HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE: title track currently streaming on Pitchfork.com The new full-length album 17th Street out October 25[views:15300][posts:14]______________________________________ [Sep 27,2011 8:48pm - the_reverend ""] HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE: title track currently streaming on Pitchfork.com The new full-length album 17th Street out October 25 With a newly-rejuvenated line-up and their signature sound intact, San Francisco's HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE have returned with 17th Street, a brash and heartfelt song cycle, blending the best elements of NWOBHM, Thrash, Doom, and American Folk music while somehow sounding unlike any of these. Fans can now check out the title track off 17th Street exclusively on Pitchfork.com. The first single The Grain, also available as a lyric video, can be checked out HERE. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/tracks/12480-17th-street/ 17th Street tracklisting: 1. 317 2. 17th Street 3. The Grain 4. Staring (The 31st Floor) 5. The Day the City Died 6. Romance Valley 7. Summer Tears 8. Grey Wednesday 9. Going Somewhere 17th Street will be released on both CD and 180 gram double LP gatefold vinyl. HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE is: John Cobbett: guitar Chewy Marzolo: drums Sigrid Sheie: organ, piano, vocals, flute Leila Abdul-Rauf: guitar, vocals Joe Hutton: vocals Max Barnett: bass Fans can keep up with HAMMERS OF MISFORTUNE at the following links: http://www.hammersofmisfortune.com http://www.myspace.com/hammersofmisfortune http://www.metalblade.com/hammersofmisfortune |
| _________________________________ [Oct 16,2011 10:29pm - Mark_R ""] Hmm. I don't see the reply that is apparently posted in this thread but I have every confidence that this album is gonna rule. |
| _______________________________________ [Oct 17,2011 7:39am - AndrewBastard ""] rad |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 17,2011 11:23am - dreadkill ""] i heard the grain a couple weeks ago and thought it was better than anything from the last album. i think this album is going to be a good'n. |
| _________________________________ [Oct 17,2011 11:39am - Mark_R ""] I actually liked the last double-album a lot, especially the Chuch of Broken Glass half, but this one purports to be better on all levels. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 17,2011 11:43am - dreadkill ""] after the august engine and locust years, i thought it was a huge disappointment, but still well done. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 17,2011 12:28pm - chrisREX ""] After loosing Scalzi as vocalist it's hard for them to maintaint eh same appeal with me, especially rebounding with a boring double album. That being said, I'm excited to listen to this when I get home. |
| ____________________________________ [Oct 17,2011 12:57pm - dreadkill ""] chrisREX said:After loosing Scalzi as vocalist it's hard for them to maintaint eh same appeal with me, especially rebounding with a boring double album. That being said, I'm excited to listen to this when I get home. that about sums up how i feel |
| ____________________________________ [Nov 4,2011 5:01pm - AUTOPSY_666 ""] Love this band. |
| _____________________________________ [Nov 5,2011 11:21pm - Beorht-Dana ""] Bought this today and digging it. Sounds like Queen and Rainbow mixed into the older HoM sound. |
| _____________________________________ [Nov 6,2011 6:49am - ThirdKnuckle ""] it's not an album, it's a "song cycle" pitchfork=hipster, no? |
| __________________________________ [Nov 6,2011 2:20pm - chrisREX ""] Pitchfork today is about as hipster as Rollingstone Magazine was 20 years ago. |