The Hive Dwellers - Moanin' - LP

Calvin Johnson (K Rec, Beat Happening,...) with his latest band.

On their second album, The Hive Dwellers make with a low, wailing expression of sorrow (or suffering). Moanin’ [KLP249] is a collection of field recordings made at Dub Narcotic Studio in Olympia, Washington. It’s a noisy pop runaway freight train that stirs the blues soul rockin’ of their debut album Hewn from the Wilderness [KLP241] to a new beat music recipe. The Hive Dwellers’ Calvin, Gabriel and Evan have toured across the United States and left a wake of frug and shimmy shines that won’t be forgotten any time soon. You beat the tambourine to “Streets of Olympia Town” in Knoxville; stomped the floorboards to “Montgomery Hammer” in Buffalo; knocked a heady bongo to “Baby Be Mine” in Oakland.