Our Hour – Review
Thank you to T.Bebedor for this review of Our Hour CD
It’s difficult to classify a band such as Cornwall’s Hanterhir, among the fifteen – yes, fifteen– songs tracks on ‘Our Hour’ the band dip into different genres like a guest at a finger buffet, filling their plate with rock, punk, folk and poppy radio-friendly music but the music feels connected by the acoustic guitar that ties the song writing together. What Hanterhir reminds me of are the 90’s indie Britpop bands that tried pushing the genre away from the Oasis and Blur songs that dominated the music stations and newspaper inches. Bands such as Longpigs, Dodgy and Shed Seven, and this sound carries on into the production and arrangement of the songs, from the drum pattern on ‘Soul Train’ the intro guitar of ‘The Centre of All’ and Suede-esque ‘Knots’ to the vocal performance.