{"product_id":"hooveriii-pointe","title":"HOOVERIII - Pointe","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #ff0000;\" mce-data-marked=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLP - Limited Dinked Edition #257:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e? Black and Blue Smash VInyl*\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e? Bonus Track 7\" Flexi Disc *\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e? 12” x 24” Double Sided Colour Insert\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e? Hand-Numbered *\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e? Obi Strip\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e? Limited pressing of 300 * \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWisely armed with bliss to fight our age of calamity, LA psych-kraut explorers \u003cstrong\u003eHooveriii\u003c\/strong\u003e return with their pastoral and expansive 4th album “\u003cem\u003ePointe\u003c\/em\u003e.”\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“\u003cem\u003ePointe\u003c\/em\u003e” is not the sound of Hooveriii maturing. It’s the sound of a band at the height of their power ascending.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThere’s a moment leading up to each decision where, for a brief instant, there are infinite possibilities that have yet to be distilled into a singular outcome. It’s a phenomenon that has been explored over the years by novelists like \u003cstrong\u003eGraham Greene\u003c\/strong\u003e and a concept that Hooveriii frontman \u003cstrong\u003eBert Hoover\u003c\/strong\u003e also feels inexplicably drawn towards. “I find that period in time to be fascinating, maybe I’m in it often, but a lot of these songs take place in that moment and that moment can last for years,” he explains. This idea lies at the conceptual core of Hooveriii’s fourth album \u003cem\u003ePointe\u003c\/em\u003e, a collection of songs that features musicians from the band’s past and present and sees them collectively exploring musical geography that Hooveriii hasn’t explored in the past. “We just wanted to do something different,” Hoover says. “We were feeling a little burnt on guitar rock and really wanted to challenge ourselves.” \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe result is an album that was inspired by everything from the ‘60s psychedelic act Pisces to Phil Lynott’s solo releases and pioneering electronic acts like Tangerine Dream, to craft a collection of songs that are more about creating a specific type of feeling than fitting into a specific genre. “I feel like on this album we were bringing a lot of influences to the forefront that we never had the maturity to accomplish before while also leaning into the humour a little bit and avoiding being full-on ‘serious songwriters,’” Hoover adds. Correspondingly, the music roster on \u003cem\u003ePointe\u003c\/em\u003e features \u003cstrong\u003eHoover\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eKaz Mirblouk\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJames Novick\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eOwen Barrett\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eGabe Flores\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eGabriel Salomon\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eAnna Wallace\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003ePaco Casanova\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eMatt Zuk\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eJon Modaff\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eShaughnessy Starr\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong\u003eOlaf Selland\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eAri B. Jones\u003c\/strong\u003e and was—and unlike previous Hooveriii releases—was recorded over an extended period of time and was both consciously and subconsciously inspired by the touring the band did in support of 2021’s \u003cem\u003eWater For The Frogs\u003c\/em\u003e and 2022’s \u003cem\u003eA Round Of Applause\u003c\/em\u003e. “I’m really grateful for all of the people who contributed to this album and it’s a long list of people but it’s important that they are all listed because we all really pulled together to make this album,” Hoover adds.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e“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 \u003cem\u003eA Round Of Applause\u003c\/em\u003e 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 “\u003cem\u003eProm\u003c\/em\u003e” to the expansive, synth-friendly ballad “\u003cem\u003eThis Rock\u003c\/em\u003e” and the epic future-folk experimentation of the album’s closer “Dreaming” (which features vocals by Wallace), \u003cem\u003ePointe\u003c\/em\u003e is an album that references the past while stretching toward an unknown future. “I think that our intuition going forward is to keep ourselves surprised and keep people who like us surprised, hopefully without isolating anyone,” he adds. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eWhen it comes to the lyrics for \u003cem\u003ePointe\u003c\/em\u003e, Hoover says that while some of these are more personal than his previous material, it’s important for him to leave the actual content up to each listener’s own interpretation. “I like songs where people can admit to being deadbeats even if it is more of a character or you’re reflecting on one aspect of your personality,” he explains. “It’s also a transitional record in a lot of ways because sonically we wanted to drift away for album number four.” Correspondingly, Hoover considers “\u003cem\u003eThis Rock\u003c\/em\u003e” to be a love song. But it could just as easily be about existential dread or the way that another person can change one’s orientation to the universe. Or the countless small decisions that can lead up to an outcome and the way our own smallness can be a catalyst for putting something out into the world that can affect so many other people in unexpected and important ways. Or maybe it is about none of these things, it’s whatever it means to you. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMore than anything else \u003cem\u003ePointe\u003c\/em\u003e 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. “In a lot of ways, \u003cem\u003ePointe\u003c\/em\u003e feels like an epilogue to one phase of the band and a prologue to the next one,” Hoover says of how the band’s latest release fits into their musical catalog. \u003cem\u003ePointe\u003c\/em\u003e is a collection of songs that weren’t recorded in a linear fashion but that fit together in a way that feels almost cosmic in nature. In other words, it’s Hooveriii at their most creative and undistilled. “I don't really care about trying to push the envelope forward,” However admits, looking back at the long road leading up to completing the album. “I care about making a good record that sounds cohesive—and I feel like with this one, we did a good job.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Reverberation Appreciation Society","offers":[{"title":"LP - Vinyl - Dinked Edition #257","offer_id":46983239369049,"sku":"SDZ-15645","price":26.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0588\/3455\/0945\/files\/Hooveriii_-_Pointe_-_LP_Vinyl_-_Dinked_Edition_Number_257_856e1dbd-f998-473f-8375-d6f39f629163.jpg?v=1690983197","url":"https:\/\/spindizzyrecords.com\/products\/hooveriii-pointe","provider":"Spindizzy Dublin","version":"1.0","type":"link"}