Hopewell (band)

Hopewell

Hopewell is an American rock music band. The band was founded by Jason Russo, of Hopewell Junction, New York. At 19, Russo joined Mercury Rev for a world tour, and then struck out on his own with a band named after his hometown . Hopewell's album The Curved Glass was followed up with 2005's space rock opera Hopewell & The Birds Of Appetite -- an album produced by Dave Fridmann, of Flaming Lips fame, and featuring the song "Calcutta."

The band has toured extensively since 2004, including tours across the US and most recently in the UK.

In 2006, the band recorded a new album, Beautiful Targets, in the upstate New York wilderness. This album was released in July 2007.

May 5, 2009, saw the release of Good Good Desperation.

The band has also toured with several notable acts, including (but not limited to):

• My Bloody Valentine
• Brian Jonestown Massacre
• The Sleepy Jackson
• British Sea Power
• The Comas
• The Black Angels
• Elefant
• Goldrush
• Mark Gardener
• Mike Watt
• The Posies
• The Lovetones
• Garth Hudson
• Adam Franklin
• Nicole Atkins

Albums

• Contact (Burnt Hair, 1998)
• The Purple Balloon EP (Priapus, 1999)
• The Curved Glass (Priapus, 2001)
• Hopewell & The Birds of Appetite (TeePee Records, 2005)
• The Notbirds EP (Sunnylane, 2006 EP)
• Beautiful Targets (TeePee Records / Star Mole (Japan), 2007)
• Good Good Desperation (TeePee Records, May 5, 2009)

External links

• Official site
• Tee Pee Records page
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