Coming off a set of sold-out debut performances in NYC, Camp Ottawanians The Acorn, and Paper Bag Records are pleased to announce the release of their new album, Glory Hope Mountain in the US! After a series of dates with Bowerbirds and Phosphorescent, the band will be taking their ukelele-filled show to Chicago, and then down to SXSW for a series of parties and showcases (dates below). The Acorn were recently SPIN Artist of the Day and are featured in the upcoming issue's "Buzzcatcher" section. If you still haven't heard Glory Hope Mountain you can stream the entire album in the Listening Party Section of AOL Spinner this week! Check out what the band has been up in a recent interview with My Old Kentucky Blog here:
http://myoldkyhome.blogspot.com/2008...ews-acorn.html
Also, The Acorn's new video 'The Flood Pt. 1' from their album has been added this week at MUCHMUSIC and is the 'Buzziest Video Pick' of the week!
The Acorn is the ongoing musical project of Rolf Klausener, Jeff Debutte, Keiko Devaux, T. Jeffrey Malecki and Howie Tsui. Glory Hope Mountain, the band's sophomore effort and followup to The Pink Ghosts and Tin Fist EP, is a touching homage to the life story of Gloria Montoya Esperanza(pictured below), as told by her son, Rolf Klausener. An intensely personal and heartfelt record, Glory Hope Mountain is part historical narrative and part surreal fairy tale. Based on interviews recorded in 2006 and recorded over 9 months, the sometimes haunting, sometimes exuberant tones of the album follow both hope and tragedy in Montoya's native Honduras - a mother dying in childbirth, flash floods, an abusive father - and an ultimately life-affirming move to Montreal in the 1970s.
Press:
"Glory Hope Mountain is an intimate and beautifully orchestrated album with heartfelt stories of personal tragedy and triumph." - NPR
"dynamic shifts and evocative instrumentation...Klausener crafts...an allegorical narrative of strength, perserverence, love, and redemption. Epic and satisfying" - Pitchfork
"loose-mic, intimate vocals. The undulating layers of string arrangements show much internalization occurred by all the members of the Acorn in Montoya's life story. It's almost folkloric." -SPIN.com Artist of the Day
"an album that swiftly sidesteps the usual trappings that bog down most concept albums, thanks primarily to Klausener's skill as a lyricist and a storyteller, as he manages to convey deeply emotional subject matter without resorting to melodrama. And to the credit of the rest of the band, the musical arrangements follow suit." - PopMatters
"subtly sweeping and agreeably melodic" - Stereogum
"Gorgeous." - Gorilla vs. Bear
"Lovely and ambitious" - Chromewaves
"an album bejeweled by its details, consistently listenable and saving some of its most accessible moments for last, it's tough to let go of what I had long considered a local secret. Make your hometown proud, boys. We're rooting for you." - CokeMachineGlow
http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/multi...778&fid1=27572 http://www.myspace.com/theacorn http://paperbagrecords.com/singles/acorn_floodpt1.mp3 
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