Hooveriii, Mall Goth Moths
Date and Time
Sat, Jun 21, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Location
Neurolux Lounge
111 North 11th Street
Boise, ID 83702
Event Details
West-coast fever dream denizens Hooveriii have been cracking the cosmic egg for years now, slowly amassing a catalog of releases scrawled with garage, glam, psych-pop and prog. Initially started as the solo guise of Bert Hoover (Jesus Sons, Mind Meld, GROOP), the band has evolved into an enigmatic magnet for L.A. heads and likeminded wanderers as their ranks have swelled and releases grew from bedroom burners to widescreen wonders. Carving their way out of a long tour following the release of their last album, Pointe, the band was instantly ready to return to the task of new material. Self-imposing a tight timeframe, the band wrote the bulk of the new record in in a month and entered John Dwyers short-lived, but much loved, psych-punk pressure cooker Discount Mirrors with Eric Bauer at the controls. Making full use of Bauers prowess with big, bilious guitars, the resulting Manhunter is one of the bands most massive records yet. With Bauer behind the boards, the goal was to grow the albums sound to massive proportions; a record ripped on guitars and fed on amplifier fumes. Not that the bands light on riffs in their catalog, but here, each song growls with an instinctual catharsis. The tighter turnaround added to a more prominent sense of urgency and an ozone-fried tension in the air. That tension turns the album darker. Fueled by a time of personal upheaval for Hoover, the records themes ruminate on discomfort and unease. The darkness smelts with a surreal paranoia that seeps in from van rides and hotel hole-ups spent ingesting dark alleys and double crosses in the films of Michael Mann and William Freidkin. The albums title nods to Manns Manhunter, a film that informed the records live wire air and creeping dread. Like their cinematic counterparts, more than a few tracks skid around corners with a look over their shoulder wild-eyed, popped vein rockers sipping adrenaline by the ounce.True to Hooveriiis history, the assembled crew have already evolved, but left here in the blast shadow of the session the listener can hear them at their most hackled. Hoover and Matthew Zuks guitars have been mutated to monstrous heights by Bauer. Paco Casanovas synths slither through darkened corners, coiled with menace, and Modaff and Mirblouk anchor the record with the constant crush of rhythm. The band even brings in Sheer Mags Kyle Seely to kick the heat and sear a solo on Heaven At The Gates. At its core Manhunter devours the speakers, breathless and bitten, but as it skids to a close on the penultimate track, Godawful Planet, the band takes a moment of reflection after the caffeinated careen of the last thirteen tracks. The record was written long before the societal walls were as close to crushing as they are now, but even then, the writing on them was apparent. Its some God awful planet, sings Hoover, I cant stay. Truer words, as they say. But, for now, Manhunters here to give you a stick to bite on during the dire times. Were gonna need it.
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