Los Angeles Hooveriii (pronounced Hoover 3) have announced the October 13, 2023 release of their newest album, “Pointe” via The Reverberation Appreciation Society. To ring in the announcement, the band has shared the LP’s first single and a video for “The Tall Grass.” Watch the official video through the YouTube player below:
“Every record is kind of a response to the last record and I like listening to people’s discographies like that,” Hoover explains. “When we finished A Round Of Applause we were in rock mode playing with a lot of rock and psych bands and I was really thinking about what do you do with a fourth record?” The answer turns out to be something more esoteric and less predictable than a guitar-driven album while retaining the core of the band’s sound, which has made the Los Angeles-based act such an exciting act to watch evolve. From the Spacey Groove of the opener “Prom” to the expansive, synth-friendly ballad “This Rock” and the Epic Future-Folk Experimentation of the album’s closer “Dreaming” (which features vocals by Anna Wallace), “Pointe” is an album that references the past while stretching toward an unknown future.
Wisely armed with bliss to fight our age of calamity, LA Psych-Kraut explorers Hooveriii return with their pastoral and expansive new album. “Pointe” is not the sound of Hooveriii maturing. It’s the sound of a band at the height of their power ascending.
Pre-Order the album and choose from two vinyl pressings available on levitation.fm + CD formats, and a killer tee to boot:
“Glacier Freeze” Striped Vinyl – Limited to 500
“Dreaming” Pink & Orchid Vinyl – Limited to 500
Pre-Order the Digital Vesion on Bandcamp: https://hooveriii.bandcamp.com/album/pointe
Tracklist:
01. Prom
02. The Tall Grass 03:08
03. This Rock
04. Can’t You Hear Me Calling?
05. I Am Alive
06. The Game
07. Circling The Square
08. The Ship That I Sail
09. Dreaming
Lineup:
Owen Barrett / Drums, Percussion, Synthesiser & Production
Gabe Flores / Guitar
Bert Hoover / Vocals, Guitar & Keyboards
Kaz Mirblouk / Bass & Synth Bass
James Novick / Synthesiser