Hop Along / Painted Shut
Album: Painted Shut   Collection:General
Artist:Hop Along   Added:Jun 2015
Label:Saddle Creek  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2015-06-05 Pull Date: 2015-08-07
Week Ending: Aug 9 Aug 2 Jul 26 Jul 19 Jul 12 Jun 28 Jun 21 Jun 14
Airplays: 1 1 1 3 2 1 2 3

Recent Airplay
1. Jun 05, 2021: Rebroadcast: Music Casserole
Buddy In The Parade
4. Jan 03, 2016: Meow: The Best Of 2015
Texas Funeral
2. Jan 22, 2020: soft boiled
Horseshoe Crabs
5. Aug 03, 2015: Breakaway Bluff
The Knock
3. Jan 08, 2019: Magnetized Toner: With Guest DJ mc2
Texas Funeral
6. Jul 28, 2015: Meow After Midnight
Buddy In The Parade

Album Review
Mister Esquire
Reviewed 2015-06-05
As Reviewed By Mister Esquire.

90's indie/alternation scam/coffee shop grunge.
the 90's revival is...
the softer side of 'alt rock'.
some sad neo-folky stuff, some poppy rock stuff. throw in a tad of twee pop.
fem vox, scratchy. I bet she smokes a lot.
I like her.
=One Of The Best Of 2015.
MR. ESQ. SEZ: MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW.
FCC CLEAN.
SOUNDS LIKE: MADDER ROSE, COKE WEED, SPEEDY ORTIZ, COME, SCRAWL, LIZ PHAIR...(OH, YEAH!), ET AL.
PLAY: ANY/ALL/RANDOMEOW/IT'S 90'S REVIVAL CATNIP!
1. PURR-FECT II: mid fast grungey alt pop good.
2. PURR-FECT II: scratchy scratchy. the vocals are scratchy.
3. PURR-FECT II: slow, sad, dramatic. it's...epic.
4. PURR-FECT II: great gunslinging twist...epic...
5. slow and twisty acoustic....and epic!
6. PURR-FECT: PLAY NOW! MACH MEOW!
7. working out the jams, rockin' hard.
8. PURR-FECT II: poppy. moving. epic.
9. PURR-FECT II: like #5, but goes into Pavementish gitscape...epic.
10. PURR-FECT II: neo-upbeat rocker, neo-countryish. fun. and epic.

Track Listing
1. The Knock   6. Texas Funeral
2. Buddy In The Parade   7. Powerful Man
3. Horseshoe Crabs   8. I Saw My Twin
4. Waitress   9. Well-Dressed
5. Happy To See Me   10. Sister Cities