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Hallelujah the Hills (band) is an American indie rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, formed in 2005 by Ryan Walsh. They have been hailed by the Boston Phoenix as "one of Boston's most prized pop possessions", received a 3 1/2 star review for their debut in Rolling Stone Magazine, and have been praised by Pitchfork Media as having "vivid lyrics," and a "knack for crafting fist-pumping anthems." The band was signed to Misra Records in 2006 on which they released their first two full-length albums.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hallelujah the Hills - Misra Records )〕 They have co-written a song with Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, collaborated with author Jonathan Lethem,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Download This Now: Hallelujah the Hills, "Monster Eyes" )〕 and have had a live performance interrupted by Chevy Chase. In 2009, the band helped arrange and record the Titus Andronicus album ''The Monitor''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Titus Andronicus reveal Civil War-themed second album )〕 All trumpet, cello, keyboards, and piano parts for the album were recorded with Hallelujah the Hills in Boston in August 2009, including backing vocals on "A More Perfect Union" and "Titus Andronicus Forever". After the album's release, the two bands toured together with Hallelujah the Hills opening, and then joining Titus Andronicus halfway through their set to form a large band that recreated the album's arrangements.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Show Review: Titus Andronicus, Hallelujah The Hills )〕 During the Titus Andronicus after-party show for 2010's Pitchfork Festival, Hallelujah the Hills singer Ryan Walsh took on Jenn Wasner's vocal part to perform the Titus duet "To Old Friends And New".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=To Old Friends And New )〕 Pitchfork wrote that the band's sophomore album, ''Colonial Drones'', found the band jumping "to the accelerated class"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Colonial Drones review )〕 while Blurt Magazine called it "a rough-hewn classic." In support of the release, the band toured with The Silver Jews〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=HtH 2008 Tour Schedule )〕 which led to the collaboration on the song "Classic Tapes" in which Jews' bassist Cassie Berman sings with Hills singer Ryan Walsh.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Classic Tapes )〕 After their third drummer Peter Negroponte quit on-stage during a live concert,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Get To Know Hallelujah The Hills )〕 the band began working with longtime Son Volt drummer Dave Bryson on new songs. During this time, Misra Records changed ownership, and the band's contract was not renewed. Hallelujah The Hills' third full-length album ''No One Knows What Happens Next'' was funded by a successful Kickstarter project〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Marissa Nadler, Hallelujah the Hills, Mekons Movie Seek Fan Donations Through Kickstarter )〕 and was declared "a daring move" by Prefix Magazine〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hallelujah the Hills No One Knows What Happens Next )〕 for its stripped down arrangements and lack of distortion. It was called a "gorgeous start-to-finish listen" by Dig Boston.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hallelujah the Hills No One Knows What Happens Next )〕 Shortly after recording sessions for ''No One Knows What Happens Next'' ended, Walsh wrote a large feature for The Boston Phoenix in which he admitted to being the ringleader behind the 2008 file-sharing hoax, "The Overdub Tampering Committee"〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Overdub Tampering Committee )〕 Later that year, he created a crowd-sourced collage song involving hundreds of contributors〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hallelujah The Hills’ Ryan Walsh Releases His Crowd-Composed Song )〕 and directed a video for Marissa Nadler's song "The Wrecking Ball Company.""〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Exclusive Premiere: Marissa Nadler "The Wrecking Ball Company" )〕 The band also performed at the site of the Boston Occupy movement around this time, later learning they were surveilled by BRIC (Boston Regional Intelligence Center) for the performance.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MEET THE ARTISTS & ENTERTAINERS WHO BOSTON POLICE KEPT TABS ON )〕 In May 2013, the band released a collection of b-sides, non-album tracks, and rarities entitled ''Portrait Of The Artist As A Young Trashcan''. In a Boston Herald profile published around that same time, the band was singled out for their recent turn of writing about writing, posing the question "It takes genius to write a great song about writing a song. So how is it Hallelujah The Hills has done it twice in two years?" 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hallelujah the Hills On Write Track )〕 Recorded at 1809 Studios in Macedon, New York, the band finished the fourth album in five days in early 2014. In a blog entry posted during the sessions, Walsh hinted that the album had some connection to The Fox Sisters who are regularly credited as being the accidental inventors of the Spiritualist movement in America in the late 1800s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=An Update From The Studio )〕 ''Have You Ever Done Something Evil?'' was released on May 13, 2014. The album was a critical success, earning the band high praise from SPIN, Stereogum, Noisey, Blurt Magazine and more.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Have You Ever Done Something Evil press links )〕 Popmatters declared the album the "#1 Overlooked Album of the Year," calling it the band's "masterstroke." 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Top 10 Overlooked Albums of the Year )〕 ''Evils first single "Pick Up An Old Phone" was subsequently BBC Radio6's song of the day in April 2014.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=MPFree: Hallelujah The Hills – Pick Up An Old Phone )〕 The band won two Boston Music Awards for ''Evil'' including Best Rock Act and Best Video.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Boston Music Awards celebrate locals with cheeky humility )〕 Following the album's release, the band toured California performing a week of live dates and an appearance on the Improv4Humans podcast, wherein comedians Matt Besser, Lauren Lapkus, and others created comedic scenes based on live performances of the band's songs.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Episode 136 Improv4Humans )〕 This podcast recording happened just hours after the band was robbed in Oakland, California where all of the band's personal items and merchandise was stolen while they were on stage at The New Parish.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hallelujah The Hills had their clothes and band merch stolen last night in Oakland )〕 Upon their return to the east coast, the band created two additional music videos— one based on an improvised scene with comedian James Adomian (Comedy Bang Bang, Last Comic Standing),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Try This Instead" (video) )〕 and another where the band staged a house party and filmed the results.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Watch Hallelujah the Hills' Drunkenly Antic Video for 'Do You Have Romantic Courage?' )〕 Taking part in a live-streamed event called "Behind The Album," songwriter Ryan Walsh likened the odds of their fourth album coming together the way it did to "pulling off a heist."〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Behind The Album )〕 Walsh recently published a two part examination of the music industry questioning the notion of "selling out" in 2014 and shedding light on the math behind streaming services' payout figures to artists.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Some Alternatives: Brands, Bands, Sell-Outs and Meltdowns )〕 On May 14, 2014 frontman Ryan Walsh appeared on Ken Reid (comedian)'s TV Guidance Counselor Podcast. ==Members== * Ryan Walsh - guitar, lead vocals, samples * Nicholas Ward - bass, vocals * Brian Rutledge - trumpet, trombone, vocals * Joseph Marrett - guitar, banjo, cuatro, tambo, percussion, vocals * Ryan Connelly - drums 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Hallelujah the Hills」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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