Get Stoked For Van Hunt

By Tankboy in Arts & Entertainment on Jul 28, 2011 6:40PM

Van Hunt's What Were You Hoping For? isn't out until late September, but tickets for his show at Lincoln Hall on October 7 go on sale tomorrow at noon so this is as good a time as any to try and get you excited about him. We're big fans of folks who push against boundaries and manage to concoct thick stews of sound with conflicting influences. It's the ability to bring all those separate pieces together into a singular rhythm that separates the merely sonically experimental from the gifted alchemist of melody.

On What Were You Hoping For? Van Hunt mines hard funk, slinky soul, raw rock and swirling psychedelia to stirch together a collection of eleven songs that upon first listen confounds but grows steadily more rewarding on subsequent spins. Think of it as the lo-fi era Guided By Voices making out with prince and you have an idea where Van Hunt's going here.

We don't have anything off the new disc to share with you, but the two songs below are non-album tracks from the same sessions that should give you a fine idea of what you're in for. Oh, and when tickets go on sale tomorrow but 'em, or you'll be desperately scanning craigslist in a month or so as the buzz builds around this.

MP3: Van Hunt "The Savage, Sincere L of P"
MP3: Van Hunt "June"