Hooffoot: Swedish jazz/progressive on Kommune #2 label.

[Yves]

It's a grower. I enjoyed it the first time I listened to it, but am finding a deeper appreciation with repeated spins.

[Scrotum Scissor]

Just got the vinyl.

What a ravishing fucker of an album! Retro-cool hipness factor through the roof, yet untouchably great in all its blatant motive and ambition! This is one of the best things I've heard this year...

[Phlakaton]

Just got the vinyl.

What a ravishing fucker of an album! Retro-cool hipness factor through the roof, yet untouchably great in all its blatant motive and ambition! This is one of the best things I've heard this year...

I have those songs stuck in my head even a month after the last binge. Damn straight - great stuff.

[bill g]

Definitely in my top 3 for the year.

[Yves]

I have found it to reveal more and more subtleties with repeated listens. Should figure in my top 5 of 2015.

[spacefreak]

I have found it to reveal more and more subtleties with repeated listens. Should figure in my top 5 of 2015.

Indeed

[Hooffoot]

Hi
This is how we do it live. The complete album plus some new stuff with a lot of jamming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=258mXIlJOAw
1 The Last Flight of the Ratite
2 Hurry Up and Wait (new)
3 "nameless" (new)
4 Take Five...Seven Six Eight and Nine

[Phlakaton]

Hi
This is how we do it live. The complete album plus some new stuff with a lot of jamming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=258mXIlJOAw
1 The Last Flight of the Ratite
2 Hurry Up and Wait (new)
3 "nameless" (new)
4 Take Five...Seven Six Eight and Nine

Oh boy! Thanks! Killer music guys.

[Phlakaton]

Damn... diggin' that 3rd track a lot. Tak Tak Tak!!

[boilk]

Wow, amazing! Thanks for sharing that video, Hooffoot.

neil

[Facelift]

OH YEAH !!! That was seriously BADASS and yeah, it does sound like it came right out of '74-75. Must buy this.

Thanks for sharing.

Glad I checked it out myself instead of passing it by based on the above (I've got no interest in "retroprog"). Yes, there is a "vintage" sound, but it's mostly due to the instrumentation and production, IMO, not totally the music itself. Thumbs up! Couldn't justify the price of the imported vinyl for what is a pretty short album, but the DL is working just fine for me.

[Grimjack]

Thanks for sharing. Keep making great music, I'll keep buying it. Deal?

[Scrotum Scissor]

Listened to this record three times in a row last Friday, and kept hyping them to the cats in Panzerpappa whose gig I caught later that evening. While not at all the same ilk of "jazzy variations", the Pappzis are only one of several Oslo bands that would fit a double bill with Hooffoot.

Quickly becoming my no. 1 wanted Scandinavian live act to witness around these parts.

[Phlakaton]

Listened to this record three times in a row last Friday, and kept hyping them to the cats in Panzerpappa whose gig I caught later that evening. While not at all the same ilk of "jazzy variations", the Pappzis are only one of several Oslo bands that would fit a double bill with Hooffoot.

Quickly becoming my no. 1 wanted Scandinavian live act to witness around these parts.

You can tell all their music is just straight up live too. Sounds like the record and then some. Friggin hot.

[TCC]

Wow!.
Top 5 for this 2015 in my list: great, great music ... congrats!.
Thanks for the YT´s video, really aprecciate it!.

Wow!!.

[NogbadTheBad]

Just picked this up based on the buzz in year end lists, goes straight into my top 10 on first listen, terrific stuff.

[Yves]

Very good record that reveals more and more on repeated listens...

[JKL2000]

Just picked this up based on the buzz in year end lists, goes straight into my top 10 on first listen, terrific stuff.

Same here! I went the Bandcamp download method.

[Shadow]

I would buy the cd. The vinyl gets fucked up every time I try and play it in the car.

[markinottawa]

Very good record that reveals more and more on repeated listens...

indeed... I cringed when I ordered the vinyl with the cost of shipping and the Cdn dollar, taking my finger away from the mouse a number of times before saying what the hell and ordered the Agusa at the same time to "save money".

One of my favs for this year as well

[Yves]

Both made my list this year though I'm more partial to Agusa's debut.

[boilk]

indeed... I cringed when I ordered the vinyl with the cost of shipping and the Cdn dollar, taking my finger away from the mouse a number of times before saying what the hell and ordered the Agusa at the same time to "save money".

Man, I hear that. I dread to think how much my next order from Synphonic will add up to in Canadian play money. C'mon Canadian dollar, get your shit together.

neil

[mike_hunt]

Both made my list this year though I'm more partial to Agusa's debut.

The Agusa debut came out last year. Their second album was released this year.

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

Hi everybody.
Thank you Spacefreak for the lovely review! Thank you everybody else for showing interest.
There is a lot of soul, time, and a shit load of money invested into this our debut album. Also this is an 100% analog production. After putting all that effort into the sound it didn´t feel right to throw it all in the MP3 grind. However, of course we want people to be able to hear this! :-)
We have contemplated your opinions in this thread and then decided to follow your advice. Now it is available for lossless download from Bandcamp.
Hope the price is right? (I have no idea since I never download myself)
Enjoy!
Greetings from HOOFFOOT

I'll be getting the VINYL
my ears hear in analog

[MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER]

I would buy the cd. The vinyl gets fucked up every time I try and play it in the car.

I like to throw discs around in my car too
I burn CDs from my LPs for that purpose