Here Comes Everyone

Aloha | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 26, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polyvinyl Records
• ASIN: B0003JAHSS
• Also Available in: Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #334,413 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars criminally underrated!, June 14, 2005

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S. Bricker (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Here Comes Everyone (Audio CD)

Not since The Shins has a band referenced so many brilliant bands of the past + present (in Aloha's case: ELO, The Beatles, The Beach Boys, Elton John (Goodbye Yellow Brick Road/Madman Across the Water), Yes, Talk Talk, Tortoise + Radiohead) while sounding entirely unique. Dreamy, yet urgent - listening to Here Comes Everyone, one can't help but feel nostalgic for their childhood, road trips, and lost love, while being instilled with a passion to keep making memories.

This album has so many hooks you'll be humming them for days. Much more Rock/Pop (at times math-rock/prog rock) oriented than their previous efforts, yet Aloha doesn't give up their complex arrangements. On the contrary, these songs have levels of tracks and nuances that you'll be discovering even after a dozen listens. Cavallario's vocals are at their strongest referencing the vocal stylings and range of Thom Yorke, Jeff Buckley, and Carl Newman from New Pornographers. His guitar playing has reached new levels of skill + confidence as he solos on a handful of the songs. Cale Parks and T.J. Lipple's percussion arrangements are nothing short of brilliant. Matthew Gengler's bass playing reminds me of Radiohead's Colin Greenwood - beautiful, melodic jazz-oriented bass-lines that at times are even minimal/sparse to let other parts of the song shine through.

Here Comes Everyone needs to be heard. It would be a shame for it to go the way of Talk Talk's Laughing Stock and Spirit of Eden. Both groundbreaking/brilliant records that went unlistened to for years. This record will stand the test of time and will be referenced for years to come.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the Best Bands Around Right Now., August 29, 2006

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Erik Norman "Midwestern Music Maniac" (Illinois) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Here Comes Everyone (Audio CD)

I first heard of Aloha when one of my roommates bought this CD at a local record store because it was compared to Radiohead (I guess I kinda see the comparison), and the first couple times I heard it I thought it was pretty darn good. It was about the fourth or fifth time that I completely fell in love with this CD. It's been in pretty constant rotation ever since. I've purchased all of their CDs (except their debut EP) and while they are all really good (particularly "Sugar"), none of them seem to possess the same magic as this wonderful release.

Some personal favorite songs of mine are the openning "All The Wars" with its rocking drum intro, neat guitar line, and catchy vocal melody. "You've Escaped" is a beautiful ballad and "Boys in the Bathtub" just rocks so hard. I love that riff in 7/8 that is featured so prominantly on that song. Also, "I Don't Know What Else To Do" is a really cool song with a simple but effective bass groove and weird retro-60's keyboard parts in the chorus. Those songs particularly stand out to me, but IMHO there is not a bad song on this album. It's a winner from beginning to end.

If I had to catagorize this band, I would start by referencing 70's prog rock (think Yes, Genesis, King Crimson) but much more warmer and intimate. They got the chops, but they don't let them get in the way of emotional expression and setting a relaxing mood. There is also some 60's pop (Beatles, Beach Boys) and 90's post-rock (Tortoise). Everyone in the band is obviously very virtuistic at their respective instruments, yet they don't let their egos get in the way of songcraft. Also, I think Tony's voice is wonderful. Someone he reminds me quite a bit of (yet I've never seen this comparison mentioned before) is Adrian Belew from the 80's incarnation of King Crimson. Take Adrian Belew, add a dash of Jeff Buckley, and maybe a little (just a little) Thom Yorke and you'd have a pretty good idea of his voice.

I also had the pleasure of seeing them live in Chicago a couple of weeks ago, and let me tell you... these guys put on an AMAZING live show. Very energetic and engaging. I feel that this band is fated to explode pretty soon. Everyone that I play this CD for seems to really like it. It's only a matter of time before the small fanbase that they have right now spreads the word to enough people and these guys become huge (at lease huge enough to bring more than ~200 people to a show in Chicago). Bottom line, if you haven't heard this amazing release yet, do yourself the favor and pick it up (especially for the low price Amazon is selling it for). You won't be disappointed.

3.0 out of 5 stars Ho Hum, June 18, 2007

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Shannon Wolo (Winston Salem, NC) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Here Comes Everyone (Audio CD)

Not their best cd but there are at least 3 songs on it I like. Not worth it for me to have bought the cd though which is why I gave it only 3 stars.