Hot Cha Cha Releases Debut Full Length LP: The World's Hardest Working Telescope and the Violent Birth of Stars
Listen to "Ticket Away From Prague"
Sounds Like: Ohio is the new black.
RIYL: Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Yo La Tengo, The Dodos
From the Press Release: The World’s Hardest Working Telescope and the Violent Birth of Stars is the much anticipated debut full-length from the ladies of HotChaCha, and follow up to 2008’s critically acclaimed EP, Rifle, I Knew You When You Were Just a Pistol, which provided the band with accolades from the press and shows with bands such as the Vivian Girls, The Coathangers, and more.
The full-length finds HotChaCha expanding upon many of the ideas laid out on their debut EP and adding new instrumentation and sophistication to their arrangements. Consequently, the 11 songs presented here coherently run the gamut from staccato sing-a-longs to slowly building atmospheric explorations.
While many of HotChaCha’s songs are incredibly danceable and high energy and come in at under the three-and-a-half minute mark, it would be an oversimplification to classify them solely as adherents to the punk / new wave formula. HotChaCha creates a medium that is both pop and profound, infectious yet informed, and entertaining without being feigned.
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