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"...their show left me rather captivated. I found it hard to look away. It was kind of like a combination ballet/theater/music set." - David de Young
"The [Trimmed Hedges'] songs bordered on atmospheric noise at times, while at others they kicked into funky jams and shifted tempos and structures with impressive maneuverability." - Andrea Myers
"The Trimmed Hedges' full-length debut, The Seas Elected, starts with a slow, echo-y gospel dirge that shows off Davis' vocal prowess and gets the listener guessing about what could come next. A quick and powerful piano build launches the band into an all-out jam, and throughout the course of the album the Hedges pull the listener through folk, trance, blues, classical, Renaissance (yes, as in lutes) and hippie jam band circuits with ease. In less capable hands, the album could have been a disorganized, wandering mess, but with the members of the Trimmed Hedges coming from diverse musical backgrounds and utilizing a singular theme throughout the albums weirdness they manage to pull everything together into a disc that is enjoyable and new."
Full article: http://pulsetc.com/article.php?sid=3124 - Pulse of the Twin Cities
"The Trimmed Hedges are an impressive quartet that seems to understand how to encapsulate the folk, blues and psychedelic roots of prog-rock into a modern art rock sensibility."
Full article: http://www.kyndmusic.com/2006/09/09/trimmed-hedges-grow-progressively/ - Kynd Music/Right Action
“Superbly outrageous. Led Zeppelin meets The Doors!” - Nick Blackowiak
"Unencumbered song writing, unique arrangement and the desire to stand apart in a musical scene of imitators, The Trimmed Hedges are poised for rock greatness." - Greg Swan
"The best live show I've seen since music theatre." - Matt Belz
“This [Abandoned Cities] is a debut release to be proud of.” - Steve Goold
Discography
"Abandoned Cities" EP (2006)
"The Seas Elected" LP (2007)
*"Abandoned Cities" EP available at virtually every online digital music store! WOW!
*Stream three brand-new songs from "The Seas Elected" at: www.myspace.com/thetrimmedhedges
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Bio
The Trimmed Hedges employ the use of odd rhythms and eager silence to capture deeply rooted musical environments. With restless hearts and busy fingers, the quartet so thunderously rift their surroundings, experimenting around unconventional ways of approaching a standard of modern music.
The Trimmed Hedges debut EP "Abandoned Cities" was met with a sea of praise, drawing progressive comparisons to Genesis and Pink Floyd. During late 2005 word began to spread of their magnetic stage shows, known for capturing the bombastic and intimate delicacies of Music Theater. In 2006, The Trimmed Hedges the experience at home and through dozens of U.S. Cities, sharing the stage with bands including The Octopus Project, Pattern is Movement and The Upwelling.
Claiming residency in Minneapolis, Minnesota - Dominique Davis is the founding member of The Missing Stamp Collective, and independent label and music community encouraging the strength and diversity within all people. The Missing Stamp will proudly release "The Seas Elected," the debut fill length by The Trimmed Hedges, on Tuesday, May 29.
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