That Hope were a rather crooked, post punk-nik quartet presumably hailing from Bloomington, IN, but it's hard to believe they were even from the same
planet as John Cougar Mellencamp, let alone the same region of the country.
Eight Dollar Hat is hard a one to generalize, but throughout it's ten off-kilter cuts you are bound to detect trace elements of Pere Ubu, Gang of Four, Pil, and China Shop. The album's more tuneful forays, like "Power of Speech," "Move By Me," and "John's Got the Goods," give it some genuinely strong staying power. If you get the notion to, you can download a That Hope song that doesn't appear on this disk over at
I Remember Dayton blog.
01. Life of Antics
02. Hoist It Up
03. Power of Speech
04. Move By Me
05. Eight Dollar Hat
06. Thinner With Time
07. Heart Against Elvis
08. John's Got the Goods
09. Synchronicity 3
10. Useless Advice
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