HOOVERIII DROP NEW SINGLE “THE SHIP THAT I SAIL”
TRACK OFF FORTHCOMING NEW ALBUM
POINTE OUT OCTOBER 13 VIA THE REVERBERATION APPRECIATION SOCIETY / LEVITATION
DIRECT SUPPORT FOR MUDHONEY ON FALL TOUR
KICKING OFF OCTOBER 12
Hooverii tour dates (with Mudhoney)
Oct 12 - Tacoma, WA @ Spanish Ballroom
Oct 13 - Spokane, WA @ Lucky You Lounge
Oct 14 - Missoula, MT @ Zootown Arts Community Center
Oct 15 - Billings, MT @ The Pub Station Tap Room
Oct 18 - Saint Paul, MN @ Turf Club
Oct 19 - Milwaukee, WI @ X-Ray Arcade
Oct 20 - Chicago, IL @ Avondale Music Hall
Oct 21 - Grand Rapids, MI @ The Pyramid Scheme
Oct 22 - Detroit, MI @ Magic Bag
Oct 24 - Cleveland, OH @ Grog Shop
Oct 25 - Rochester, NY @ Photo City Music Hall
Oct 26 - Boston, MA @ Brighton Music Hall
Oct 27 - Hamden, CT @ Space Ballroom
Oct 28 - New York, NY @ Le Poisson Rouge
Oct 29 - Philadelphia, PA @ Underground Arts
Oct 31 - Asheville, NC @ Grey Eagle Tavern & Music Hall
Nov 1 - Atlanta, GA @ EARL
Nov 2 - Nashville, TN @ The Basement East
Nov 3 - Memphis, TN @ Hi Tone
Nov 4 - Dallas, TX @ Sundown at Granada
Nov 5 - Austin, TX @ Antone's Nightclub
Nov 8 - El Paso, TX @ Lowbrow Palace
Nov 9 - Albuquerque, NM @ Launchpad
Nov 10 - Phoenix, AZ @ Crescent Ballroom
Nov 11 - Tucson, AZ @ Club Congress
Nov 12 - San Diego, CA @ Casbah
Nov 14 - Los Angeles, CA @ Teragram Ballroom
Nov 15 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall
Nov 17 - Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater
Nov 18 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile Showroom (21+)
Nov 19 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile Showroom (All Ages)
October 13 the Los Angeles-based Hooveriii (pronounced Hoover 3) will release their new LP Pointe via The Reverberation Appreciation Society / Levitation. The album was inspired by ‘60s psychedelic act Pisces to Phil Lynott’s solo releases and pioneering electronic acts like Tangerine Dream and the end result is a collection of songs that are more about creating a specific type of feeling than fitting into a specific genre. Conceptually the album explores the phenomenon of time, specifically the moment leading up to each decision where, for a brief instant, there are infinite possibilities that have yet to be distilled into a singular outcome.
Hooveriii announced Pointe with the release of first single “The Tall Grass” and today they continue to tease the album with “The Ship That I Sail,” a song that teems with fuzzed-out guitar wizardry. Calling the single a “a four on the floor cruiser,” Hooveriii’s frontman Bert Hoover shares, “Gabe Flores plays lead guitar on ‘The Ship That I Sail’ and it is my favorite of his performances with the band. Full on Idiot-era iggy pop sleaze. Let’s boogie into oblivion." Listen/share “The Ship That I Sail” here and watch the video here:
Pre-order Pointe here.
Having recently played at both Pickathon and Expansion Fest, Hooveriii will be on the road this fall as the direct support for Mudhoney (Hooveriii previously opened for them on their 2022 European tour). The dates kick off October 12 in Tacoma, WA and makes stops in New York City at Le Poisson Rouge on October 28 and at the Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles on November 14. The run concludes in Seattle with a two-night stop at The Crocodile Showroom on November 19 (21+) and November 20 (all ages).
The music roster on Pointe features Hoover, Kaz Mirblouk, James Novick, Owen Barrett, Gabe Flores, Gabriel Salomon, Anna Wallace, Paco Casanova, Matt Zuk, Jon Modaff, Shaughnessy Starr, Olaf Selland and Ari B. Jones. Unlike previous Hooveriii releases the album was recorded over an extended period of time and was both consciously and subconsciously inspired by the touring the band did in support of 2021’s Water For The Frogs and 2022’s A Round Of Applause. “I’m really grateful for all of the people who contributed to this album and it’s a long list of people but it’s important that they are all listed because we all really pulled together to make this album,” Hoover adds.
“Every record is kind of a response to the last record and I like listening to people’s discographies like that,” Hoover explains. “When we finished A Round Of Applause we were in rock mode playing with a lot of rock and psych bands and I was really thinking about what do you do with a fourth record?” The answer turns out to be something more esoteric and less predictable than a guitar-driven album while retaining the core of the band’s sound, which has made the Los Angeles-based act such an exciting act to watch evolve.
Pointe is an album that references the past while stretching toward an unknown future. “I think that our intuition going forward is to keep ourselves surprised and keep people who like us surprised, hopefully without isolating anyone,” he adds.
More than anything else Pointe feels like a full circle moment for Hooveriii, which has evolved from a bedroom solo project into an expansive band that features an army of talented musicians and contributors. “In a lot of ways, Pointe feels like an epilogue to one phase of the band and a prologue to the next one,” Hoover says of how the band’s latest release fits into their musical catalog. Pointe is a collection of songs that weren’t recorded in a linear fashion but that fit together in a way that feels almost cosmic in nature. In other words, it’s Hooveriii at their most creative and undistilled. “I don't really care about trying to push the envelope forward,” Hoover admits, looking back at the long road leading up to completing the album. “I care about making a good record that sounds cohesive—and I feel like with this one, we did a good job.”
