National Anthem of Nowhere

Apostle of Hustle

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 6, 2007)
• Original Release Date: March 6, 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Arts & Crafts
• ASIN: B000M32US0
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #139,508 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

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Sometimes you're in a Stereolab mood, sometimes a Latin Playboys mood, sometimes a Sea and Cake mood. And sometimes you're just the genius that hops fluidly between each disparate sound, making them all continuous--singing a Lorca poem in Spanish, playing in a haze of organ and guitar and fuzzy rhythms. That's Apostle of Hustle for you, the ensemble led by Andrew Whiteman, better known as Broken Social Scene's guitarist. Like BSS, Apostle is a giant mix-up, with spacey interludes of guitar, shuffling drums, and piano right next to a laconic vocal, a voice that gets shoved into choruses by suddenly driving guitars. The highlights on National Anthem are the rockers, "Justine, Beckoning" and the title track, both frontloaded with a wall of guitar that's infused with keys and horns as the vocals peek from behind an artful gauze. This is a visionary album, easy to consume repeatedly. --Andrew Bartlett

Product Description

National Anthem of Nowhere is Apostle of Hustle's follow-up to their debut album of 2004, Folkloric Feel. On the track, "My Sword Hand's Anger," Andrew Whiteman (also the lead guitarist of Broken Social Scene) "sings that he's `looking for a new technique,' but weighing this track from Apostle of Hustle's second album against material on their debut, it sounds as if he's already found it." - 4 STARS, Pitchfork Media.

On this album, everyone who feels they have no voice or can't be heard, they are suddenly united. They hear the title and something stirs inside them. Then they hear the song and they feel that they "know" it. They meet strangers in nowhere places and will never forget those meetings. They wander out into the suburban, in-between zones and there are welcomed.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like Broken Social Scene?, November 15, 2007

By	Mick B. (Milwaukee, WI) - See all my reviews

You'll love this album. It has a lot of aspects of Broken Social Scene that I love and seems to eliminate the ones I could do without. The title track is probably my favorite song of the year. I have not grown tired of it after listening to it hundreds of times. The hits vastly outweigh the misses on this album.

5.0 out of 5 stars Carefree Brilliance, June 16, 2008

By	L. Netter "luigiart" (Yonkers, NY USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Like Broken Social Scene and a handful of other bands, Apostle of Hustle provide a complicated musical feast while sounding as breezy and as laid back as these uber talented chaps probably are. These Canadian guys along with their fellow countrymen seem to be able to ride the edge of throw away new age melodrama with the palpable desolation of the early 2000's and make some compelling music. Even as bands like Arcade Fire are clearly trying very hard, they still overcome their associations and create something new. That is what I find in this fine band.

4.0 out of 5 stars If This is Nowhere, I Want In, June 3, 2008

By	Vincent L. Smith (Washington, DC) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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#2,5,10 & 11 are my favorites. Read a tintsy review in Men's Health Best Life and just took a chance. A chance well rewarded with so many listens it borders on downright silly. Like your favorite item of clothing, you'll want to throw this on for just about any occasion.