House Of Fire are a relatively new band that has only been around since 2005. These are guys that have the feel of the 60’s psychedelia about them. Think Velvet Underground and you pretty much have the genre nailed down.
Being an aging hippie, I really enjoyed this CD. They are all accomplished musicians and produce a wonderfully deep and melodic sound.
The band is made up of Isaac Betesh who handles Vocals, Guitar, and Sitar, it doesn’t get any more psychedelic than having a Sitar on the stage! E. J. Hagen plays guitar, Dave Reis vocals and bass, Lucy Rodemich plays keyboards, Alex White Guitar, and Peter Trezzi on drums.
This is very much a West Coast sound, one that you would expect to here in San Francisco, and I am sure they do very well in that environment. What surprised me though is that they are not West Coast based, but out of Pennsylvania, go figure!
Take a trip back to the future and give House Of Fire a try. They also have a MySpace and Web Page where you can sample their unique style of music. You can also see them in action on this video.
You can pick up this fine album from MVD.
Simon Barrett
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Follow-up comment rss or Leave a TrackbackHouse of Fire’s self-titled album is one of my top albums of 08. I play this one all the time, cannot get enough. The sitar on Twelve Stars, beautiful & very psychedelic, yeah! Don’t Go To Hell Without Me, one of the best songs of the year!!! I am gonna review it, for my blog, just haven’t gotten to it yet……they deserve more reviews.
I found this in a bargain bin at Ameoba and picked it up off the artwork alone. Not bad, a small surprise. I’ll agree that my favorite songs are Don’t Go To Hell Without Me and Twelve Stars, mostly due to the sitar. The rest is not bad, but sounds like it owes or borrows a bit too much from the Brian Jonestown Massacre and some songs off the Nuggets boxsets.
Interestingly, it seems that the two guitar players, E.J. Hagen and Alex White have joined the Morning After Girls, whom I absolutely adore. And before House of Fire, these two were in a shoegaze band called Highspire, who were on Clairecords (who ran the Tonevendor store) out in Sacramento. I used to love going to that store :sigh:
Highspire joined The Morning After Girls?! That could be exciting… Anyone know when the new album comes out?
The new album came out July 7. TMAGs will be on tour with The Warlocks starting the end of July in CA. See tour dates @ http://heavemedia.com/music/588/The-Morning-After-Girls-Hit-The-Road-with-Tour-Dates
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