May 4, 2006 | Posted by mark at 11:38 AM

This is the Sound

Hockey Fucking Night Hockey NIght - Rebel Fever (Who We Are).

The good boys in Hockey Night were kind enough to send us this demo they've been working on. From the opening dueling guitar solos you know that it's without a doubt Hockey Night. But it's definitely new, and the sound is clearly growing. It's less Pavement this time around, which is a good thing. It's more good ol' fashioned American rock, and I'm buying. The song's got a great bounce, the bass pops, the snares snap, and the dueling guitars are just what the doctor ordered. How can you not like this? They've tapped into a great melody with a fun shuffle behind it. It's all sunshine and springtime.

As for what the band is up to these days... well, first off they're not on Lookout anymore. They're actually on a new label run by three guys in the england (one of which is Ross Millard from the Futureheads) called Longest Mile Records. They'll be releasing a Hockey Night single in the fall. I guess the boys in the band have been doing some soul searching, and so far are more than happy to give their singles away for free, since, in the worlds of band member Paul Spangers "cause it seems like you fucking can't [make any money]! especially if you don't make music that sounds like joy division or gang of four..."

However, they are working on a new album, and if it's anything like this demo we can expect good things. I really think they're up to something, and I'm definitely excited to see what they come up with. In the meantime, you can catch them on tour:

05/05 Independent Media Center Champaign-Urbana, IL
05/06 Howard's Club H (w/ Rahim) Bowling Green, OH
05/07 Mojos Jamestown, NY
05/08 Iota Arlington, VA
05/09 Cake Shop (w/ The Leels, Home) New York, NY
05/10 GoodVibes (w/ We Have Heaven) Kutztown, PA
05/11 PA's Lounge Somerville, MA
05/13 Mercury Lounge (w/ Palomar; Ghostland) New York, NY

Comments

Woah! different to the version I've been listening to courtesy of http://www.fluxblog.org/2006/03/were-so-in-love-with-our-tears-hockey.html for the last month. Nice to hear both :) ta

Posted by: PeepingThong at May 4, 2006 1:40 PM

To hear a couple as yet unreleased Hockey Night tunes, visit daytrotter: http://www.daytrotter.com/article/52/hockey-night-burger-loving-dudes-who-can-turn-axe-work-into-pageantry

Posted by: daytrotter at May 4, 2006 1:54 PM

i like you as a person.

Posted by: daniel at May 5, 2006 6:33 PM

very good, i like the solos.

Posted by: mike g at May 7, 2006 10:53 AM

Fun fun fun. Go Mpls.

Posted by: Robot David at May 9, 2006 12:53 PM

holy shit...just saw them in kutztown and they didnt seemed too good to playing there. there werent that many people at the show but it didnt keep them from putting on an amazing show. their live shows play like the stroke if they were great solo guitar players and it works to perfection. i welcome the new pavement!!!

Posted by: ryan at May 11, 2006 1:01 AM

ok many typos there but i think you understand my post. they will be huge. thanks music for robots for posting about them

Posted by: ryan at May 11, 2006 1:02 AM
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