by Ryan Meehan

Record:  Hyper Crush: “Night Wave”

Release Date:  02/07/12

Written By:  Steve Love (Donny Fontaine), Preston Moronie (Patrick Ridge), and Angelina Araya (Holly Valentine)

Lately the theme of mixing work with pleasure seems to be coming up in my life more than usual, and this album review is no exception.  Although I do find writing for FOH to be pleasurable, keep in mind when critiquing entertainment, we have to be objective here because what we do IS business.

That being said, it kills me to have to give the following review for two reasons:  1)  I’ve been a big fan of Hyper Crush for a while now, and 2)  They were cool enough to be our guest in 5 Questions a couple of years ago.  Portions of this album had been released over the course of the past ten months, so a couple of these tracks I had already heard.  Let’s discuss that for a second.  Continue reading →