The Hoot Hoots — The Monarch Review
Feel The Cosmos – The Hoot Hoots
Monday, November 26, 2012 7:45 — 0 Comments
Once The Hoot Hoots are upon you, you can’t shake them. With their newest offering, Feel the Cosmos, Seattle’s very best owl-themed band continues to create music that makes keeping still a losing proposition. It’s dancy, it’s fresh, and, by golly, it just never quits. Their sound is their very own – equal parts lyrical whimsy, 64-bit synths, and silly yet ponderous lyrics. This time though, it’s more mature – a grown-up version of our composite inner child’s theme song. Add the quintet’s musical talent to their irresistible friendly and kind personas, and you get a band that audiences can’t […]
The Hoot Hoots
Thursday, May 24, 2012 14:47 — 1 Comment
As a fan of local music, it comes with the territory that some, or maybe even many, of the bands that I’m exposed to won’t touch my sensibilities, shake me, make me stare with fascination and awe. Simply, few bands make my feet thrash around the room. But that’s what one looks for, right? A band that inspires, leaves a grin on your face, summons up more adrenaline than a baseball fan seeing Luis Gonzalez hit a single up the middle in the bottom of the ninth of the 2007 World Series to beat the Yankees in 7 games—the home crowd […]
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