hopeful monster
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Hopeful Monster began in 2001, as a recording project at songwriter Jason Ball’s Nervous System Studio in Seabright, Nova Scotia, drawing session players from the vibrant, nearby Halifax indie pop scene. Jason and some of the key participants, including members of Matt Mays & El Torpedo, The Heavy Blinkers, The Guthries and The Hylozoists, began performing in Halifax and traveled to showcase in Montreal and Toronto. “Hopeful Monster” was released in 2002 on Brobdingnagian Records.
The band made two videos in 2003, for River Reflexive and Stars Are Photomagnets. While on a solo tour of Norway and the UK with Sufjan Stevens, Jason was given the opportunity to perform at the wedding party for Of Montreal’s Kevin and Nina Barnes. In 2004, he moved to Toronto, playing keyboards in the Hylozoists and with chanteuse Lily Frost, and harmonizing in vocal pop trio The Wilderness with fellow songwriters Andrew Rodriguez and Jason Kent. The Wilderness performed only a few times, opening for Rufus Wainwright and Arctic Monkeys, before disbanding. Jason returned to Europe as a member of The Heavy Blinkers, opening shows with solo sets of Hopeful Monster songs in Germany and France.
Several years in the making, Hopeful Monster’s second album, METATASKING, consists of tracks recorded with band members in Halifax and members of The Wilderness and The Hylozoists in Toronto.
The band made two videos in 2003, for River Reflexive and Stars Are Photomagnets. While on a solo tour of Norway and the UK with Sufjan Stevens, Jason was given the opportunity to perform at the wedding party for Of Montreal’s Kevin and Nina Barnes. In 2004, he moved to Toronto, playing keyboards in the Hylozoists and with chanteuse Lily Frost, and harmonizing in vocal pop trio The Wilderness with fellow songwriters Andrew Rodriguez and Jason Kent. The Wilderness performed only a few times, opening for Rufus Wainwright and Arctic Monkeys, before disbanding. Jason returned to Europe as a member of The Heavy Blinkers, opening shows with solo sets of Hopeful Monster songs in Germany and France.
Several years in the making, Hopeful Monster’s second album, METATASKING, consists of tracks recorded with band members in Halifax and members of The Wilderness and The Hylozoists in Toronto.
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News
A few exciting announcements
28 Sep 2009 | from hopefulmonstermusic.blogspot.com/
Metatasking is coming out, for real, like, in actual stores! Gooseberry Records is releasing it to Canadian retail outlets this fall through Sonic Unyon Distribution. …
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Steel Bananas
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Hopeful Monster Plays NXNE
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Videos from April 30 Residency Finale
2 May 2009 | from hopefulmonstermusic.blogspot.com/
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mediarmy added hopeful monster to the lineup of Hopeful Monster plays Halifax Pop Explosion at The Company House. October 2009
- hopeful monster posted a news item ‘A few exciting announcements’. September 2009
- hopeful monster posted a news item ‘Steel Bananas’. August 2009
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mediarmy added hopeful monster to the lineup of Hopeful Monster at The Company House at The Company House. July 2009
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mediarmy added hopeful monster to the lineup of NXNE at NOW Lounge. June 2009
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littlest-hobo, mofgimmers and tartineauchoco added hopeful monster to their libraries. May 2009
- hopeful monster posted a news item ‘Concert Calendar’. February 2009
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InIstanbul added hopeful monster to InIstanbul’s library. February 2009
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mediarmy added hopeful monster to the lineup of hopeful monster at The Local. February 2009
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mediarmy added hopeful monster to the lineup of hopeful monster at The Local. February 2009
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