We All Have Hooks for Hands
Explosive, communal indie pop from the Midwest. A nine-piece collective featuring dueling drummers, bright horns, and gang vocals that feel like a summer celebration.
Explosive, communal indie pop from the Midwest. A nine-piece collective featuring dueling drummers, bright horns, and gang vocals that feel like a summer celebration.
Listening to We All Have Hooks for Hands feels like being swept up in a parade that started in a basement. The sound is massive and organic, defined by a 'more is more' philosophy where trumpets, violins, and multiple guitars compete for space without ever feeling cluttered. It is the sound of a large group of friends making as much noise as possible, capturing a specific brand of mid-2000s optimism that is both earnest and rowdy.
What truly sets them apart is the rhythmic foundation. With two drummers and a heavy emphasis on auxiliary percussion like washboards and tambourines, the music has a restless, driving pulse that leans into their punk and hardcore roots while maintaining a bright pop exterior. The vocals often erupt into communal shouts and layered harmonies, creating a sense of shared experience that makes the listener feel like part of the collective.
Start with 'The Pretender' to hear the band at their most sprawling and adventurous. It perfectly captures the transition from a studio experiment to a fully realized nine-piece juggernaut, blending the intimacy of folk with the sheer volume of an indie rock orchestra.
We All Have Hooks for Hands is an American folk pop group from Sioux Falls, South Dakota. In early 2007 the group signed to Afternoon Records. The group formed after the breakup of their former punk/ hardcore bands. Starting as a studio recording collective the band solidified at nine members with the release of "The Pretender" their first full-length album. Soon after that they set off on tour with Mouthful of Bees for a couple weeks to the east coast and a few dates in the south. In 2009 the group was pushed into the studio in Minneapolis to record their next full length "The Shape of Energy". "The Shape of Energy" was engineered by Dusty Miller at The Terrarium and his home studio, then mixed by Ian Pulicci, and finally mastered by Dave Gardner. They took a different approach on this album recording most of it live in studio, and then single tracking the rest. The album was released on November 15, 2009. The group has put a hard push towards their album "The Shape of Energy", by touring in late 2009 to early 2010. Logan Borchardt (guitar) Tory Stollen (drums) Eli Show (guitar, vocals) Tony Helland (bass guitar) Isaac Show (drums, Head Writer, Great Dude) Dave Lethcoe (keyboard, trumpet) Tim Evenson (guitar, vocals) Revolving Contributors Paul Squier (Tambourine, Washboard) Natalie Hoffman (Tambourine, Trumpet) Rich Show (Vocals) Brent Hardie (trumpet, keyboard) Micheal Graber (violin) Soulcrate Music
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Shares indie pop, chamber pop, folk rock (subgenres); joyful, energetic, triumphant (moods)
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Shares joyful, energetic, triumphant (moods); layered dense, maximalist, analog warmth (production style)
Shares joyful, energetic, triumphant (moods); indie pop, chamber pop, baroque pop (subgenres)
Shares indie pop, folk rock, chamber pop (subgenres); layered dense, maximalist, analog warmth (production style)
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