Diamonds, <a href="https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/hallelujahthehills/alone-in-love">available everywhere</a> you get your music right now. It was recorded, mixed, and mastered at Machines with Magnets by Seth Manchester during the DIAMONDS sessions. We hope you like it!</p>

<p><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/dgojqlr7m/image/upload/c_scale,w_800/v1702037960/alone_in_love.jpg" alt="Alone in Love single artwork"></p>

<p>It seems extremely reasonable, as of right now, to assure you that DECK will be out in late 2024. How are we supporting this gigantic project without playing an enormous pile of live shows? With the DECK Patreon, of course. We do a flat fee, one tier, and we overdo it every month over there with music, podcasts, and videos. It's amazing what we've been able to achieve with the support of our ride or dies. <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hillsdeck">Join us there if you wanna</a>!</p>


