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Hour // Ghost Bridge LP

Hour // Ghost Bridge LP

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※10/9リリースです

アメリカ・ペンシルベニアのチャンバー・フォークバンドHourが、2026年10月に同国インディーレーベルdear lifeからリリースしたレコードです。

チャンバー・フォーク19曲を収録。16ページの写真ブックレット付属。

レーベルその他作品はこちら /// Click here to see more Dear Life releases available at Tobira. 

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Release date : 9th October 2026

12" black vinyl.
Includes a 16-page photography book of photos by Matthew Chasney.
Black vinyl edition of 400 copies.

Tracklist:

1. So Long Without A Word
2. Pearls 
3. Centralia
4. Ghost Bridge 
5. Sky is Blue
6. Sonny

 

Text excerpt written by Winston Cook Wilson, via the label:

"The title of Ghost Bridge, the East-Coast-spanning chamber ensemble Hour’s fifth record, is less metaphorical than one might expect. Bandleader Michael Cormier-O’Leary repurposed it from an unrealized movie concept about a bridge that inexplicably starts disappearing. On the nearly-ten-minute title track of this richly imaginative suite of songs—-written for a 13-piece supergroup of an ensemble that includes woodwinds, strings, and vibraphone as well as a rock rhythm section—-Hour conjures up this central image with spectral string harmonics and free-time percussion gestures that rattle like tremors passing across the planks of a rope stepbridge. Against this eerie backdrop, Cormier-O’Leary cuts the figure of an ECM Records pianist-composer, contributing spare and poignant motifs. (Think Paul Bley on Open, To Love.) While writing the keyboard pieces that became the takeoff point for the album, Cormier-O’Leary also found himself reflecting on less fantastical kinds of disappearances: the loss of loved ones or even his own mortality. The six kaleidoscopic instrumental pieces on Ghost Bridge, though, feel more cosmically inquisitive than straightforwardly elegiac, sketching a progression from existential doubt toward a new dawn of understanding, punctuated by moments of fear, pain, relief, and acceptance.

In delving into this thematic territory, Ghost Bridge forms a contrast with Hour’s art-rock-informed, more improvisatory early releases, representing a step further into the realm of intricate chamber orchestration. Known for his work with Friendship, Wendy Eisenberg, and 2nd Grade (among many other artists), Philly-based multi-instrumentalist and Dear Life Records founder Cormier-O’Leary has made Hour a home for increasingly cinematic instrumental compositions since the mid-2010s. The band mixes influences from baroque-pop experimentalists like Jim O’Rouke and Van Dyke Parks, post-rock progenitors like Dirty Three and Tortoise, and genre-flouting ensembles from Penguin Cafe Orchestra to the Carla Bley Band. Moving beyond their roots on the Philadelphia DIY scene, Hour has honed their unique sounds across crosscountry tours, ambitious residencies, gigs with comedian Joe Pera, and a live album celebrating the possibilities of their expansive touring unit (2025’s Subminiature). With dazzling, full-bodied production and engineering work by Lucas Knapp, Ghost Bridge delivers plenty of the live ensemble’s trademarks. Most importantly, there are cyclically developing guitar and keyboard melodies, expertly crafted and insistent enough to encourage the audience to join in and hum along. However, even more than on Hour’s last studio album (2024’s Ease the Work), unconventional harmonies and sophisticated counterpoint take center stage here. These nuanced and emotionally multifaceted compositions feel as rooted in contemporary classical and film soundtrack music as in indie rock..."

Artist : Hour

Label : Dear Life

cat no : DLR069lp

Release date : 9th October 2026

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※10/9リリースです

アメリカ・ペンシルベニアのチャンバー・フォークバンドHourが、2026年10月に同国インディーレーベルdear lifeからリリースしたレコードです。

チャンバー・フォーク19曲を収録。16ページの写真ブックレット付属。

レーベルその他作品はこちら /// Click here to see more Dear Life releases available at Tobira. 

----------------------------

Release date : 9th October 2026

12" black vinyl.
Includes a 16-page photography book of photos by Matthew Chasney.
Black vinyl edition of 400 copies.

Tracklist:

1. So Long Without A Word
2. Pearls 
3. Centralia
4. Ghost Bridge 
5. Sky is Blue
6. Sonny

 

Text excerpt written by Winston Cook Wilson, via the label:

"The title of Ghost Bridge, the East-Coast-spanning chamber ensemble Hour’s fifth record, is less metaphorical than one might expect. Bandleader Michael Cormier-O’Leary repurposed it from an unrealized movie concept about a bridge that inexplicably starts disappearing. On the nearly-ten-minute title track of this richly imaginative suite of songs—-written for a 13-piece supergroup of an ensemble that includes woodwinds, strings, and vibraphone as well as a rock rhythm section—-Hour conjures up this central image with spectral string harmonics and free-time percussion gestures that rattle like tremors passing across the planks of a rope stepbridge. Against this eerie backdrop, Cormier-O’Leary cuts the figure of an ECM Records pianist-composer, contributing spare and poignant motifs. (Think Paul Bley on Open, To Love.) While writing the keyboard pieces that became the takeoff point for the album, Cormier-O’Leary also found himself reflecting on less fantastical kinds of disappearances: the loss of loved ones or even his own mortality. The six kaleidoscopic instrumental pieces on Ghost Bridge, though, feel more cosmically inquisitive than straightforwardly elegiac, sketching a progression from existential doubt toward a new dawn of understanding, punctuated by moments of fear, pain, relief, and acceptance.

In delving into this thematic territory, Ghost Bridge forms a contrast with Hour’s art-rock-informed, more improvisatory early releases, representing a step further into the realm of intricate chamber orchestration. Known for his work with Friendship, Wendy Eisenberg, and 2nd Grade (among many other artists), Philly-based multi-instrumentalist and Dear Life Records founder Cormier-O’Leary has made Hour a home for increasingly cinematic instrumental compositions since the mid-2010s. The band mixes influences from baroque-pop experimentalists like Jim O’Rouke and Van Dyke Parks, post-rock progenitors like Dirty Three and Tortoise, and genre-flouting ensembles from Penguin Cafe Orchestra to the Carla Bley Band. Moving beyond their roots on the Philadelphia DIY scene, Hour has honed their unique sounds across crosscountry tours, ambitious residencies, gigs with comedian Joe Pera, and a live album celebrating the possibilities of their expansive touring unit (2025’s Subminiature). With dazzling, full-bodied production and engineering work by Lucas Knapp, Ghost Bridge delivers plenty of the live ensemble’s trademarks. Most importantly, there are cyclically developing guitar and keyboard melodies, expertly crafted and insistent enough to encourage the audience to join in and hum along. However, even more than on Hour’s last studio album (2024’s Ease the Work), unconventional harmonies and sophisticated counterpoint take center stage here. These nuanced and emotionally multifaceted compositions feel as rooted in contemporary classical and film soundtrack music as in indie rock..."

Artist : Hour

Label : Dear Life

cat no : DLR069lp

Release date : 9th October 2026