Hooveriii and the psychedelic punk pummel of "Erasure" (Official Video)

 

"I steal the stars and break their hearts for you"

Los Angeles based Hooveriii (pronounced "Hoover Three", not Hoover-eeeeee) are poised to release their sophomore full length "Water For The Frogs" via The Reverberation Appreciation Society. This beautifully caustic blend of psychedelic space prog rock (experimentation), influenced by Iggy Pop's "The Idiot", David Bowie's Berlin records and Soft Machine is due to drop on April 9th (2021). That date should be written on your forehead, or in the least, on your bathroom mirror. You can pre-order via the band's Bandcamp page. 

"Erasure" is  track 6. It is a full throttle pounder of a song. Transmissions from space, fierce tom tom explosions, psyche washed out vox with mirroring chord progs and massive, massive guitars. Inspirations are amazing things. This track pummels and the ending sounds that feel like a mental breakdown via a horn section in someone's rattled mind is amazing as a coda to the rush that came before. I can't help but think of a crashing together of sounds like The Oh Sees pierced with (70's) Golden Earring affections and I am smiling. Then again, I do hear a glam-esque punk funk vibe on the track "Cindy" that does feel like Bowie and Sweet (if they traded some of their power pop persona for punk). Damn, I love this. Hooveriii and their spaced out sound is wonderfully nuanced (amid the wreckage).

Hooverii is Bert Hoover (guitar and vocals), Gabe Flores (lead guitar and vocals), Kaz Mirblouk (bass and synths), James Novick (synths), Casey Sullivan (vocals and synths) and Owen Barret (drums). 

-Robb Donker Curtius 

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Having originally been born as a solo drum machine project by Bert Hoover, Hooveriii (pronounced "Hoover Three") has now evolved into it's true final form - a six member band adept at creating their own brand of psychedelic space rock. And after almost a decade in, the band is set to release their sophomore album and debut for The Reverberation Appreciation Society, Water For The Frogs. Influenced by Iggy’s The Idiot, Bowie’s Berlin records, and Soft Machine, the LP sees the band creating their own version of prog rock, circa 2021.

In 2019, Hooveriii took their live show to Europe for the first time. Bert Hoover shares, “seeing all the old cities and beautiful landscapes while becoming closer as a band had a huge impact on this album. A lot of our favorite music came from the Krautrock scene in Germany from the late 60's-70's, and when we had a day off in Furth, Germany, we spent most of it writing the record,” he continues, “we were able to rehearse in an old German bunker that has been converted to rehearsal space. It definitely had a strange energy that helped give this album light.”

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