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ABOUT
Roger Hoover & The Hurt are recording a new record at Engine Room Recording in Kent, OH. The record is titled 'Lay My Rituals Down.' This represents Hoover's first effort since 2009's 'Eastern Standard Time' and Hoover's first with drummer Eric Baltrinic, bassist Kevin Martinez and guitarist Daniel Holmes, known collectively as 'And The Hurt.' Lyrically, 'Lay My Rituals Down' is full of ghosts or near-ghosts, such as the one in 'First Bullet Might Be Your Last', who, writes a last minute plea to a lover: "Over my coffin / place a snow-white dove / to show the world that I died for love / bury me beneath a dogwood tree / so when a leaf falls its like a kiss from me." In 'My Home is in the Ground' a man reconciles his death,"the moon casts out a light on all the dark things / on all except that which can't be found / and my home is in the ground." The atmospheric "Full Force Gale" finds a deep sea fishermen penning a last plea to his land-bound lover as a storm threatens the life of all those on board "There was so much I wanted to do besides fishing and fighting / but fishing and fighting were all that I knew." Musically, the tone of 'Lay My Rituals Down' is driven by drummer/percussionist Eric Baltrinic & upright bassist Kevin Martinez. The tone is as dark, deep &, ghostly as the Mississippi Delta, rock-steady and driven as a west-bound train, as bassist Martinez says, "somewhere between a gospel choir and a drunken mob." Engine Room Recording Engineer Gabriel Swarts masterfully captures the essence & soul of Roger Hoover & The Hurt on this latest outing, 'Lay My Rituals Down.' The record will be released this summer.
TOUR
APR 07 | Hone's Corner Cafe | Barberton, OH JUL 20 | Water St. Tavern | Kent, OH | 9pm
RECORDINGS
'LAY MY RITUALS DOWN' to be released Summer 2012. You'll have a few months to enjoy it before the world ends.
CONTACT
email: andthehurt@gmail.com Roger Hoover's Facebook: facebook.com/thepugilist Roger Hoover & The Hurt's Facebook: facebook.com/andthehurt