Then & Now & Then, by Hosannas

Then & Now & Then

by Hosannas

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1.	The Sea 03:13	buy track
2.	Hugs 04:01	buy track
3.	Bee Cave 03:34	buy track
4.	Cloud 05:13	buy track
5.	Happiness 01:46	buy track
6.	King Crow 03:33	buy track
7.	Seen You But See Through 02:57	buy track
8.	Islands 04:00	buy track
9.	Walrus 03:09	buy track
10.	Asleep In The Weeds 04:19	buy track
11.	Catch Up To You 04:49	buy track
12.	Onward With Bravery 04:09	buy track
13.	Right As Rain 05:47	buy track
14.	Song Force Crystal 03:35	buy track

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Then & Now & Then captures Hosannas at a defining moment. Collecting the first fruits of brothers Richard and Brandon Laws songwriting with the mellifluous accompaniment of Cristof Hendrickson, this is a slightly warmer and more comprehensive introduction to the band (formerly known as Church) than their well-received Song Force Crystal, which in addition to their intense tour ethic and consistent presence in the Portland scene, helped Hosannas amass a sizable following.

At the center, the brothers vocals dovetail with a rare sensitivity and tenderness, floating over a shifting landscape of warm, distorted guitar figures, found sounds, electric piano, analog synth squalls and the occasional tribal percussion rave up. It’s a complex tapestry that revels in willful discord, textural juxtapositions, and arrangements with intense mood swings. Hosannas is experimental in the same way that the Beach Boys were experimental in their day: challenging assumptions and conventions of pop songwriting, while honoring the fundamentals: melody, ethos, harmony, golden ratios, modulation, surprise.

But, it may come as no surprise Then & Now & Then was recorded to analog 4 track tape in the living room of an old Portland house. One can almost hear the freedom of time and space in these songs, as if they were discovered, explored and mapped in the same place. Culling from two short-run CDR EP releases and adding 3 previously unreleased songs, this collection has been wholly reinvigorated with a much-needed mastering from Carl Saff, and a song sequence that takes the listener on a journey with a beginning, middle and end.

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released May 11, 2010

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