we've had some great reviews already for 'no.5'. we mentioned some of them on this blog already. not that we're up for blowing the trumpet too much, of course, but we did just get this on a wonderful little website called a negative narrative, and it could be the best summation of what we do at the moment we've seen in a long time.
we thought we'd share it with you:
"maybe tomorrow i’ll want to settle down. maybe tomorrow i’ll just keep moving on. actually, maybe tomorrow i’ll just form a jazz collective, eat out of bins, ride trolley-cars and folk reality off for an altogether happier existence of artisanity, yoghurt and blissed-out tunes. what do you mean someone got there first. oh - do you mean the rogueish hipsters that I saw hanging out by the bottle bank? well, not only are they good recyclers, top people and virtuoso musicians, they've also just raised the negative narrative bar again.
the hobopop collective are (at the core) kirsty mcgee and mat martin, with notable contributions from such revered illuminati as james steel (the brute chorus), christopher cundy (guillemots) and clive mellor (richard hawley). they crank like a banged-out mustang ’57 pissing petrol the length of a winding scottish B-road. think corinne bailey-rae arm-wrestling sinead o’connor for a dram of whiskey at a disturbed banjo buskathon for burglars, blind folk and beatniks, then drop a few of those variables and cram in some of the bluest blues, the greenest greens, and the wobbliest wobbles. this is more sonic scurvy than calenture, in the best possible way. download this if you don’t believe us."
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the site interviews bands by asking them 10 questions. they're only allowed to answer in photos they've taken themselves. if you ever wondered what we find sexy, what's in our pockets, or what we're prepared to smash up then this interview might be for you...
if you ever asked yourself similar questions about our friends and colleagues, such as the brute chorus or curtis eller, you might find your curiosity sated there too, by the way.
we've had fun popping up in the pages of clash, Q and rock n' reel lately too. the album comes out tomorrow morning (as does the re-release of 'honeysuckle') and we're pretty darned excited. we've managed to gether a fair few hobopoppers who were involved in either the recording or launch shows for 'no.5' for a little party tomorrow night, to mark the occasion.
then it's back to rehearsing as we await getting back on the road in a week or so...
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