Member Since: 6/12/2005
Band Website: thebeautyshopband.com
Band Members: John Hoeffleur - Guitar/Vocals
Eric Fisher - Bass
Ben Ucherek - Drums
Influences: Who Cares? This is what "professionals" say about us.-------------------------John Hoeffleur is a songwriter with a Midas-like touch in articulating the pious nature of love and heartbreak (8/10) - NME"In the crowded alt-rock scene, John Hoeffleur - lead singer and songwriter of The Beauty Shop - stands out like a dirty thumb with a desperately bitten nail...Crisis Helpline is a country album tailor-made for the punk and emo kids...The beautifully observed The Love I Could Not Save smacks of slacker apathy, but Hoeffleur twists a fairytale into a comment on the Columbine shootings in Rumplestiltskin Lives... exhilarating". (Guardian, live review)The Love I Could Not Save contains more naked emotion in 4 minutes than most bands manage in an entire career
Sunday Herald (4 STARS)"Intimate yet inclusive, intense yet casual - a lovely slice of crafted melancholia"Classic Rock (4 STARS)
A unique and very appealing sound
Record Of The DayMoody, wistful and melodic
The Independent (4 STARS)God bless those who keep it simple
The Herald (3 STARS)"A lo-fi punk aesthetic at work that is as much J Mascis as Johnny Cash"
Mojo (3 STARS)A fine follow-up
Q (3 STARS)Violent Femmes fans will find much to please them
Uncut (3 STARS)
Sounds Like: What, isn't the song playing?
Type of Label: Indie