Member Since: 12/29/2004
Band Website: haemostaticpicnicraces.blogspot.com/
Band Members: Jake - Guitar/Vox
Jonny - Guitar
Josh - Bass
Rob - Drums
Contacts.
Label - [email protected]
General Enquiries - [email protected]
Influences: all styles of music
Sounds Like: REVIEWS!
'Coming across like some hybrid of Fugazi, ATDI, Bloc Party and Snapcase?, they mix driving, heavy guitars with intricate picking and screamed/shouted vocals' DIE, SHELLSUIT, DIE.
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'HPR do it very well, making the style very listenable and enjoyable without being too weird and make the average listener switch off in confusion.
' 7/10 PUNKSCENE
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'The sampler shows just how versatile and inventive HPR are across just a few songs. First track proper I am woodenbox is just magical.' 8/10 EAST MAGAZINE
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'Competent, creative and with enough pizzazz to blow Horse, The Band or The Fall Of Troy out the water, HPR are now so close they must be able to taste the big time. Watch them fly.' MODERATE ROCK
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'From their first track ortni (intro backwards) you know you listening to something completely different and highly experimental. Then without knowing it youre thrown into the second track bugz feck off, a mix of powerful screams from front man Jake Armstrong combined with intense break downs which leave you stunned.' UP IN LIGHS ONLINE
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'Alternative and Ambient songs which are so melodic theyll be on your mind all week, this EP has not only shown each members talent but how they have merged this together to create something special.' 7/10 FRESHMAG UK
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'Energetic as ever, its impossible to fault the effort these guys put in.' 'HPR A typical energetic performance, theyre very good at what they do.''I expected HPR to be tight and full of beans. They delivered.' TW FORUM REVIEW
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'But from the first song they played, this five-piece proved what their band is all about. With elements from each genre from post-hardcore to experimental to punk its an honest, original sound that might not have appealed to everyone, but did.' 4/5 MESSAMUSIC.CO.UK
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'you'd be an idiot to cast doubt over their sheer potential.' 4/5 DISTORT RECORDS
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'Their demo is the sort which leaves you wanting more and imagining just how great they must be live.' THE ACRYLIC TOMTOM
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'HPR played a very good set, including a new song (Yorkshire), the structure consisted of tapping guitar parts with some heavy breakdowns and a slice of electro. Similar to At the Drive In and Minus the bear, one of the most original bands in the local music scene. Watch out for this band!' BACKBEATBANDS
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'HPR were a good live band'6/10 POWPOWPOW.COM
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'Its not a bunch of kids that have barely strayed from the instrument teachers teachings...NO! Its detailed, structured song-writing at its best.' HOT NEW BANDS
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'Fearlessly experimental and talented these young boyz made everyone in the vicinity shut up and pay attention. Basically they get it spot on with musical ideas that are seemingly ridiculous in brilliantly titled songs such as 'OrangutangOrang' and 'I Am Woodenbox'.'DISORDER MAGAZINE
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'One of the maddest bands we`ve ever seen! Really, but their musics good so you`ll be sure to hear them alot we guess.'HITZRADIO UNIGNED
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'They need some exposure and they deserve it. Its kinda like Fugazi and maybe a little bit of Bloc Party'KERRANG! RADIO
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'HPR's well timed, razor sharp rhythms' 8/10 ROCKSOUND LIVE REVIEW
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'This album on a whole is a masterpiece'
BIG CHEESE MAGAZINE ALBUM REVIEW 5/5!
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"At its best, when focusing on punchy riffs and squawked vocals, HPR make a substantial impact...an album of undeniable quality." DROWNED IN SOUND
http://www.last.fm/music/HPR
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Record Label: Small Town Records
Type of Label: Indie