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 ‘Let It Wave.’
" 22,1,2008-05-01 16:04:01,Exclaim!,2008-05-01,http://www.exclaim.ca/musicreviews/generalreview.aspx?csid1=121&csid2=850&fid1=31103,1,9,"Considering it’s a free download, [Prepare To Qualify] is remarkably good and elegantly demonstrates just why the band’s debut album won such high praise…
" 24,1,2008-05-05 16:38:09,Tracer,2008-05-05,http://www.tracermagazine.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=41&Itemid=49,1,9,"There is an element of cacaphony in Prepare to Qualify, but it keeps you guessing. It keeps you captivated all the while wondering, “Why in the hell am I so interested?” Just keep listening - it’ll hit you eventually, and I guarantee you’ll keep coming back to it.
" 25,1,2008-04-08 16:40:10,The Weekly Dig,2008-04-08,http://www.weeklydig.com/arts-entertainment/music/cd-reviews/200804/hellelujah-hills,1,9,"Their layered, anthemic vocals and raw sound (trumpets!) combine for a warm, welcoming fireplace-rock sound that you want to spoon with.
" 35,1,2008-08-13 16:38:09,Pitchfork,2008-08-13,http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12068-prepare-to-qualify-ep/,1,9,"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 Prepare To Qualify's unifying and best aspect.
" 37,1,2010-08-16 23:45:18,Ampeater Review,2010-07-08,http://ampeatermusic.com/aem109,1,9,"Hallelujah the Hills’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, documentarian or cohorts, 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?
" 51,1,2013-02-21 09:39:03,Music For Robots,2013-02-18,http://music.for-robots.com/how-i-feel-for-you-now/,1,9,"They’ve been here the whole time, releasing albums, EPs, singles; growing changing, adapting and never losing the thread that made them great.
" 52,1,2013-02-21 09:39:03,Captain's Dead,2013-02-16,http://captainsdead.com/hallelujah-the-hills-the-three-minute-mark-new-song-and-more.html,1,9,One of the best band on the planet and completely hitting their stride.
56,1,2013-05-07 22:56:02,Bucket Full Of Nails,2013-05-06,http://bucketfullofnails.com/2013/05/06/review-hallalejah-the-hills-portrait-of-the-artist-as-a-young-trashcan/,1,9,"Much like a good work of fiction, Portrait of the Artist as a Young Trashcan warrants return visits. I’m already picturing dog-eared copies of this album years from now.
" 58,1,2013-05-22 15:44:52,Captain's Dead,2013-05-17,http://captainsdead.com/hallelujah-the-hills-three-minute-mark.html,1,9,"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.
" 59,1,2013-05-22 15:44:52,clicky clicky music,2013-05-08,http://jbreitling.blogspot.com/2013/05/todays-hotness-hallelujah-hills-broken.html,1,9,A brilliant lyricist and a cracking coterie of collaborators and it's easy to see why there's gold at every turn here.