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This sucker’s got a big wash of cosmic
questioning and soul-searching, thick
reverb on the guitars, and both tinkering and non-metal chugging guitars. The singer, known only as Bridge, can belt it out, whisper in your ear, and shriek and snarl and spit like a mad-woman. Each song is mammoth. - Lollipop Magazine
Before I started freaking out on acid, I used to synch up Helmet, Nine Inch Nails and PJ Harvey together for that real grind-your-teeth kind of rock. God, my parents hated me. But ever since the Baby Boy H CD fell into my hands, I only need one working stereo and fewer of my friends from high school. Fucking finally! Also thanks to them, I can say, "Fuck the record industry", aka Trent Reznor, and spit in it's face(!) because just as Sleazegrinder coughed up, even indie labels can suck the life out of musicians and consumers all at once. But no, not these kids. They've created a gem-like flame and are keeping it aaaaalll to themselves. - The Weekly Dig
Before I started freaking out on acid, I used to synch up Helmet, Nine Inch Nails and PJ Harvey together for that real grind-your-teeth kind of rock. God, my parents hated me. But ever since the Baby Boy H CD fell into my hands, I only need one working stereo and fewer of my friends from high school. Fucking finally! Also thanks to them, I can say, "Fuck the record industry", aka Trent Reznor, and spit in it's face(!) because just as Sleazegrinder coughed up, even indie labels can suck the life out of musicians and consumers all at once. But no, not these kids. They've created a gem-like flame and are keeping it aaaaalll to themselves. - The Weekly Dig
baby boy h has matured and progressed by leaps and bounds, tackling much more ambitious and expansive sounds and textures. Now it's almost a different sound, totally embracing the experimental and pushing the envelope for how amazing they can be. Their new EP, The Imaginary Dream, has just been released by the band and my god is it a sound to behold. - DecoyMusic.com
baby boy h has matured and progressed by leaps and bounds, tackling much more ambitious and expansive sounds and textures. Now it's almost a different sound, totally embracing the experimental and pushing the envelope for how amazing they can be. Their new EP, The Imaginary Dream, has just been released by the band and my god is it a sound to behold. - DecoyMusic.com
Orchestrated dreamscapes that are soundtracked by Baby Boy H and their manic guitar blissful attack are ones that will haunt you after hours of wakefulness. “The Imaginary Dream” is far too hard of an album to be cast off as some guitar noodling affair. The crunchy percussion percolates the album with danceable rhythms and the carefully swirled dissonance will tingle your spine. - Smother.net
Orchestrated dreamscapes that are soundtracked by Baby Boy H and their manic guitar blissful attack are ones that will haunt you after hours of wakefulness. “The Imaginary Dream” is far too hard of an album to be cast off as some guitar noodling affair. The crunchy percussion percolates the album with danceable rhythms and the carefully swirled dissonance will tingle your spine. - Smother.net
This is a substantial leap for a band that had already made its way into my heart with their debut disc. It sounds meticulously recorded without being the least bit sterile, and defies easy categorization (which challenges my self-imposed rule to cut back on name-dropping). It’s heavy at times, at other times a lullaby leads into a nightmare, with moments of ecstasy throughout. The vocalist, Bridge, has her wide-ranging voice perfectly under control here, and drummer James combines fury with precision. The six songs meld into each other seamlessly, adding to the almost symphonic feel of the album. How they’ll top this is beyond me. - The Noise (Boston)
This is a substantial leap for a band that had already made its way into my heart with their debut disc. It sounds meticulously recorded without being the least bit sterile, and defies easy categorization (which challenges my self-imposed rule to cut back on name-dropping). It’s heavy at times, at other times a lullaby leads into a nightmare, with moments of ecstasy throughout. The vocalist, Bridge, has her wide-ranging voice perfectly under control here, and drummer James combines fury with precision. The six songs meld into each other seamlessly, adding to the almost symphonic feel of the album. How they’ll top this is beyond me. - The Noise (Boston)
Sweet merciful Jesus, this is good. This is what would happen if Isis and Siouxsie & The Banshees smashed headlong into each other, and the only higher praise I can think of would be an ejaculation. Okay, they have the worst name I could ever imagine, but perhaps Baby Boy H has some connection to a dead baby boy, newly dead but still a bit blue in the face, perhaps in a jar, whose soul is flying straight up to Baby Heaven. This is a perfectly balanced blend of the heavy with the spacey, of the dark with the not-so-dark (there are no shiny happy moments here, thankfully), of the crunch with the sigh, of chops with restraint. Singer Bridge soars to angelic heights one second, and then spits venom the next. And the music has much to repay your attention---tight playing, well conceived songs that move in unexpected directions, a killer drummer, and keyboards that actually sound like they belong where they are. But fuck all that. What's important is that I have added this to my list of things that I would save from a fire, and not only that, but I would also listen to this while I watched the place burn to the ground. - The Noise (Boston)
Sweet merciful Jesus, this is good. This is what would happen if Isis and Siouxsie & The Banshees smashed headlong into each other, and the only higher praise I can think of would be an ejaculation. Okay, they have the worst name I could ever imagine, but perhaps Baby Boy H has some connection to a dead baby boy, newly dead but still a bit blue in the face, perhaps in a jar, whose soul is flying straight up to Baby Heaven. This is a perfectly balanced blend of the heavy with the spacey, of the dark with the not-so-dark (there are no shiny happy moments here, thankfully), of the crunch with the sigh, of chops with restraint. Singer Bridge soars to angelic heights one second, and then spits venom the next. And the music has much to repay your attention---tight playing, well conceived songs that move in unexpected directions, a killer drummer, and keyboards that actually sound like they belong where they are. But fuck all that. What's important is that I have added this to my list of things that I would save from a fire, and not only that, but I would also listen to this while I watched the place burn to the ground. - The Noise (Boston)
Discography
independent EP - "129" 2003 (out of print)
Radar Recordings debut LP - "The Later" 2004
independent EP - "The Imaginary Dream" 2006
"BSAD" Coming in 2009
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"This is a perfectly balanced blend of the heavy with the spacey, of the dark with the not-so-dark, of the crunch with the sigh, of chops with restraint...Singer Bridge soars to angelic heights one second and spits venom the next." (Tim Emswiler, The Noise).
Unafraid of pushing the boundaries of what is expected, Baby Boy H seemed to come out of nowhere, hitting the Boston music scene with a blinding force. The band is a powerful mix of raw power and refined musicality with compelling vocals. The music forms a wall of sound, layered and textured, and displays quite openly a deep introspection for which the five members of the band are nakedly unapologetic.
Released in September 2004 Baby Boy H’s debut album “the later” encapsulated the immense sound of their live shows. “the later” transcends the common ideas of what optimism and hope are while retaining a dark, mysterious force. The music and lyrics merge in and out of contradiction with each other, and as the highs are powerful, the lows are as a vacuum, creating a tension that is all but electric. Entirely self recorded and produced, “the later” has all the makings of a Boston underground
classic.
The bands second work “the imaginary dream” was released in May of 2006. In this EP, all of the optimism of “the later” is lost and replaced with a disturbing account of sadness, anger and loss. Musically less traditional than its predecessor, the songs pound in and out of flowing melodies and fits of unparalleled power. Segues, a very important component of “the later”, become almost as songs in “the imaginary dream”. Each track tells its own story, but repeating ideas, both lyrically and musically, tie the album together as one sweeping narrative. Another self-produced work, “the imaginary dream” is a perfect example of the creative vision of Baby Boy H.
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