{"product_id":"a-hawk-and-a-hacksaw-volume-8","title":"A Hawk And A Hacksaw - Volume 8","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eInspired by folk music traditions which transcended both borders and language, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJeremy Barnes\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNeutral Milk Hotel\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e) formed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Hawk and a Hacksaw\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 2002. The project truly blossomed when Barnes met his partner in music and life, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHeather Trost\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e in 2004. The couple went on to make seven albums in which they’ve explored their ardour for music from Northern Romania through the Balkans to Turkey.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe couple had been taking a break from A Hawk and a Hacksaw over the last few years to work on other projects. However, as Jeremy notes: “A couple things happened in 2026 that made me want to document what we have been doing more formally and to go out and tour again”. Heather adds: “After all the war and atrocities that have been happening in Ukraine, Palestine, and Iran it felt we needed to say something through our music”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe result is \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVolume 8\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, their first release for Rocket Recordings, and an album which takes an uplifting universality of spirit and marries it to a cathartic rawness, flourishing in an electrifying celebratory passion free of both time and place.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe invigorating, drone-inflected ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGayda\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’, to name but one, sees a Turkish bagpipe melody arranged for distorted violin and tapan drum, resulting in a collision of celebratory joy and transcendent noise.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBookending the album are two tracks which sum up the spiritually altruistic vision of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVolume 8\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. The opening song ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeloved\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’ forms a kind of call to arms, whilst the closer ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYes, We Love You\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’ operates as both as a statement of intent and as a kind of answer song in kind to the 1978 Lebanese pop hit ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDo You Love Me\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’ by the \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBendaly Family\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. “We love that song, and when I am hearing it I’m hearing someone ask a much broader question, not a request for romantic love, but for broader, universal love and acknowledgement.” says Jeremy. Hence to paraphrase a spiritual leader past; if there is a method to a Hawk and a Hacksaw’s \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eVolume 8\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, its foundation is love.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ROCKET RECORDINGS","offers":[{"title":"Green Vinyl LP","offer_id":60342425452889,"sku":"SDZ-55992","price":29.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/Untitled-design_15b7a65c-588c-4ed2-9206-dd7781a01811.png?v=1793704013","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/a-hawk-and-a-hacksaw-volume-8","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}