Neil Michael Hagerty CD

MUSIC

POP

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

1. Know That

2. Fortune And Fear

3. Repeat The Sound Of Joy

4. Kali, The Carpenter

5. Whiplash In Park

6. Creature Catcher

7. I Found A Stranger

8. Oh To Be Wicked Once Again

9. Tender Metal

10. Menace, The

11. Chicken, You Can Roost On The Moon

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Recording information: 06/2000-10/2000.
	The former Royal Trux guitarist performs his primeval songs of dissolution and dislocation against a dark background of sparse instrumentation and the occasional percussion shuffle on this strangely ethereal collection. "Oh to Be Wicked Once Again" sets a wild rock & roll guitar solo against a sweet keyboard motif, "Chicken, You Can Roost on the Moon" is an improbably psychedelic tale of love gone wrong, and "Know That," which recalls the punk duo Suicide, is an almost Dylanesque put-down layered over a heartbeat rhythm track.

Artist Overview

Neil Michael Hagerty first gained notice alongside Jon Spencer in the pioneering lo-fi noise rock band Pussy Galore in the late 1980s. Even before that band split in 1990, Hagerty and fellow guitarist and singer Jennifer Herrema had formed the moderately more coherent, blues-influenced Royal Trux. Hagerty gathered a new backing band called the Howling Hex and began a solo career immediately upon that band's dissolution with the release of 2001's NEIL MICHAEL HAGERTY. Hagerty and the Howling Hex quickly established a relentless release schedule, putting out their 11th album, THE HOWLING HEX XI, by 2008.

Artist Influences
Neil Young | Pussy Galore | Sonic Youth | Weird War

Technical Info

	Release Date : 02/20/2001
	Original Release Date : 2001
	Catalog ID : DC 182CD
	Label : Drag City
	Number of Discs : 1
	Studio/Live : Studio
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00781484018223

Professional Reviews

Magnet (4-5/01, p.76)
- "...Referencing touchstones of the past, from classic new wave to brightly hued Krautrock to minimalist psychedelia....NMH turns out to be a gas."

Mojo (Publisher)
(5/01, p.106)
- "...Weird, exploratory and self-indulgent...his riffy virtousity is offset against tootling organ/vocal melodies for a garage sound that ranges from '60s psychedelic pop to full-blown prog..."

NME (Magazine)
(4/7/01, p.43)
- 7 out of 10 - "...As far from conventional rock'n'roll as ever - rhythms are arhythmic, songs are dominated by deceptively clumsy, reverb-heavy guitar solos..."