Hopestreet Recordings Compilation - Over Under Away - Volume I
Over Under Away - Volume I is the first compilation LP from Melbourne independent label Hopestreet Recordings and is released to celebrate their 10th anniversary.
Featuring ten tracks from Hopestreet's first generation of artists: psych-Bollywood SciFi orchestra The Bombay Royale, cinematica pioneers The Cactus Channel, soul queen Emma Donovan and her mighty band The Putbacks and dusty country soul from The Meltdown, plus a couple of rarely heard gems, an afrobeat rap cut by One Sixth and a Marvin Gaye inspired environmental panic anthem by Zillanova feat. Cisco Tavares.
The compilation takes its name from a song on Emma Donovan & The Putbacks' 2014 album Dawn; it is a story of struggle, perseverance and, above all else, patience; about growing from small beginnings to “sing and shout and talk up loud.”
Hopestreet began as a recording experiment, an afternoon goof between friends in a decrepit factory in Brunswick. The only ingredients were an Otari tape machine, some decent musicians and little bit of goodwill. When the label started, 7a Hope Street was surrounded by a desert of vacant industrial property. Now it’s surrounded by gleaming new apartment complexes. In that moment between decay and gentrification a little magic happened. Now the label, like it’s surroundings continues to evolve, but this compilation celebrates that fleeting point in time and everything that grew from there.
Over Under Away - Volume I is available now here. Tune into PBS all week for your chance to win a copy of the album (members only). Not a member and want to win? Click here today!
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