Getting personal with Long Range Hustle Music
By Andrew Gray
It is rare and beautiful when music reaches you at just the right time. Long Range Hustle have released three enigmatic singles from their upcoming album and they are a balm for the soul.
"Comeback Kid" and "American Cash" have been making their way onto playlists across the interwebs this spring, building anticipation for the full release this fall. With verses about “killing time in the living room” and choruses sardonically lamenting the inedibility of “new ideas and designs,” these new tunes cleverly speak to a sense of melancholy and angst many of us can relate to these days. But rather than wallow in despair, they articulate nuanced emotions and burst with infectious energy. Their latest "Wait For Me" captures their particular brand of what I like to call sweet sorrow pop.
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They played weekends throughout college and by 2015, the five-piece indie rockers released their first album, From Seedlings to Saplings. In 2019, they joined forces with veteran Scottish producer Tony Doogan (Belle and Sebastian, Mogwai) and their sound hit the stratosphere with Town. Now with New York label AntiFragile Music their star is rising fast. LRH are master builders of high-arching rock ballads that move from the intimate to the expansive. The slick design of atmospheric soundscapes and warm harmonies, lyrical imagery, eclectic
For many in the Quinte Region, Long Range Hustle (LRH) needs no introduction. Hailing from Stirling, Madoc and Tweed, lead singers/songwriters Paul Brogee (strings) and Jay Foster (keys) formed the band in high school with Paul’s brother Mike (bass), guitarist Ryan Pritchard and drummer AJ Fisico. 18
arrangements show the breadth of influences from a group trained in classical, jazz, folk, and of course rock n’ roll. And yet there is a distinct small town Ontario charm and attitude in their songwriting. Beyond the imagery of salted roads, ice hanging off the trees and the wry wit of descriptions like “A town even Timmie’s forgot,” you can tell the tight-knit group are having a good time on every track. The camaraderie is on full display in their Christmas-themed video as they harmonize and hold microphones on hockey sticks for each
