If It's Too Loud...

Photo by Ken Sears We're less than a week away from the release of A Band is Something to Figure Out, the new album from Hallelujah the Hills, so here's a new song from it! "What Do the People Want" is somehow three separate types of songs all in one. It's an Americana power ballad, a punk song with gang vocals, and a blistering late 90s style rocker. It's not really all that surprising, seeing how those are the genres that Hallelujah the Hills have been playing in for years now, but, just like with "We Have the Perimeter Surrounded," "What Do the People Want" has this newfound sense of urgency. Hallelujah the Hills know they have something special here, and that 2016 just might be their year. A Band is Something to Figure Out  will be released April 12th. You can listen to "What Do the People Want" below. Make sure to get your copy via Bandcamp . Hallelujah the Hills have a pair of release shows coming up: May 12 at Great...

Hallelujah the Hills have just released the first song from their upcoming 5th album, A Band is Something to Figure Out, and if "We Have the Perimeter Surrounded" is any indication, they are about to be huge. With "We Have the Perimeter Surrounded," Hallelujah the Hills have officially mastered the whole folk punk thing. The song starts off with an ominously heavy bass riff and then kicks into an almost Fugazi-like half yelling/half spoken word rant. And then the gang chorus starts. It all degenerates into rambling guitar riffs and a smidge of "California Uber Alles" squeals.  To go along with the release of "We Have the Perimeter Surrounded," Hallelujah the Hills have started a website that also shares a US Government document of a conversation between Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger where Woody recalls a dream that may have predicted punk rock. Check that out at www.woodyguthriepredictedpunk.com . A Band is Something to Figure Out  is du...