Against Electricity
Nov. 13, 2018
An instrumental album originally created as the soundtrack for the book Astral Weeks: A Secret History of 1968.
Available on Bandcamp.
Limited-edition vinyl available from Jealous Butcher Records.
Credits
Music by Hallelujah The Hills: Ryan Connelly, Dave Curry, Joseph Marrett, Brian Rutledge, Nicholas Ward, Ryan H. Walsh.
With special guests: Dana Colley, Tanya Donelly, Josh Kantor, Marissa Nadler, and Evan Sicuranza.
Engineered, mixed, and mastered by Seth Manchester at Machines with Magnets, Pawtucket RI.
© 2018 Reverse The Tape Decks ASCAP
Press
A killer new Hallelujah the Hills instrumental album.
Mesmerizing
There are two things Boston's Hallelujah the Hills do incredibly well: Catchy roots based rock songs and experimental instrumental noise rock. Their sixth album, Against Electricty, was just released yesterday and it fits squarely in the latter category.
All kinds of interesting textures and atmospheres happening. HTH doesn’t bother really going for a particular Astral Weeks-y vibe and wisely avoids late-60s psych cliches – maybe the most overt “reference” is the (excellent) “Rayrunner” rave-up. I’ll let you guess what that one sounds like!