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(Hooker) new album out next week
Unfortunately it will only be available online or at their tour gigs. Madness that these aren't signed yet...
"Armed with a voice even more banshee-like than Corin Sleater-Kinney,
singer/guitarist Zoe McVeigh belts out songs that grind and ache with the
sharpest of edges"
Drowned In Sound review, May 2004
"I feel slightly appeased now, for vocalist Zoe McVeigh has offered a prime substitute. The moment she ponders exactly when to open her mouth. How does so much power and vitality come from one small body? It's all sex and jealousy and heartbreak, spitting out lyrics then coaxing them back out from inside me with that voice, Sleater-Kinney circa Dig Me Out.
This cannot be allowed in Manchester, surely? She doesn't even use an acoustic guitar, let alone have a beard. Singer-songwriters sell, the authorities couldn’t afford to lose the Badly Drawn Boy-related tourism. Why would the Sunday supplements want to write about a revolution? But, oh, the kids have it sussed. They've never seen a riot. They come for Hooker. Rock un roll."
Drowned in Sound - 5th February 2003
For more reviews etc go to:
http:www.hookerstuff.com
"Armed with a voice even more banshee-like than Corin Sleater-Kinney,
singer/guitarist Zoe McVeigh belts out songs that grind and ache with the
sharpest of edges"
Drowned In Sound review, May 2004
"I feel slightly appeased now, for vocalist Zoe McVeigh has offered a prime substitute. The moment she ponders exactly when to open her mouth. How does so much power and vitality come from one small body? It's all sex and jealousy and heartbreak, spitting out lyrics then coaxing them back out from inside me with that voice, Sleater-Kinney circa Dig Me Out.
This cannot be allowed in Manchester, surely? She doesn't even use an acoustic guitar, let alone have a beard. Singer-songwriters sell, the authorities couldn’t afford to lose the Badly Drawn Boy-related tourism. Why would the Sunday supplements want to write about a revolution? But, oh, the kids have it sussed. They've never seen a riot. They come for Hooker. Rock un roll."
Drowned in Sound - 5th February 2003
For more reviews etc go to:
http:www.hookerstuff.com