HOWLER
Peter Buck once remarked that he discovered loads of bands while touring the U.S. during the mid ‘80s. Hüsker Dü and The Replacements from Minneapolis, X and The Dream Syndicate from L.A. One can’t help but suspect that Minneapolis’ Howler would’ve been on of Buck’s interstate parochial discoveries had they been around in the early ‘80s instead of early ‘10s, when band discoveries occur at the speed of light across the Internet instead of via word of mouth recommendations from record store clerks.
Howler launched with white-hot shooting star intensity, garnering international accolades, including being named the NME’s third coolest new band in rock, as well as having frontman Jordan Gatesmith make the publication’s annual cool list. They seemed primed for international take over, and were oft compared to The Strokes, actually signing to Rough Trade, after local Minneapolis journalist interviewing Geoff Travis about the 10th anniversary of The Strokes’ debut sent him an early demo of Howler’s first EP. Travis inked the act, and they subsequently released their debut LP “America Give Up.”
Yet as auspicious as their debut was, their sophomore follow-up “World of Joy“ sounds like an actual band instead of a Gatesmith solo project, the labor of a band who’s honed its chops after extensive grindstone touring. It’s easy to pick out antecedents in home town legends such as The Replacements, The Cows, Hüsker Dü and even The Hold Steady while listening to World of Joy
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Peter Buck once remarked that he discovered loads of bands while touring the U.S. during the mid ‘80s. Hüsker Dü and The Replacements from Minneapolis, X and The Dream Syndicate from L.A. One can’t help but suspect that Minneapolis’ Howler would’ve been on of Buck’s interstate parochial discoveries had they been around in the early ‘80s instead of early ‘10s, when band discoveries occur at the speed of light across the Internet instead of via word of mouth recommendations from record store clerks.
Howler launched with white-hot shooting star intensity, garnering international accolades, including being named the NME’s third coolest new band in rock, as well as having frontman Jordan Gatesmith make the publication’s annual cool list. They seemed primed for international take over, and were oft compared to The Strokes, actually signing to Rough Trade, after local Minneapolis journalist interviewing Geoff Travis about the 10th anniversary of The Strokes’ debut sent him an early demo of Howler’s first EP. Travis inked the act, and they subsequently released their debut LP “America Give Up.”
Yet as auspicious as their debut was, their sophomore follow-up “World of Joy“ sounds like an actual band instead of a Gatesmith solo project, the labor of a band who’s honed its chops after extensive grindstone touring. It’s easy to pick out antecedents in home town legends such as The Replacements, The Cows, Hüsker Dü and even The Hold Steady while listening to World of Joy
HOWLER
Peter Buck once remarked that he discovered loads of bands while touring the U.S. during the mid ‘80s. Hüsker Dü and The Replacements from Minneapolis, X and The Dream Syndicate from L.A. One can’t help but suspect that Minneapolis’ Howler would’ve been on of Buck’s interstate parochial discoveries had they been around in the early ‘80s instead of early ‘10s, when band discoveries occur at the speed of light across the Internet instead of via word of mouth recommendations from record store clerks.
Howler launched with white-hot shooting star intensity, garnering international accolades, including being named the NME’s third coolest new band in rock, as well as having frontman Jordan Gatesmith make the publication’s annual cool list. They seemed primed for international take over, and were oft compared to The Strokes, actually signing to Rough Trade, after local Minneapolis journalist interviewing Geoff Travis about the 10th anniversary of The Strokes’ debut sent him an early demo of Howler’s first EP. Travis inked the act, and they subsequently released their debut LP “America Give Up.”
Yet as auspicious as their debut was, their sophomore follow-up “World of Joy“ sounds like an actual band instead of a Gatesmith solo project, the labor of a band who’s honed its chops after extensive grindstone touring. It’s easy to pick out antecedents in home town legends such as The Replacements, The Cows, Hüsker Dü and even The Hold Steady while listening to World of Joy
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Peter Buck once remarked that he discovered loads of bands while touring the U.S. during the mid ‘80s. Hüsker Dü and The Replacements from Minneapolis, X and The Dream Syndicate from L.A. One can’t help but suspect that Minneapolis’ Howler would’ve been on of Buck’s interstate parochial discoveries had they been around in the early ‘80s instead of early ‘10s, when band discoveries occur at the speed of light across the Internet instead of via word of mouth recommendations from record store clerks.
Howler launched with white-hot shooting star intensity, garnering international accolades, including being named the NME’s third coolest new band in rock, as well as having frontman Jordan Gatesmith make the publication’s annual cool list. They seemed primed for international take over, and were oft compared to The Strokes, actually signing to Rough Trade, after local Minneapolis journalist interviewing Geoff Travis about the 10th anniversary of The Strokes’ debut sent him an early demo of Howler’s first EP. Travis inked the act, and they subsequently released their debut LP “America Give Up.”
Yet as auspicious as their debut was, their sophomore follow-up “World of Joy“ sounds like an actual band instead of a Gatesmith solo project, the labor of a band who’s honed its chops after extensive grindstone touring. It’s easy to pick out antecedents in home town legends such as The Replacements, The Cows, Hüsker Dü and even The Hold Steady while listening to World of Joy
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