Exhilarating
author: Elizabeth Gray
I bought this album after seeing Hoy live in NYC as 5-person band, all dressed like the leader, Greg Hoy... but the album's somehow even better because one person wrote and recorded everything on it - the vocal harmonies are huge, the sound is soaring. I never write online reviews, but I'm really loving this record. It's just a great find.
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A solo debut of witty, crunching power-pop
author: Delusions of Adequacy
On his self-titled debut album, Hoy has created, recorded, and performed two handfuls of power-pop tracks with instrumental elements of the 70s, 80s, and 90s and surprising, delicious lyrical pop culture references. The album has a lot going for itself, as does its originator. Hoy should please many power-pop fans, especially those who got into the genre over the last decade through some of its revivalists.
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Strong, time-tested melodies...
author: Pittsburgh City Paper
...the album’s initial four songs are all spot-on in songwriting and production, and any of them could be a standout single on an edgy commercial station. And the mellow-ish “Optimistic Optometrist” (which frankly could be a Guided By Voices song title) frames Hoy’s outlook in a lyrical perspective when he affirms “the answer’s in a pop song.” For him, it definitely seems to be.
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Fun, Profound, & Cheeky
author: Gaya
I like to play this cd before I go out at night. It is upbeat and fun and puts me in good mood. Not only that, but the lyrics are both profound and cheeky. The way I like em.
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