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- Record Label: Run for Cover Records
- Release Date: Aug 16, 2024
- Summary: The latest full-length release from Boston indie rock trio Horse Jumper Of Love features contributions by Wednesday's Karly Hartzman, MJ Lenderman and Squirrel Flower's Ella Williams.
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- Record Label: Run for Cover Records
- Genre(s): Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Noise-Rock, Slowcore
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Aug 15, 2024It's an album that one can't help but to imagine making for impactful concert moments.
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Aug 15, 2024It’s not often that music this loud and distorted can break your heart.
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Aug 30, 2024While listening to Disaster Trick, there is a sense that Giannopoulos intentionally distances himself, lingering in his thoughts. Given the traces of emotion he lays out throughout, they curiously let us in in mysterious ways. Credit also goes to the less measured and more textural production, which, unintentionally, allows the songs to become more alluring and inviting.
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Aug 15, 2024With Disaster Trick, Horse Jumper of Love subtly expand their sound without losing the instinctual, otherworldly interplay of their melodies, dizzying guitar lines and serpentine rhythms blurring together in a narcotic ooze.
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Sep 3, 2024Wednesday’s Karly Hartzman and MJ Lenderman are featured on several tracks, as is indie rocker Ella O’Connor Williams (a.k.a Squirrel Flower). Yet their presence only enhances and never overshadows the trio’s music.
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Aug 16, 2024At any point where the album starts to feel repetitive or boring, it shakes you awake and shows you what’s purposeful. Disaster Trick is unafraid to relish in the mundane and trust that you’ll understand; its lyrics keep you busy and create a fair fight for balance.
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Aug 22, 2024There’s a clarity of vision in his songwriting. However, the album lacks cohesion, not just their tendency to deliver songs of sonic variance. A few tracks, such as “Snow Angel”, “Wink”, and “Gates of Heaven” make the LP a worthwhile listen, but Disaster Trick as a whole will only appeal to their most devoted fans.