hello dragon is chris zerby.
w/ julie chadwick, mike eisenstein, sean burgess, jeremy wilkins and probably more...
Influences
Quantum Mechanics, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Bob Dylan, Vegan Cookies, Robots, Richard Dawkins, the fear of flying insects.
Sounds Like
"... the five tunes on "EP 01" by Los Angeles quartet Hello Dragon are stickier than Velcro -- slightly spaced-out pop anthems that reflect the band's stated fascination with "animal rights, quantum mechanics, El Chupacabra, vacuum tubes and cheap-sounding synthesizers." There's even a tuneful nod to "Stephen Hawking."
Hello Dragon -- the music and DIY sleeves -- is the handiwork of Chris Zerby and Julie Chadwick, who were the principals in the edgy Boston power-pop band Helicopter Helicopter..." Kevin Bronson - LATIMES
"... the music pulls you in right away and makes you want to stay for melodic guitar hooks and remarkably creative lyrics linking rats in palm trees, Machu Picchu, El Chupacabra, Stephen Hawking and other unexpected things to life and love in Los Angeles." -Pasadena Weekly
The new single of the month "Ambulance Driver" is now is available exclusively on our website: www.hellodragonmusic.com Just click on 'join our mailing list' and you will gain access to the new song and artwork, and recieve a new song each month...
"The Quantum Explorers" is HERE!
Available now at:
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hello dragon is the faint wire hum you sometimes hear in the city.
"a fission of spacey rock and melodic indie pop laced with boy/girl harmonies, Hello Dragon's Quantum Explorers is a shiny and sun-glinted collection of oddball gems—under the acoustic/electric guitar interplay, reaching vocals and propellant rhythms are a cycle of lyrics circling subjects as disparate as Los Angeles, cryptozoology, and quantum physics" - web in front
"The most distinct element on The Quantum Explorers from Hello Dragon is apparent from the very first lyric of the album, "Smoked crack with a princess at the end of the world…"The mix of epic and mundane, sacred and profane, pervades the entire album; with titles like "Millions of Terrible Moths," "Good Cops and Coke Fiends" and "Stephen Hawking," who could expect anything else" - amplifier
"Hello Dragon's first full-length record is a collection of songs about trying to grasp the awe-inspiring magnitude of the world around us; about staring down the wonderful and horrible mysteries of science and nature without the crutch of some vaguely reassuring doctrine wholly ungrounded in fact…also known as religion. It's about what we try and mostly fail to explain..." - last fm
"Hello Dragon's debut The Quantum Explorers is easily the sleeper pop album of the decade. It's the perfect L.A.-via-Boston flashback fascination, as if Fort Apache crash landed onto Silver Lake..." - LA Underground
You re so wonderful for sending that care package. I shall treasure it all. Thank you thank you thank you I love it all. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Best of luck, Jeremy... Go have a drink at the Slow Bar in Portland for me... Wish we could make the show tonight, hope you receive the proper sendoff you deserve!
