Formed in 2009 from members of Burials, Slow Teeth and Atrocity Exhibition, Hang The Old Year plays prog infused post rock with elements of punk, hardcore and psychedelic rock. They began playing out summer 2010 and released their first album, The Tower, in summer 2011.
"Sporting sprawling song lengths that would make Godspeed You! Black Emperor proud, this Portland quartet shares that Canadian collective’s knack for patient climbs to shimmering catharses
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Formed in 2009 from members of Burials, Slow Teeth and Atrocity Exhibition, Hang The Old Year plays prog infused post rock with elements of punk, hardcore and psychedelic rock. They began playing out summer 2010 and released their first album, The Tower, in summer 2011.
"Sporting sprawling song lengths that would make Godspeed You! Black Emperor proud, this Portland quartet shares that Canadian collective’s knack for patient climbs to shimmering catharses, but Hang the Old Year adds hypnotically proggy vocals and sick, serpentine riffs to the mix. Hints of Doug Martsch and classic emo only make this slippery band more difficult to pin down. Digging it, however, is not hard at all."
-Chris Stamm, Willamette Week
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