Hallelujah The Hills

…of Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Trashcan
Released by Discrete Pageantry Records on May 7, 2013

• Captain's Dead – May 17, 2013

  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/artisits real records.

• Clicky Clicky – May 8, 2013

  A brilliant lyricist and a cracking coterie of collaborators and it's easy to see why there's gold at every turn here.

• Bucket Full Of Nails – May 6, 2013

  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.

…of Winter 2013 Single
Released on February 14, 2013

• Music For Robots – February 18, 2013

  They’ve been here the whole time, releasing albums, EPs, singles; growing changing, adapting and never losing the thread that made them great.

• Captain's Dead – February 16, 2013

  One of the best band on the planet and completely hitting their stride.

…of No One Knows What Happens Next
Released by Discrete Pageantry Records on May 22, 2012

• Stereo Typing – July 28, 2012

  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

• Exclaim! – May 22, 2012

  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.

• Prefix – May 21, 2012

  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.

• Weekly Dig – May 18, 2012

  This is thinking outside the box with a lot of moving parts, but sonically, it comes together gorgeously in a start-to-finish listen.

• Prefix – April 27, 2012

  It's a great introduction to No One Knows What Will Happen Next, 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.

• MTVHive – March 30, 2012

  [“Get Me In A Room”] builds to the sort of manic rock explosion that the singer describes as “a pep talk to myself,” where confines of a room seems metaphorical at best.

…of Summer 2010 Single
Released on June 15, 2010

• Ampeater Review – July 8, 2010

  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?

…of Colonial Drones
Released by Misra Records on September 22, 2009

• Prefix – September 22, 2009

  …as catchy as each song can be, what grew on me is how they all mesh into a cohesive whole.

• The Boston Phoenix – September 22, 2009

  It’s this open-minded and open-ended approach that has made HTH one of Boston’s most prized pop possessions. We’re not likely to hear a local album that trumps the wonders of Colonial Drones anytime soon.

• The Line Of Best Fit – September 23, 2009

  Colonial Drones, as the title aptly suggests, is a work full of fantasy-like explorations, laden with anthemic choruses and lyrics freely open for interpretation.

• The Weekly Dig – September 22, 2009

  It doesn't take long to realize this album is something extra special.

• Erasing Clouds – October 1, 2009
• Pitchfork – September 24, 2009
• Blurt Online – September 24, 2009

…of Prepare To Qualify
Released on April 8, 2008

• Tracer – May 5, 2008

  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.

• Pitchfork – August 13, 2008
• Exclaim! – May 1, 2008
• The Weekly Dig – April 8, 2008
• Stereogum – October 12, 2007

…of Collective Psychosis Begone
Released by Misra Records on June 5, 2007

• The Boston Globe – August 24, 2008

  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.

• Soundcheck Magazine – August 10, 2007

  There’s something intimate about this album — it feels as if you’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.

• Pitchfork – June 22, 2007

  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.

• Crawdaddy! – August 22, 2007
• Dusted – July 31, 2007
• Erasing Clouds – June 30, 2007
• Paste Magazine – June 27, 2007
• Exclaim! – June 6, 2007