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1.StopTrumpet for a Lung – Hopewell 03:48
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2.StopCalcutta – Hopewell 03:28
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3.StopPraise Twice – Hopewell 05:22
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4.StopSugar in the Honey – Hopewell 04:04
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5.StopSynthetic Symphony – Hopewell 05:57
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6.StopThe Birds of Appetite – Hopewell 01:46
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7.StopThe Notbirds – Hopewell 05:22
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8.StopHello Radio – Hopewell 03:56
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9.StopKings & Queens – Hopewell 03:14
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10.Stop4am – Hopewell 04:26
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11.StopGod Is Near (A Diamond Suture) – Hopewell 04:04
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12.StopSquare Peg Teeth – Hopewell 03:55
"If my brain is alive in 2005" Jason Russo sang at the start of The Curved Glass. Well, his brain is alive five years later, and on Birds of Appetite (inspired by Thomas Merton's -Zen and the Birds of Appetite), Hopewell's neo-psychedelic rock is a spirited vehicle for Russo's tear-jerking narratives. Within a record about struggle ("and we're living in Calcutta/with one foot in the grave and the other in the gutter"), his subjects are faced with survival, death, and rising floods. He attempts to reassure them ("and if you wake up screaming, know that God is near"), giving the impression that he's witnessed their hardships first-hand. The moderately paced jams, landing somewhere between the Flaming Lips and early-'70s Pink Floyd, adds a pulse to the sadness. Enlivened with trumpet, Hammond organ, and cello, the songs are never quite as enveloping as contempories the Lips or Mercury Rev ("Synthetic Symphony" being a tremendous exception), though unlike those bands, Hopewell takes more time to develop their creations, holding out for something more expressive. Kenyon Hopkin, Rovi
- Genre: Rock
- Category Indie Rock, Space Rock
- Label: TEE PEE RECORDS
- Release Date: June 14, 2005
- Artist: Hopewell
- Additional Artist: Kevin McMahon (Vocals), Max Avery Lichtenstein (Vocals)