Wisely armed with bliss to fight our age of calamity, Los Angeles psych-kraut explorers Hooveriii return with their pastoral and expansive 4th album “Pointe.”
Inspired by everything from the ‘60s psychedelic act Pisces to Phil Lynott’s solo releases and pioneering electronic acts like Tangerine Dream, the band have set out to craft a collection of songs that are more about creating a specific type of feeling than fitting into a specific genre.
More than anything else “Pointe” feels like a full circle moment for Hooveriii, which has evolved from a bedroom solo project into an expansive band that features an army of talented musicians and contributors.
The band has shared the LP’s first single and a video for “The Tall Grass.” “Every record is kind of a response to the last record and I like listening to people’s discographies like that,” Hoover explains. “When we finished “A Round Of Applause” we were in rock mode playing with a lot of rock and psych bands and I was really thinking about what do you do with a fourth record?” The answer turns out to be something more esoteric and less predictable than a guitar-driven album while retaining the core of the band’s sound, which has made the Los Angeles-based act such an exciting act to watch evolve. From the spacey groove of the opener “Prom” to the expansive, synth-friendly ballad “This Rock” and the epic future-folk experimentation of the album’s closer “Dreaming” (which features vocals by Anna Wallace), “Pointe” is an album that references the past while stretching toward an unknown future.
LA psych-kraut explorers Hooveriii have just announced their pastoral and expansive 4th album “Pointe” via the esteemed Reverberation Appreciation Society. One quick look and one quick listen and you’ll see right away why we we’re so hyped to commission an exclusive Dinked Edition.
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Released: 13/10/2023
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