Hats and Glasses are a band I found via emusic – I downloaded their EP a couple of days ago because, well, I liked their name. But that’s about all the information I can give you about them, because even Google-ing doesn’t come up with much. They’re from Boston, consider themselves a Rock ‘n Roll band, and have apparently been together since 2003. As far as I can tell, the EP is their debut release. Rock ‘n Roll is a fitting description, but not at all in a traditional or typical way. There’s something about them that reminds me of The Modern Lovers – not that they sound similar but they both appeal to me in the same way. Their myspace page lists them as “Punk / Metal / Melodramatic Popular Song”; Virb has them has “Post Hardcore / Southern Rock / Comedy”. Clearly, Hats and Glasses don’t fit in one of those nifty genre descriptions. All I know is that this EP is my new favorite thing and I love it more each time I listen to it. You’ll really have to hear it for yourself:
Hats and Glasses – November, Stupid People, Pay The Man
Hats and Glasses’ EP is available for download from emusic here and will supposedly be out in September for physical buying. HatSpace has several songs for your listening pleasure and one for download. Go check them out, right now.
Filed under: Music, New Band Day Tagged: | Hats And Glasses, Indie, Rock
The CD has been released and is available at all Newbury Comics. Also available at Hatsandglasses.com. This band is hot and I agree that you really get hooked on the tracks. I saw them at Tufts and they blew me away. Drummer plays the keyboard at the same time…and sings lead in the “Third time is”! I stood there in awe!
Thanks for the tip – I’ll check into that asap!