December 1st, 2009 | 
Author: BEEHIVE’S SOPHOMORE ALBUM SUN AND SCREAM SET FOR RELEASE ON NOVEMBER 24
On November 24, electro-pop outfit Beehive will see the digital release of its sophomore album titled Sun & Scream. A self-admitted fall record, Sun & Scream comes off the heels of the 2008 EP I’m Losing My Punk Rock Spirit.
The band’s sole member and songwriter Zach Hinkle who’s previously known for his folk-pop solo work as Cherokee (Temporary Living 2007, It’s All Geographical 2008, Cherokee Covers2008) gave birth to Sun & Scream in the dark winter days of 2008 and finished the album as the snow was thawing in the spring of ’09. Recorded entirely in Hinkle’s apartment, and mixed by Ryan Stanksy, Sun & Scream takes its drums and drive from the clamor of New York’s subway and its melody and mournfulness from the buzz of Big City office life (Hinkle, while recording, worked full-time as an entertainment publicist).
Throughout Sun & Scream Hinkle surges through genres pollinating each track with his loose and natural ability of delivery, composition, and lyrics. The album begins gently with “Pink Slip,” a 52-second keyboard driven track, showcasing electric guitars raining from left to right, vocals heavily soaked in reverb and distortion, moaning with teasing delivery. The opening track sets upScream for a slow approach into a musical world of tumbling beats, echoes and bed room noises (if you listen closely you might even hear the cracking of a beer or the shaking of a dog’s collar).Scream’s first single and third track “My Need To Stay,” smashes together roaring melodies with chaotic and syncopated beats and finds Hinkle’s vocals spitting off lines like, “Inside these broken eyelids are eyes that follow your mouth with every movement, a laugh and swallow.” The following song, “Wink” a story settled in new beginnings and summer travel, is a slower yet similarly hypnotic track with the protagonist confessing, “I was running out the door when you said your final word, my hands gripping onto bags, your hands gripping on your heart.” On “Mirror Mirror,” a successful disco track, heavy beats pound rhythmically, allowing the stark, repetitious lyrics, “Sometimes I feel like running and sometimes I feel quite stunning.” to wrap around the listener’s head spreading visions of all night parties, young love, and neurosis. Closing the album is “Department Store Hangover,” a tight beat-driven song echoed with rotating guitar lines and distorted piano and colorful lyrics; all elements that highlight the immediacy of Hinkle’s recording style.
Hinkle is also a member of the collaborative art project Nothing In Your Sleep Can Hurt You which combines three art mediums; painting, writing, and music and is published monthly at www.nothinginyoursleepcanhurtyou.com
In 2008 music from Hinkle’s debut Temporary Living was featured in the independent movie The Fisherman. Of that album the Athens’ Flagpole proclaimed, “…Hinkle channels timeless artists like George Harrison and Johnny Cash…” and 2008’s It’s All Geographical was described by Satellite Magazine as, “…brimming with steady, even-handed rock…”
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Sun & Scream Track List
Pink Slip
Midnight Kidnap Then a Night Cap
My Need to Stay
Wink
One Way Ticket
Concrete Garden
Breathing the Bad Smoke
Mirror Mirror
Department Store Hangover
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