The Hush Now
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| The Hush Now | |
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| Origin | Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
| Genres | Indie Pop |
| Years active | 2006 – present |
| Associated acts | The Red Telephone, Cerulean, This Car Up, oftenairborne, Belt, |
| Website | http://www.myspace.com/thehushnow |
| Members | |
| Noel Kelly Barry Marino John Millar Adam Quane Pat MacDonald |
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| Past members | |
| Mike DiMinno Kurt Schneider Mike Wittrien |
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The Hush Now is an indie rock quintet from Boston, Massachusetts. The group includes Noel Kelly on guitar and lead vocals, Adam Quane on guitar, Pat MacDonald on bass, Barry Marino on drums, and John Millar on keyboards. Formed by Kelly in 2006, the band released their self-titled debut independently in 2008, and followed that up with their second album Constellations in 2010.
The band has been described as "audio candy for the art school crowd".[1]
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[edit] History
[edit] Formation-2008
The genesis of the band can be traced to a serious car accident Kelly experienced in Los Angeles, crashing into a church while attempting to drive with a broken wrist. After his brush with death, Kelly moved to Portland, Oregon and began writing the material that would become The Hush Now's first album.
Kelly moved to Boston, Massachusetts and met Mike DiMinno, an elementary school teacher and bassist, Barry Marino, a rock 'n roll camp counselor and drummer (oftenairborne, This Car Up, Belt), and Kurt Schneider, an audio engineer and keyboardist. The four-piece recorded the band's debut in Burbank, California with producer David Newton of The Mighty Lemon Drops.
The record was self-released in October, 2008, quickly climbing independent radio top 100 charts and drawing comparisons to My Bloody Valentine, Guided By Voices, The Cure, and The Ocean Blue, among others. Blog buzz and radio play by influential BBC 6 DJ Steve Lamacq further fueled interest in the band.
[edit] 2008-Present
In 2008, DiMinno and Schneider left the band to devote time to other projects. The lineup change resulted in three additional members: Mike Wittrien replaced DiMinno on bass and backup vocals, John Millar (Belt) replaced Schneider on keyboards, and Adam Quane joined on lead guitar. In November, Mike Wittrien also left in order to pursue other interests, being replaced by Pat MacDonald (The Red Telephone, Belt).
The band played several shows at the 2010 South by Southwest Music Festival in March, and has just released a new EP "Shiver Me Starships" this July. They recently finished performing at CMJ 2010 [2]
[edit] Discography
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[edit] Albums
- Memos (2011)
- Constellations (2010)
- The Hush Now (2008)
[edit] EP's
- Shiver Me Starships (2010)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- The Hush Now on Myspace
- The Hush Now at Allmusic
- Nike Women Featured Artist: The Hush Now
- The Red Telephone
- The Boston Phoenix Editor's Event Pick: The Hush Now
- Americana UK review of 'The Hush Now'
- The Noise review of 'The Hush Now'
- Patrol Magazine review of 'The Hush Now'
- The Hush Now: Free Album Download
