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Lyrics to '3 A.M. Spanish' song by Hockey: Gonna learn to fly Land in Spain Then I took a bus and I took a train Got down South Met this man Ma.

Hockey Mind Chaos

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July 12th - Lafayette, LA @ The Wild Salmon July 13th - Dallas, TX @ Three Links July 14th - New Orleans, LA @ Hi-Ho Lounge July 17th - Little Rock, AR @ Rev Room July 18th - St. Louis, MO @ No Coast July 19th - Chicago, IL @ Ultra-Lounge July 20th - Detroit, MI @ Trumbullplex July 21st - Cleveland, OH @ The Foundry July 22nd - Rochester, NY @ The Bug Jar July 23rd - Middletown, NY @ Sounds Asylum July 24th - Danbury, CT @ Heirloom Theater July 25th - Scranton, PA @ New Visions July 26th - Garwood, NJ @ Crossroads July 27th - Brooklyn, NY @ 248 McKibbin (ROOF) July 28th - Cambridge, MA @ The Middle East July 29th - Albany, NY @ Valentine's July 30th - Lake Huntington, NY @ Nutshell Arts Center July 31st - Lattimer Mines, PA @ Gracie's Vault August 1st - Philadelphia, PA @ The Fire August 2nd - Fairfax, VA @ Fat Tuesday's August 3rd - Nazareth, PA @ Borough Park August 4th - Richmond, VA @ The Camel August 5th - Charlotte, NC @ Milestone Club August 6th - North Charleston, SC @ The Sparrow

Hockey's debut, Mind Chaos, was initially going to be released by Sony Records -- the band even got as far as reworking some of its demos in the studio with producer Jerry Harrison -- but the album's fate was left in limbo when the label dropped the band. Mind Chaos got a new lease on life when Hockey's songs made their way to BBC Radio 1 DJ Zane Lowe, whose championing of the strutting 'Learn to Lose' helped earned the band another major-label deal. It's easy to hear why two big labels were interested in Mind Chaos; Hockey's angular basslines, chugging guitars, and washy keyboards call to mind tried and true, new wave-tinged acts like the Strokes, OK Go, and the Killers. For most of the album, they don't stray far from this style, and considering that they had been around for a while before Mind Chaos's 2009 release, they sound effective, but not especially fresh. Most of the band's character resides in Ben Grubin's raspy vocals, which lie somewhere between a young Rod Stewart and the Strokes' Julian Casablancas, and his surprisingly smart lyrics. He's nothing if not self-aware: Grubin sings about writing 'a truthful song over an '80s groove' on the Cars-like 'Song Away,' the only Harrison-produced song that ended up on Mind Chaos' final version. Elsewhere, his hyper-literate tales of self-loathing posers and late-night intrigue give Hockey an appealingly witty personality. When they stretch out, they get intriguing, if mixed, results: 'Work' reveals a slinkier, smokier side to the band, as well as a disco fetish, while 'Preacher' travels from a gospel-infused ballad to blazing rock. Mind Chaos is an uneven but promising debut. Considering how much difficulty Hockey experienced in getting it out, it'll be interesting to hear what they do with a (hopefully) easier road ahead of them.

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