The Hobbes Fanclub deliver their debut album ‘Up At Lagrange’ next week! Grab it from August 19 via Shelflife Records featuring the reverb rocker ‘Stay Gold’. Singer and guitarist Leon Carroll founded the group back in 2008 before expanding to a trio for the 7inch release of ‘Your Doubting Heart’. The British band capitalize on catchy guy/girl vocals… Continue reading Hobbes Fanclub at Sounds Better With Reverb
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Hobbes Fanclub at Gold Flake Paint
It’s true. Psychocandy never moved me. Maybe I’m too young. But what I do appreciate, and what I imagine others recall fondly, too, is how much swathes of space were cut in the mid- to late-eighties. From the lingering burn of Galaxie 500 and Red House Painters, to the magenta haze shrouds of My Bloody… Continue reading Hobbes Fanclub at Gold Flake Paint
Hobbes Fanclub at The Answer is in the Beat
I’m hoping these folks mean they’re fans of Calvin’s stuffed tiger buddy, but I’m guessing they mean the philosopher. Which means this band probably agrees that life is “solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short”. This album isn’t as dreary as you’d expect, though. More than anything, it recalls late ’80s/early ’90s British indie, the days… Continue reading Hobbes Fanclub at The Answer is in the Beat
Hobbes Fanclub at Drowned in Sound
The Hobbes Fanclub give a good account of themselves on the indoor stage, their noisy Wedding Present-inspired pop serving as a late afternoon tonic for anyone still nursing a hangover from the night before. [Link]
Hobbes Fanclub at The Sound of Confusion
Fresh from playing this years’ Indietracks festival, Bradford trio The Hobbes Fanclub will be releasing their long-awaited (they formed in 2010) debut album ‘Up At Lagrange’ on August 19th and it’s already had some very nice things said about it. Even a cursory listen to single ‘Stay Gold’ will let you know why, and the fact that… Continue reading Hobbes Fanclub at The Sound of Confusion
Hobbes Fanclub at Layer of Chips
Right on cue, in the week before Indietracks, The Hobbes Fanclub, have melted my heart.Indulge me for a few moments. At the back end of 1990, the week before all my friends who’d stayed on for 6th form went back to school to further their accountancy careers, I started a job as an apprentice plumber… Continue reading Hobbes Fanclub at Layer of Chips
Hobbes Fanclub at Bloodbuzzed
Hailing from Bradford, Northern England, it all began as the solo project of singer/guitarist Leon Carroll, with the transatlantic help (never met in person) of Brazilian Fabiana Karpinski. They managed to came out with a couple of split CD-R with Young Michelin and Leach Me Lemonade in 2010 and 2011 on Cloudberry andDufflecoat Records. But soon after Fabiana… Continue reading Hobbes Fanclub at Bloodbuzzed
Hobbes Fanclub at With Guitars
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Hobbes Fanclub at Austin Town Hall
It’s been a couple of years since I’ve heard from Hobbes Fanclub, but after rounding out a full band, the group are finally ready to unleash their debut album. The first single has this delightful bit of indiepop slightly obscured by a wash of feedback; it gives it that dreamy quality, laying somewhere beneath this great… Continue reading Hobbes Fanclub at Austin Town Hall