St. Louis natives and live favorites Hathead Jones dropped their debut CD, Eleven<\/i>, in August 2012, in advance of their attempt to get on the Warped Tour. No word on whether they made it yet, but based on this disc, they probably deserve at least an opening slot.<\/p>\n
The band\u2019s sound is inspired by \u201890s rock, along the lines of the Foo Fighters, Everclear, Semisonic and so forth, with a bit of cheesy \u201880s synthesizers thrown in, and it\u2019s clear from the outset that this is a band all about having a good time. There is a bit of power pop in \u201cSleep Tonight,\u201d a Britpop influence in \u201cToo Many Days\u201d and \u201cChange,\u201d and a Hootie & the Blowfish sound to the history lesson of \u201cCivil Rights Act Of 1964,\u201d which is apparently the newest addition to the Schoolhouse Rock series.<\/p>\n
This is probably one of the happiest discs of 2012. In an ocean of dour mope-rock, joyless electronica, and slashing power chords, hearing someone say \u201cBeginning of song\u201d in a Cookie Monster voice before the acoustic \u201cStumbling Star\u201d or the South Park reference of \u201cGnomes\u201d actually brings a smile. <\/p>\n
Make no mistake, this is not a kid\u2019s band, nor a novelty band, but more like a modern Barenaked Ladies with heavier guitars and \u201cDowntown\u201d John Seiber\u2019s keyboards, which are a highlight of many of the songs. The guys have clearly played together for a while \u2013 this is not the work of amateur performers, just songwriters \u2013 and the disc is well-produced.<\/p>\n
Eleven <\/i>is the work of a local band that has jammed in the basement, played a couple shows, and then wrote their own music off of their influences\u2026in other words, a common low-key debut from a local band hoping to take the next step. Nothing here truly stands out, but fans of breezy rock\/pop along the lines of the bands mentioned above will probably get a kick out of this. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":45,"featured_media":31268,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"artist":[9019],"rating":[5619],"class_list":["post-42961","review","type-review","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","artist-hathead-jones","rating-rating-c"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/review"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/45"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/review\/42961\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"artist","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/artist?post=42961"},{"taxonomy":"rating","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rating?post=42961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}