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Hymns

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About Me

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    Hymns is the current form of friends from North Carolina who now live in New York City. They just released their first record, 'Brother/Sister', recorded in Celeste, Texas with Blackland Records (www.blacklandrecords.com). They are and will be touring. Everything else, nothing is known, the Plans will make Themselves.
    --talk--
    'their dreamy west coast folk was drifting me off to a place where vw vans cruise the horizon, the weather isn't perpetually set on "march," and gram parsons is jesus. i dare you to listen.' - 'sup magazine
    'brian harding is pretty darn phenomenal: if it's a fair universe, people will be compared to him in the next few years.' - stuck magazine
    'Brian Harding and Jason Roberts have been playing together since grade school and it shows, their riffs and leads flawlessly intertwining, gracefully switching roles until they make a nonsense of the terms "rhythm" and "lead" guitar. As supple as they are subtle, the pair blur genre lines along the way, but in the end, their North Carolina roots inevitably show, all those years picking away on the porch shining through.' - allmusic
    'imagine, it's not that hard, a band mixing the sonic dna of pavement and wilco (among others) and touting a front man who from second to second sounds like the leaders of both these bands (when he's not making you fall in love with his own high ragged voice).' - sixeyes
    'you will kick yourself if you are not the first person you know to have this album.' - deli magazine
    'hymns master the art of simple delivery, which is a refreshing change.' - pulse weekly
    'the california sunset twang doesn't sound forced and rests nicely in these well-crafted tunes.' - village voice
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    Member Since: 7/21/2005
    Band Website: hymnsband.com
    Band Members: brian harding: vox & guitar/////matt shaw: bass/////jason roberts: guitar & wurlitzer/////tony kent: drums

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    Record Label: Blackland Records
    Type of Label: Indie

    My Blog

    hymns studio: week 3!

    Not the best week for photos, but the lack thereof pretty much shows how busy we've been. we have 4 songs mixed and they sound fantastic. st. sebastiantime told meL.Astreets alonethese are working tit...
    Posted by Hymns on Mon, 22 Oct 2007 04:12:00 PST

    record 2/week 2...

    hi again.so..we've finished our second week in the studio for our second record. we honestly can't wait for you to hear it. it's getting really close to being done. we recorded all of the basic tracks...
    Posted by Hymns on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 11:28:00 PST

    first week in the studio!

    hello friends!hymns are currently taking a 2 day sabotical in celeste, tx after our first week in the forest surrounded studio that is palmyra in waxahachie, tx (true stories was shot there, check it)...
    Posted by Hymns on Sat, 06 Oct 2007 03:58:00 PST

    butch walker tour/new hymns album!

    ok..really..i know we're kinda always excited, but this time we're REALLY excited.we're in new york right now taking a little break after our 2 and a half month tour that we just did. we had an amazin...
    Posted by Hymns on Wed, 22 Aug 2007 11:39:00 PST

    end of summer tour...kinda..

    ok. so..we're back in texas now.come to our dance parties. every night for the next week.our tour was amazing...and..it's still kinda going. we have some more shows (with hot hot heat and butch walker...
    Posted by Hymns on Tue, 17 Jul 2007 03:11:00 PST

    tour blog...back in the east.

    so.we're back home.in new york for a couple of days. we're SO happy.here's what you've missed:we went to the mall of america and rode a rollercoaster. here's a pic of hymns at legoland:we also hung ou...
    Posted by Hymns on Mon, 02 Jul 2007 04:51:00 PST

    summer tour blog part II. iowa (YEAH)

    yo.it's hymns.we're in some town in iowa that sounds like akenery or something...we were supposed to go to minneapolis, but there was some crazy tornado so we stopped for some chilis, super 8, and 'kn...
    Posted by Hymns on Sat, 23 Jun 2007 09:08:00 PST

    Hymns go to Grand Canyon!

    Hey friends!The tour is going great, and we wanna thank everyone who has been making it out and supporting us! Tomorrow night is our first ever Vegas show at Dive Bar, but today Hymns had a day off in...
    Posted by Hymns on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:54:00 PST

    Request us for radio!

    hey friends.so..we've been getting played on lots of stations, but we need you to request us!this will help us come tour more in your town!!do it do it!love, hymnsSTATION LIST:United StatesKRUA Ancho...
    Posted by Hymns on Fri, 08 Jun 2007 12:11:00 PST

    summer tour/new member!

    hey guys!so..we're pretty excited right now (and you should be too).we're about to go on a summer tour!almost all of june and july.check here for the dates...if you're city isn't listed yet, it means ...
    Posted by Hymns on Mon, 07 May 2007 10:21:00 PST