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Hobknobs - Helmets O? - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

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Helmets Off, the first album of The Hobknobs, can be described as an honest attempt at honesty. Although all options are open at the moment of conception, the end result often remains bare. Instruments come in when they are needed, but the songs apparently don't need that much at all. Every word and every strum sounds like it's placed in exactly the right moment. Perhaps it is this bareness of the songs that makes it feel as if The Hobknobs are speaking to the listener directly. It is clear that they don't want anything to cloud this human interaction. An interaction that appears to come with a certain playfulness. Yaël Dekker, whom you may also know as the singer of The Klittens, and Arie van Vliet, who used to spread his word through the band Lewsberg, were once described as loving misanthropes. Listening to InchHelmets OffInch, this description seems rather accurate. A consoling song like InchThe MindInch sounds haunting. Even words seem to have lost their meaning in InchDictionaryInch. Songs that seem cheerful and naive at first appear to be pleadings on second listen. And is InchEnarmouredInch a pro-war protest song? What war do they want to fight? Dekker and Van Vliet's voices seem to know each other well, in a way that magnifies the songs on InchHelmets OffInch beyond their deceptive simplicity. Together with the minimal production by Jaap van der Velde, it makes the album hits the sweet spot somewhere in the middle of 'instantly familiar' and 'no one else sounds quite like this'. Album Tracks 1. The Mind 2. My Conditions 3. Around the Bend 4. Jennette McCurdy 5. Are You Looking for Something? 6. Dictionary 7. The Bowl 8. Fuel 9. The Tide 10. Used to It 11. The Extra Mile 12. Easier Listening 13. Enarmoured 14. Green Pasture

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    Helmets Off, the first album of The Hobknobs, can be described as an honest attempt at honesty. Although all options are open at the moment of conception, the end result often remains bare. Instruments come in when they are needed, but the songs apparently don't need that much at all. Every word and every strum sounds like it's placed in exactly the right moment. Perhaps it is this bareness of the songs that makes it feel as if The Hobknobs are speaking to the listener directly. It is clear that they don't want anything to cloud this human interaction. An interaction that appears to come with a certain playfulness. Yaël Dekker, whom you may also know as the singer of The Klittens, and Arie van Vliet, who used to spread his word through the band Lewsberg, were once described as loving misanthropes. Listening to InchHelmets OffInch, this description seems rather accurate. A consoling song like InchThe MindInch sounds haunting. Even words seem to have lost their meaning in InchDictionaryInch. Songs that seem cheerful and naive at first appear to be pleadings on second listen. And is InchEnarmouredInch a pro-war protest song? What war do they want to fight? Dekker and Van Vliet's voices seem to know each other well, in a way that magnifies the songs on InchHelmets OffInch beyond their deceptive simplicity. Together with the minimal production by Jaap van der Velde, it makes the album hits the sweet spot somewhere in the middle of 'instantly familiar' and 'no one else sounds quite like this'. Album Tracks 1. The Mind 2. My Conditions 3. Around the Bend 4. Jennette McCurdy 5. Are You Looking for Something? 6. Dictionary 7. The Bowl 8. Fuel 9. The Tide 10. Used to It 11. The Extra Mile 12. Easier Listening 13. Enarmoured 14. Green Pasture
    Artist
    Hobknobs
    Title
    Helmets O?
    Format
    CD
    Label
    THK Records
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