Artist description Hourglass Lake is a hauntingly beautiful pop band that has a unique combination of catchy melodies. Otherwordly soundscapes pull the listener into a blissful realm of harmony where boy/girl pop, classical arrangements, and spacey layers of guitar swirl together.

Music Style Indie Pop

Musical Influences Oh so many

Similar Artists Helium, Zombies, Stereolab, Radiohead, Belle and Sebastion, The Cure, Yo La Tengo

Artist History Hourglass Lake is currently unsigned and based in Seattle, Washington. The group was formed in May of 2000 and completed a three song demo in October. All five members of Hourglass Lake contribute musically, lyrically, and artistically. Their debut album Calliope was recorded by Dan Mohr at Kittem Cave Studios, Mixed by Christopher Walla (Death Cab for Cutie) and is available for purchase at Sonic Boom Records Stores.

Group Members Paul Graham, Ben Hart, Anita Perkins, Micheal Treacy, Josh Cowart

Instruments Keys, Drums, Guitars, Bass, Viola

Albums Calliope

Press Reviews HOURGLASS LAKE (CD release) (Crocodile) With a name that comes from Nabokov (always a good sign), and a musical stride that keeps one foot planted in NW indie pop and the other in early '80s U.K. wave, Hourglass Lake has just made Calliope, the most amazing out-of-nowhere debut CD I've heard in ages. Their simple/catchy melodies, active/gentle rhythms, classic/baroque arrangements, and crazy/pleasing noises rub up wonderfully against absurdist/smart/fey lyrics (sample rhyme: "meet me where the cherries blossom.../just ask the little possum"). I hate to do this to them, but for the sake of shorthand, I'm just gonna throw out a few points of band reference so that as many of you as possible try and make it out to see the show: Death Cab for Cutie (Calliope was mixed by Chris Walla, btw), the Smiths, Belle & Sebastian, Heavenly, Five Gears in Reverse, Zumpano, Pastels. That kind of thing. You know: really, really great pop--the best thing in the goddamn world. SEAN NELSON

Additional Info self released

Location Seattle, WA - USA

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