US / THEM: Alpha Hopper (Hex Records) stream forthcoming album early, NY catchy & chaotic noisy art-punk

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Alpha Hopper (Hex Records) stream forthcoming album early, NY catchy & chaotic noisy art-punk

"A frantic, messy variety of guitar rock, that won’t say no to a night out with punk, hardcore, new wave, or which ever genre (or hottie, or mark, or naive and corruptible young fool) catches their eye that evening." -- New Noise

"Alpha Hopper have boiled down the finer elements of noise rock, no wave. and art-punk to create something so distinctly their own, while paying homage to the sordid style of early 90’s AmRep and Touch & Go favorites." -- Post-Trash

"The album will assuredly have everyone mesmerized... Strikingly riveting and original." -- GhettoBlaster

Buffalo, NY quartet Alpha Hopper are streaming their forthcoming third album Alpha Hex Index in its entirety today via Ghettoblaster Magazine. Hear and share Alpha Hex Index HERE. (Direct Bandcamp.)

New Noise Magazine recently premiered "In The Desert In The West" HERE. Echoes & Dust previously shared "The Goods" HERE. And, Post-Trash hosted "Big Body" HERE.

"A bartender, a personal trainer, a graphic designer, and an immigration attorney walk into a practice space..."

Formed in Buffalo, New York in 2014, Alpha Hopper creates a frenetic stew of guitar-driven rock'n'roll with ingredients from punk, hardcore, noise rock, and no-wave. Their 3rd LP Alpha Hex Index shows them deeper than ever down their rabbit hole. Sassy, snotty vocals punctuating the ever growing wall of catchy, bizarre riffs and prison break drum beats. Dummy math, noise-rock for art-punk drop outs.

For this album the band decided to record the effort themselves in their homes. Pandemic-related shelter in place recommendations caused some hiccups in being able to track the entire effort in a single block, and instead recording sessions were conducted in intervals when the members could safely get together and hash out their respective parts. Once they were satisfied with the mix they handed things over to engineer John Angelo (Gwar, Every Time I Die, Gas Chamber) to handle mastering duties.

Alpha Hex Index will be available on LP, CD and digital on November 20th, 2020.