Hallelujah The Hills - Collective Psychosis

HALLELUJAH THE HILLS WAS BORN OUT OF THE ASHES OF THE BOSTON CULT BAND THE STAIRS. ON THE NIGHT OF THEIR FINAL PERFORMANCE RYAN WALSH (VOX, GUITAR) AND ERIC MEYER (DRUMS) ANNOUNCED THAT THEY WOULD START A NEW BAND, NAMING IT AFTER A SOMEWHAT BIZARRE 1960’S COMEDY WALSH HAD SEEN IN COLLEGE FILM CLASS. HALLELUJAH THE HILLS’ COLLECTIVE PSYCHOSIS BEGONE UTILIZES A LINE-UP OF BASS, DRUMS, CELLO, MOOG, TRUMPET, MELODICA, SAMPLER AND PLENTY OF GUITARS GRANTING THEM THE SPACE TO EXPAND AND CONTRACT AS THEIR MELODIES AND ARRANGEMENTS SEE FIT. UNLIKE SOME OF THEIR ANTHEMIC PEERS, HALLELUJAH THE HILLS FIND SOLACE IN THE SPACE BETWEEN THEIR CRASHING CRESCENDOS AND CHORAL PEAKS AND THAT'S A SUBTLE STRENGTH OF THE BAND. IT GRANTS THE SONGS A GREAT DIVERSITY, FROM AMPED-UP CAMPFIRE SING ALONGS TO SOMBER BALLADS. YOU'LL HEAR NOTABLE TRACES OF SPOON-STYLE BOOGIE, THERMALS LO-FI FIGHT SONGS, AND DYLAN'S THICK IMAGERY DRESSED IN DUSTBOWL RAGS. IT'S THIS REFRESHING APPROACH THAT ATTRACTED THE ATTENTION OF SALON.COM, WHO AWARDED THE BAND SECOND PLACE IN LAST YEAR'S UNSIGNED BAND CONTEST, AND BEST-SELLING AUTHOR JONATHAN LETHEM, WHO COMMISSIONED THE BAND TO RECORD "MONSTER EYES" A (POST-LP) SONG INSPIRED BY LYRICS AND THEMES IN HIS LATEST BOOK, YOU DON'T LOVE ME YET, LEADING THE VILLAGE VOICE TO RAVE, "'MONSTER EYES' IS FIFTY SHADES OF AM-RADIO AWESOME. CALL THE MUSICAL GLOSSIES: THIS MIGHT JUST BE THE 'BEST SONG YOU'VE NEVER HEARD.'" HALLELUJAH THE HILLS HAS PROMISED TO MAKE 33 ALBUMS BEFORE BREAKING UP. 32 MORE OR NOT, COLLECTIVE PSYCHOSIS BEGONE IS ONE HELL OF A START.FOR FANS OF THERMALS, BEATLES’ REVOLVER, NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL, THE CLASH

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