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illustrated by earworms like the enormous opener “Self Control

and multi-instrumentalist (but mostly guitar at live shows) – having ably led various incarnations of The Hat Madder to perform his compelling vision of demented pop music

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HOOPER - Carry Your Own Saints (12" EP) Snappy Little Numbers illustrated by earworms like theHooper continues to fiddle with the combinations of racket and melodies, power and hooks. For their newest EP, Carry Your Own Saints, they submitted themselves to the guidance of J Robbins (Jawbox, Burning Airlines) in his iconic studio, The Magpie Cage in Baltimore, Maryland. The record is a suite of biographical songs focusing on figures as wide ranging as Polish scientist Marie Curie and American author Jack Kerouac. Each song probes a different