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A Brief History
Melissa Rodenbeek and Hiram Lucke formed The Harvey Girls in August of 2003 in Lawrence, Kansas. The group, named after the waitresses who served travelers in the American West from the late 19th to the mid 20th centuries along the AT&SF railways, combine the melodies of bubblegum pop with experimentation in sound.
Discography
2003 - The Biggest Book You'll Never Read e.p.
2004 - Blabber 'n Smoke album
2005 - The Harvey Girls compilation album released on Imaginary Albums
2005 - Hazy Heat / Your Evil Man single
2005 - The Wild Farewell album
2006 - Our History is Your Kitsch album
Bringing us bang up to date with their latest release, a wonderful EP called 'Declinate'.
It's the culmination of a year and a half of recording across three time zones, the guitars bend, the keyboards stand still,
and the lyrics move from impression to declaration.
The last song, 'Whispering Hope' was sung by Hiram's grandmother and her sisters in 1941 and recorded from a 78 rpm record of their performance.
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SVC-012 - April 2007
'Declinate' |
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01. Faster Peach
02. Carrying The Gold
03. Tommorow is Blessed
04. Lazlo, Buddy
05. Whispering Hope
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All proceeds of sales to be donated to the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network
(RAINN).
Download 'Declinate' now in glorious 256kbps for £1.00
complete with full artwork.
Or alternatively you can download 'Declinate' from iTunes...
Buy at iTunes Music Store
There is also a video for 'Lazlo, Buddy', you can watch it in all it's glory on MySpace or YouTube
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SVC-003 - Sep. 2005
'The Wild Farewell' |
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(Part One) New York 1970-1983
01. The Wild Farewell
02. Wake Your Heart
03. Practicing
04. Your Evil Man
05. Preston Sturges Without End
06. Bay Parkway!
07. Hazy Heat
08. Girls Sing
09. Stone Girl
10. Brooklyn Train
(Part Two) Kansas 1983-2003
11. Kansas, She Said
12. Passer, Deliciae Meae Puellae
13. The Hand of Day
14. Mountain
15. Ruby
16. Clip-On Tie
17. Real Fun
18. In The Sky
19. The Word Possibility
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Download 'The Wild Farewell (Part One)' now in glorious 256kbps for £2.00
complete with full artwork.
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Download 'The Wild Farewell (Part Two)' now in glorious 256kbps for £2.00
complete with full artwork.
Or alternatively you can get both parts together as one...
Buy at iTunes Music Store for £7.99
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You can also buy a lovely CDR direct from The Harvey Girls right here
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Reviews
"Melissa Rodenbeek and Hiram Lucke sound like hungry, undiscriminating
pop fans who’ve managed to mash up a couple of decades' worth of
musical history and alchemize it into their own sound with hooks,
humor, and a coziness that comes from finding your artistic niche"
'The Wild Farewell' review at Delusions of Adequacy
"The Word Possibility", the last song is titled, and this album vibrates through and through with a sense of possible, with a hopeful creative feeling and the sense that every place is special for its own reasons, that all geography resonates with its own unique magic."
'The Wild Farewell' review at Erasing Clouds
"Falling somewhere between Stephen Malkmus and Stereolab, The Harvey Girls have created an EP with a number of interesting ideas that make you want to listen."
'The Biggest Book You'll Never Read' review at Rock Kansas
"Experimental lo-fi pop isn't something that conjures up images of grinning listeners, but this is exactly what is the result of one spin of Blabber n Smoke."
'Blabber 'n Smoke' review at Delusions of Adequacy
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