Suit of Hair
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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If you can get past the name, you’re in for a treat. Over here we have a gaggle of glistening melodies and gently lo-fi harmonies that twinkle like Tobin Sprout’s GBV tunes. Over there, buzzing Greenhornes-esque garage-pop swarms above a bucket of Apples in Stereo. To paraphrase one of the tracks on the Cambridge foursome’s self-titled demo, Suit of Hair has, until now, flown underground for the most part. If there’s any pop justice, that will change, and soon. - Boston Globe
The Shmat hasn't been to Boston yet, but he bets there's a pretty good independent music scene there. Idealistically, he sort of imagines bands pulling their vans up to the ivy covered walls of academia and dragging their gear through the campus into little coffeehouse niches offering up dollar fifty cups of joe to go with their featured indie rock acts. There, nestled somewhere between the jaunty backbeat of Cut Your Hair -era Pavement and the less experimental moments of the Grifters he thinks he might find Boston, MA's Suit Of Hair.
On the laid-back "Joan Of Arc", singer Andrew's voice sort of reminds the Shmat of the wavery porch rocker Will Oldham at times. "Think You Know" switches gears slightly, featuring muffle-distortion type vocals over a nicely rocking beat. Picture something out of the Strokes catalog, perhaps like "Last Night". —SHMAT - SHMAT
SUIT OF HAIR Yeah! Lou "This song is catchy as all hell! It's jangly, hip, and silly in all the many good ways that pop music should be. There are great harmonies and a sh*tload of hooks in such a short song!! This is possibly the best song that Guided By Voices never recorded!" -the Noise
SUIT OF HAIR Kepler
"...Catchy as anything..." —The Noise - The Noise
“The slightly askew vibe to Suit Of Hair's spiky indie-rock makes me think of GBV and TMBG, but you can listen and let them create a new alphabet soup for you.”
—cheapthrillsboston.blogspot.com - cheapthrillsboston.blogspot.com
The image of "Suit of Hair" cracks me up every time. The more I listen, the more I really enjoy their powerpop goodness adorned in delightful bits of noisy fun. - cheapthrillsboston.blogspot.com
SUIT OF HAIR Kepler
"...Catchy as anything..." —The Noise - The Noise
Discography
Suit of Hair has been featured on numerous radio and internet radio stations including NYC's WRXP and UNU radio.com, and has a song on an Asaurus Records comp.
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SUIT OF HAIR is the rock that beats scissors AND paper, bowling over Boston and New York City audiences since 2009 with songs and stories of the somewhat-hip. Andrew was in Dewey Beach Popfest headliners The Rosenbergs (on Fripp's label) with a stint on Daly and events at The Mansion. James and Karl are stalwarts of erudite indie-rock and Shawn draws for Rock Band. More at http://www.myspace.com/suitofhair
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