“It's not really a playlist guy or a singles guy,” Bert Hoover admits. Hooveriii consider the new record, which occasionally pays homage to the Canterbury scene, to be a palette cleanser of sorts. Whereas Water for the Frogs was akin to a jam-band record - most of its seven songs are about five minutes long, including a closing track that lasts nearly 10 - A Round of Applause has potentially broader appeal. Considering the record contains 11 tracks spanning less than 40 minutes, it’s a rather heroic feat. One of the multiple masterstrokes on Hooveriii’s new record is that their musical stylings segue almost seamlessly not only from song to song but within the songs themselves. Hooveriii often stresses the importance of sequencing, so a record feels inviting instead of jarring. If there is an image appearing on this blog that belongs to you and you do not wish for it appear on this site, please E-mail with a link to said image and it will be promptly removed.Two limited edition colour variants - "Water Lily" lemon/spring green/sky blue w/pink splatter and "The Pearl" orange inside red w/pearloid splatterĭeluxe matte sleeve with OBI strip and full colour insert.Ī Round of Applause is an expansive and even, at times, experimental record. MOOF claims no credit for any images posted on this site unless otherwise noted. Hooveriii have their finger on the pulse and keep levitating us.Ī Round of Applause was released 29/7 on The Reverberation Appreciation Society. With the final track “The Pearl”, our space troopers have reached their final destination after many twists and turns, it is a sunny and celebratory piece of pop that ends the odyssey. “Stone Men” makes a stark transition on the darker side of the force with its tribal beat, endowing the album with a more mythological quest while Iguana leans more on the exotic side. Yet they manage to make their mark all the way through ![]() They walk a path less trodden and defy the odds with a full mosaic of influences they weave a colorful canvas from, something you could peer at with a magnifying glass and find a myriad of components. They never state the obvious and play with the listener, leaving you on tenterhooks whilst shaking your booty.Ī tidal wave of raw energy, this rollercoaster of a record bursts with all kinds of mental pictures that keep the listener alert and propel you by leaps and bounds across time and space. Moving at light speed, they incorporate elements of various decades, particularly the nineties on “Time – The Outlaw” and “My Directive”. ![]() These warriors enable you to travel in time. ![]() There is nonetheless a distinctly groovy ambiance underlying, though, something more fluid than on the two previous records and one is reminded with the words, “We could just stay dancing all night.” One of the pinnacles on this hell of a trip, “Water Lily” may remind one of Nolan Potter’s Nightmare Band‘s Nightmare Forever, the atmospheres are similarly baroque and equally thought provoking. ![]() “Water Lily” adds a medieval touch to the narrative, where one may picture the band slaying dragons in space. This is an utterly eventful journey and one will come across turbulences but Bert Hoover‘s vocals and lyrics will comfort you before you come across major obstacles. You boarded this bombastic vessel and are now a stowaway at your own risk. “See” greets you into familiar territory, getting gradually ready for ignition before “Out of Time” turns up the power and takes off. Their music is like a colossal spaceship that flies across the solar system and their trajectory is literally interstellar. Carrying on their epic astral trail, Hooveriii are back in force with their third album A Round of Applause, reaching a new milestone on their sound quest.
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