Hobo The Birds, Citizen:kane | en

Following up the no-frills, lo-fidelity, down n’ dirty jet-propelled blues of their self-titled debut CD in 2010, Seattle rock duo Hobosexual have finished recording their ultimate bombastic love letter to the forces that nourish them: honesty, robots with rocket launchers for fingers, dirt, empty carbohydrates, fire and hair. Perhaps a nice single-malt scotch as well. Asked by writer Trent Moorman to describe Hobosexual’s sound, guitarist Ben Harwood summed it up as “Bearded glory… I also love the idea of the 1980s. Not necessarily the actual decade or reality of the 1980s, but more the one-liners, like when Schwarzenegger throws a...

We are Hobo Jazz, playing a uneasily classifiable but instantly recognizable blend of roots music & original pre-war soul. Since 2001 we've been entertaining our fans & converting our detractors with a glib attitude to match our music. Antique music & ephemera. Pre-1960's entertainment mediums. Jazz bands recorded in Tobacco Warehouses in Savannah Georgia. Louis Prima from the 30's to the 50's. Alphonso Trent's 1930's manic jazz orchestra. Max Fleischer's pre-code surrealism. Silent Films unintended surreality. Adam Ant, James Taylor, & Earl Palmer. http://www.hobojazz.com .