These are anxious times. From unemployment and embattled governments to mys… Read Full Bio ↴These are anxious times. From unemployment and embattled governments to mysterious mass deaths of birds and fish, it's easy to wonder if 2012's apocalypse won't come a year early. It's heady fare for an indie rock record, but somehow the dense soundscapes from New York City's Hooray for Earth's True Loves find a way to float on thin air. "The record is really aggressive sounding, but soft in attitude," band leader Noel Heroux says. "It's a friendly record. I get more emotionally affected by extremes. I've really grabbed onto the positive, uplifting feelings in music that get me super psyched—but that can also come from sounds that are daunting and a little scary."

Coming out May 3, 2011, on Dovecote Records, True Loves builds on Hooray for Earth's acclaimed debut EP, Momo, and captures both the personal and universal anxieties that have such a footing in contemporary times. Lead single "True Loves" thumps along neck-snapping drums, awash with blips and synths, surprising breakdowns and Heroux's soaringly languid vocals. Pitchfork has already compared the track favorably to artists like MGMT, Yeasayer and Passion Pit, while saying that "all the right elements are in place...[it] floats along and pounds forward at the same time, and one way or another it wants to carry you along with it." Meanwhile, Stereogum labeled the band one of "CMJ's heroes," taking particular note of Hooray for Earth's "nimble but unpretentious guitars" and "sense of progressive psychedelics and percussive progressions." The sound that has indie-culture's gatekeepers fawning is one that springs directly from Heroux's imagination into a climactic reality.

"I don't write music with an instrument, I usually just get an idea of what the whole song sounds like in my head, kind of like an earworm that stays with you after listening to the radio. My task is to recreate what's stuck in my head in actual audible form, as quickly as possible," he says. "I wish I could just plug a cord into my head...I think that's why the music tends to be a little dense, because I think of all these things at once."

Heroux wrote, recorded, and produced about 90% of the new album, with bassist Christopher Principe and guitarist/live synthist Gary Benacquista peppering parts in a few sessions, and drummer Joseph Ciampini adding two days of rooftop drum tracking. Mixed by Chris Coady (Beach House, Blonde Redhead, Delorean, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV on the Radio), the album might as well be a direct link to the exciting mind of Heroux. Hooray for Earth's progression is apparent everywhere on the record and boasts exciting things for a band that has already appeared onstage with Mission of Burma, Holy Fuck, Surfer Blood, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Oh No Ono, and many more. Recorded over five weeks in New York, it's at once specific to the summer of 2010 and transcendent of time itself. Once again, a happy set of extremes.

"Most of the [recording] process is just me getting lost and trying to get things done. I feel like I'm on autopilot sometimes. I'll finish a song and wonder, 'When did that happen?' I don't spend a lot of time stressing about what instruments to use or what's missing, I just kind of let it be."

Happening
Hooray For Earth Lyrics

We have lyrics for 'Happening' by these artists:

??? (BTOB) Tell me what′s happening 애가 왜 헤프니 먼저 건든 건 너잖아 Remember what…
A.2.Z 目覚めた時の窓の外は見たこともない虹世界そう那由他へと旅をしてた僕たちはどのくらいの時空を超えたのだろう…
AKMU (악뮤) Ah, woo, woo Ah, woo 이건 일종의 마지막 경고 같은 거야 거창한 표현을 주기엔 너무…
Amir Obè Do what I do, niggas be asking for too much Used…
Apollo Sunshine This is finally happening, A happening and I'm happy and I s…
BTOB You know what, girl I'm sick of all your crap I'm not…
Chiddy Bang It's your choice, what are you waiting for? Cause this is…
Cosy Say it now, like you've already heard And I'll let you…
Cousteau It's hard to know what's to become Of memories that are…

Diana Ross & The Supremes Hey! Life, look at me, I can see the reality 'Cause…
Dirty Vegas Break away, take your space I don't wanna cry when I'm…
disclosure You keep me Keep me running, you keep me running Keep me…
Floppy Sounds Hey! Life, look at me, I can see the…
Glee Cast Feat. Adam Lambert Hey, life, look at me i can see the reality (Beware…
Group_inou やっぱりちょっとアーシーなムードに引っ張られてるかも夜中に里芋出てくるような 14時以降伊賀甲賀風魔子供忍…
Hello Forever In the old moon the light is fading Itʼs everywhere you…
Herb Alpert Hey! Life, look at me, I can see the…
Jordyn New chapters Got up in my feels, stood still But I never…
jvstblake Damn I really hope that I'm enough Damn I really hope…
Kaela Such a long time How much longer? Such a long time How much…
Manna それは突然に起きた出来事恋はいつもそんなもの乱暴なあなたのくちづけに私ふららたおれそうよせつなさばかりが1秒…
Medina I'm running out of patience, but then you say It's over…
Moreau It's hard to know what's to become Of memories that are…
OFF.E How is this happening? How is this happening? How we can't b…
Olivia Broadfield I don't know how to say stop, before you do And…
Preliminary Anguish Self destruction in my eyes You are the reason every night…
The Boy who spoke clouds A glimpse of the sun through a mirror Coldness between two…
The Muffs I'm a girl can anybody see This is the life for…
The Paperwaits Everybody's knocking at your door Everybody wants a little m…
The Supremes Hey! Life, look at me, I can see the reality 'Cause…
Via Audio This is what we wanted This is where we ought to…
비투비 BTOB You know what, girl I'm sick of all your crap I'm not…

We have lyrics for these tracks by Hooray For Earth:

Black Trees Over and up Until I′m under an exit sign. Over and up Until…
Bring Us Closer Together In a park where a beetle lands on my arm Not…
Get Home The only way to make the change for real Is if…
Hey Hey, little one, I'm going to find you! Hey, little one,…
Hotel tonight is a road tomorrow's a riot tonight is a code tom…
Last Minute on the way on the walk obvious and small I'm never befo…
No Love His fire goes Into our minds Creating further homes Construc…
Racy Now that you said it I start to forget I know the…
Realize It's Not The Sun we were brave and battling for everything we'll never do in…
Sails one love one or the other admire/discover older days one …
Same true signs appear in a set arrive on time a blurry effect …
Somewhere Else Somewhere else Somewhere better than here Somewhere else t…
Surrounded by Your Friends I'm walking in, and greeted with a smile I keep my…

True Loves Quiet heart It's a quiet heart It's a quiet heart It's a …

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