"The Hope Trust is Denton, Texas’ Kelly Upshaw, and he’s hit my musical sweet spot here with a mix of pop and Americana. His MySpace likens his sound to a mix of Neil Finn and Wilco, and it also reminds me of personal favorites like The Latebirds and Additional Moog.
There are highlights aplenty. "Break You Down", with its melodic mid-tempo sound buttressed by a tasteful pedal steel, could have fit right in on Bob Evans’ Suburban Songbook; "Run It Through" and "Two In The Bush" bring to mind Joe Pernice’s earlier days in the Scud Mountain Boys and his Big Tobacco solo disc (in fact, Upshaw sounds like a huskier-voiced Pernice). Meanwhile, "OK, Alright" is where he leans to the Neal Finn side of his sound, if Finn used pedal steel in his songs, and "Parting Shot" is where the Wilco comes in, at least the Wilco of the Summerteeth era, and "Don’t Want to Fight" is straight ahead roots-influenced rock in a Wallflowers/Minibar vein.
This is high-quality stuff, and if your musical tastes run in this area, The Incurable Want is (to coin a phrase) extremely highly recommended"
WOW - love the song "OK Alright" - Great groove and love the vocals!
Hope you dig our sound too - this week we're featuring the acoustic-based stuff from our catalog, but we're all over the place genre-wise. Check out the tunes "It Was You" and "Come With Me" - I think you'd enjoy them.
Oh yeah - thanks for the add!!! Looking forward to hearing more from you!
Dude, fun times Friday! Sorry we got there late. If you want some Thanksgiving food, we're having a potluck at mi casa manana. I'm sure things are busy but take it easy and keep the tunes coming... laters, amy
thanks for finding me...i'm from denton and am truly happy to hear some good music from there again :D sorry if you get this a lot, but the jacob dillan voice is perfectly silky. look forward to seeing you live soon!
Hey Kelly! Got in invite for this Friday's 'drink and think' - I have some friends that want to come with but for some reason I can't figure out how to RSVP???? Let me know what I need to do and hopefully we'll be able to show on Friday in Denton! amy
Hello Hope Trust Thank you and welcome to our circle of friends We appreciate your music Whenever you have the time, feel free to check out our page ! Greetings from Paris JM
