hope for agoldensummer is very grateful for all the positive PRESS.
You write 'em, we'll post 'em...

Resonator Magazine, Feb. 2008 ... The thing with the soulful vocals, the soft finger-plucked instrumentation-it's all so damn tangible, so damn human, so present. So much of the redemptive quality of all of Hope ForAgoldensummer's music comes from that ever-present (even in darkness) humanity...

The New Yorker, Oct. 2006 .... Hope for Agoldensummer, an almost impossibly warm quintet from Athens, Georgia, led by two sisters, Claire and Page Campbell, who sing intricate harmonies over slow waltz tempos, backed by a slide- and lap-guitar player and a drummer who occasionally rattles a case of old Coke bottles.

Eyedrum Gallery, May 2005 ... Front porch rocking chair bluegrass country concoction. The south never had it so good.


Philadelphia City Paper 2005 ... Sisters Claire and Page Campbell sing about God and heartbreak like they're drunk on their own glorious harmonies and have all the time in the world. Their shows build on [a] sense of intimacy and immediacy...

Rough Trade Records 2005 ... an exceptional, haunting debut from hope for a golden summer...this is strange, soulful and deeply affecting stuff. think a rural cocorosie, an ornate cat power or a female arcade fire.


SHOW REVIEWS/INTERVIEWS/ETC

The Red & Black 12/04

Flagpole Magazine 11/04

Flagpole 5/26/04

Southeastern Performer 5/1/04

Southeastern Performer 4/1/04

Degenerate Press 3/20/04

Southeastern Performer 3/1/04

Charleston City Paper2/4/04

Flagpole 12/17/03

Athens Music.Net 11/10/03

Degenerate Press 9/20/03

AP Wire 9/13/03

Jon Ciliberto 6/26/03

Clemson Tiger 2003

Athens Banner Herald 2003

AP Wire 2003

Time Out NY, Oct. 2006 ... Part junkyard orchestra, part campfire song circle, Hope For Agoldensummer conjures luminous, moody balladry.

Washington Post, Nov. 2005 ... Haunting folk music of a sort, performed with singing saws, pennywhistles and an eclectic assortment of other instruments.

 

ALBUM REVIEWS

Southeast Performer 4/1/08

Resonator Magazine 2/7/08

SLAP 1/1/08

Out Magazine 09/06

Brainwashed 12/26/04

Creative Loafing 8/25/04

Southeastern Performer 6/1/04

Flagpole 2004

Glide Magazine 5/28/04

Evil Sponge 4/10/04

AWARDS

2006 Flagpole Athens Music Awards
(Voted Best Folk Act)

2005 Flagpole Athens Music Awards
(Voted Best Folk Act)

Flagpole 12/27/04
(Voted #1 Local Album)

Creative Loafing 10/1/04
(Voted "Best Organic Experience")