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Old 19-02-2010, 11:12
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Hanson Team With Funk Brother, Michael Jackson Collaborator For June LP “Shout It Out”

Hanson have been striving to integrate the smooth music they grew up on — Billy Joel, Steve Winwood and classic Stax and Motown records — into their pop-rock sound, and on their upcoming fifth album Shout It Out (due June 1st) the trio of brothers push their love of soul and R&B to the next level. Michael Jackson’s horn arranger Jerry Hey and funk brother Bob Babbitt guest on the record, which they laid down in El Paso, Texas, last April and finished up in studios in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Hollywood.

“The album title stood out early on in the record process as a phrase that helped put all those elements into one simple statement,” Taylor Hanson tells Rolling Stone. “The record is built like a lot of records from ’60s and ’70s. From the beginning of the writing process, it felt like the kind of record we could have old school horn parts on.” Working with Hey was a reunion of sorts since he’d also arranged horns on their 2004 release Underneath. But when it came time to team with Babbitt, Hanson says the band benefited from a few “lucky calls” made by industry vet/drummer Steve Jordan and former Michael Jackson music director Michael Beardon to hook them up.
Hanson says Babbitt helped the band add movement to the record, which reflected their larger goals for Shout. “I want to be able to talk about changing the world through your actions and being a generation that is aware and a force to be reckoned with — and at the same time be dancing,” Hanson says, adding that the band’s last LP — 2007’s The Walk — was tied to the band’s experiences in South Africa and its fight to raise money for AIDS awareness. “This record is more buoyant.”

To kick off Shout It Out, Hanson are performing each of their albums in chronological order over a five-night stand in New York City at the end of April. The sold-out shows will be streamed online, and Hanson says the band has locked in guest appearances from musicians who have played on previous Hanson records — a pool that includes blues guitarist Jonny Lang, Sly & the Family Stone member Rose Stone and singer-songwriter Matthew Sweet.

“By going back for a second, it creates a platform that allows you to hear the new record in perspective. In the end, you’ll hear how the songwriting and who we are has never changed,” Hanson explains. “With the new record, we’ve set forth the path we’re on and we’re really comfortable with it. We’re not trying to add anything new. For better or for worse, this is a written, performed, composed by Hanson album.”

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Old 19-02-2010, 14:25
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Damn i was hoping it would be early May, but it seems like an eternity waiting for this album so what's another month right?

Also the first single is called "Thinkin Bout Somethin",

Here's a clip

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=11CbLocRx0o
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Old 06-03-2010, 20:20
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A behind the scenes clip from shooting the new video, which is meant to be a tribute to Ray Charles and the Blue Brothers - some of their childhood idols.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inp1JePtpZY

Wow, I am gobsmacked, Hanson+Dancing is something I never thought I would see! It's pretty different to anything they've done before, looks like a lot of fun too!

The song sounds so different from the original clip, they've turned it into something quite different over the 3/4 years since we first heard it!

I am excited!
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Old 06-03-2010, 20:43
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Another clip, you can hear the song better in this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtDPP5LH24c
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Old 19-03-2010, 00:16
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Release date has been pushed back to 8th June 2010.

Tracklist has been announced:
1. Waiting For This
2. Thinking ‘Bout Somethin’ (1st single)
3. Kiss Me When You Get Home
4. Carry you There
5. Give A Little
6. Make It Out Alive
7. And I Waited
8. Use Me Up
9. These Walls
10. Musical Ride
11. Voice In the Chorus
12. Me Myself And I

Hanson's US Tour Dates:
Apr 26 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theater - Performance of Middle of Nowhere (1997). - SOLD OUT
Apr 27 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theater - Performance of This Time Around (2000). - SOLD OUT
Apr 28 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theater - Performance of Underneath (2004). - SOLD OUT
Apr 29 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theater - Performance of The Walk (2007). - SOLD OUT
Apr 30 - New York, NY - Gramercy Theater - Premiere Performance of music from HANSON's NEW ALBUM. - SOLD OUT
May 01 - East Rutherford NJ - The Bamboozle Festival
May 21 - Columbia, MD - Merriweather Post Pavilion - The Bamboozle Roadshow
May 22 - Charlotte, NC - Uptown Amphitheater - The Bamboozle Roadshow
May 23 - Atlanta, GA - Six Flags - The Bamboozle Roadshow
May 25 - West Palm Beach, FL - Cruzan Amphitheater - The Bamboozle Roadshow
May 26 - Tampa, FL - Ford Amphitheater - The Bamboozle Roadshow
May 28 - Houston, TX - Verizon Theater - The Bamboozle Roadshow
May 29 - Arlington, TX - Six Flags - The Bamboozle Roadshow
May 30 - San Antonio, TX - Six Flags - The Bamboozle Roadshow
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Old 19-03-2010, 10:34
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wtf do hanson even sound like now...?!
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Old 19-03-2010, 18:52
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wtf do hanson even sound like now...?!
Awesome. Take a listen, I bet you'll be pleasantly surprised by how good they are.

Anyone know when Shout It Out's released in the UK? I'm guessing the June date is just for the US? Although Underneath and The Walk were both released over here the same week as the States, so maybe it's for the UK too.?
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Old 19-03-2010, 21:08
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I'm not sure about the UK release date, but you can always order it from Hanson.net, plus they said if you pre-order you'll get the digital downloads as well, probably a few days before June 8th
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Old 21-03-2010, 12:50
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I used to love Hanson, but I definitely prefer the Middle of Nowhere era (yes, even mm bop) to their newer stuff.
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Old 21-03-2010, 15:18
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I'm not holding my breath for a UK release tbh, I'll be ordering off Hanson.net.

Absolutley loving what I can hear of Thinking Bout Somethin.
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Old 21-03-2010, 15:20
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I used to love Hanson, but I definitely prefer the Middle of Nowhere era (yes, even mm bop) to their newer stuff.
The new album sounds like it's going to be pretty poppy/funky, more like Middle of Nowhere.. obviously with deeper voices tho haha!
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Old 21-03-2010, 16:22
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I'm not holding my breath for a UK release tbh, I'll be ordering off Hanson.net.

Absolutley loving what I can hear of Thinking Bout Somethin.
Same here, i think this is the best footage of the video shoot where you can hear most of the song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xOFWz_5df0

LOL at Isaac's "Dancing", at least he's trying
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Old 21-03-2010, 19:35
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Haha I know, I heard he has a dodgy back though so maybe that's putting him off.

Zac is actually pretty good at dancing I think

Good shot of the crowd in that vid too, it's cool the amount of people who turned out for it
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Old 22-03-2010, 12:19
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Awesome. Take a listen, I bet you'll be pleasantly surprised by how good they are.

Anyone know when Shout It Out's released in the UK? I'm guessing the June date is just for the US? Although Underneath and The Walk were both released over here the same week as the States, so maybe it's for the UK too.?
I'm tempted to listen, but the idea of them singing 'MMMbop' in gruff voices, with long greasy hair and beer guts is too amusing!
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