HA HA TONKA w/ August Teens, So So Radio

HA HA TONKA w/ August Teens, So So Radio
September 9, 10:00 PM
Ages: 21+

What people are already saying about Ha Ha Tonka's New Album,
NOVEL SOUNDS OF THE NOUVEAU SOUTH

"Novel Sounds is violent, literate, unapologetic Southern rock. With its angelic organ and snarling guitars, "The Outpouring" conjures the Allmans, "Hold My Feet to the Fire" drops gospel harmonies over a boogie-woogie backbeat, and the fingerpicked "Close Every Valve to Your Bleeding Heart" builds from tender to raging without a false note."
-David Peisner, SPIN (June 2009)

"(Novel Sounds) Occupies the sweet spot between country and indie, writing ornery songs with big hooks. Listen if you want your alt country to be heavy on the alt."
-J. Edward Keyes, RollingStone.com (May 2009)

"...in crafting a more challenging album-a more mature album-Ha Ha Tonka have, against the odds, crafted a much better album, too. Novel sounds, indeed."
-PopMatters (June 2009)

"If Novel Sounds was a novel, it'd be Southern gothic. The songs are full of sin and violence, with echoes of the Civil War ("The Horse In Motion," "A Siege Of Sorts") and lynch mobs ("What Shepherds Of These Hills?"). There aren't many laughs to be had with this record but it's a solid achievement."
-Kerry Doole, Exclaim (June 2009)

"With feet to the fire and one blind eye, they divine rough, chunky truths on their sophomore album, Novel Songs of the Nouveau South, letting churchy harmonies and bad boy rock attitude commingle around the holy water they've collected."
-Jam Base

"Ha Ha Tonka perfects power-chill in its second installment, Novel Songs of the Nouveau South...It's indie rock from the heartland; the spirit of the back-country with a peppy snare and some serious guitar."
-Vox Magazine

"These Missouri natives have a natural way with a pop hook and instinctive feeling for myriad forms of Southern music...Ha Ha Tonka is truly one of the best young bands in America."
-Sound Affects

"What sets the band apart is the fact that you just don't care how familiar it may all ultimately sound, as just about every track on the group's new Novel Songs of the Nouveau South hits it out of the park"
-Time Out Chicago

"Their new Novel Sounds of the Nouveau South ups the ante and the amperage, wiring the weather vane into a lighting rod."
-OSU Weekly

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