Gentleman (Hair Peace Salon album)

Gentleman
Studio album by Hair Peace Salon
Released March 21, 2012
Recorded 2009-2012
Genre Indie-rock, Power pop
Length 41:11
Language English

Gentleman is the first studio album by the Belarusian indie-rock and power pop band Hair Peace Salon released on 21 March 2012.[1] The CD contains 10 tracks recorded during 2009–2012. All songs were written by Aleh Vial and Konstantin Karman.

History

On 5 April 2010 the very first single of the upcoming album called "Happy for a While" was released on the China market firstly with a special artwork to support the sign of a new drummer,[2] its worldwide release was 5 days later on 10 April 2010.[3] The second single was "Rolz'n'Rulz" released subsequently on 15 September 2010.[4] All songs from these singles "Happy for a While" (Happy for a While, Out of Time) and self-called "Rolz'n'Rulz" were credited with Alexey Kuznetsov as the drummer despite his leaving the band almost a year ago.

During the 2011 year the band was working on the upcoming debut album. 11 tracks were planned initially to be put on CD and the topics of nobility, generosity, fortitude, lust for life, plus a few oddities and self-irony had to run through it like a red thread.[5]

On 18 March 2012 the band made an official reveal of the your full-length album in a short video.[6] The music work from the past three years was merged in the album "Gentleman" and this release was being started rolling out for free from the official website hairpeacesalon.com from 21 March 2012.[7] It's worth to note that despite the previously announce, only 10 tracks appeared on the final release. The band frontman Aleh Vial explained this decision.

The release party show was held only on 11 October 2012, because the band was in searching of a new full-time drummer.[9] In this day Hair Peace Salon gave a solo gig in one of the most popular concert places in Minsk, the RE:PUBLIC club.[10] During the show the band sang the songs from the "Gentleman" album, some old classics, duos and self-covers in Belarusian and officially presented its new drummer Alex Stepanovich.[11]

Artwork

The design of the album deserves separate words. After almost finishing work with the music side at the end of the 2011 the band was seeking for a "true artist" who would draw an artwork.[7] So, on the front cover and CD package were used drawings of Sergei Balenok, one of the most famous Belarusian artists of the 20th century. The band members had impressed by the etchings of Sergei Balenok found in an art gallery. With the author's kind consent, several his works were purchased and used to design the cover and other CD package pages, as well as for an animated video album preview.[6][8]

Reception

The album was received mostly positive response: "а good, thorough, well thought out and beautiful work... separate respect for design",[12] "beautiful voice, good lyrics, excellent sound, flawless execution, competent flow", ""Rolz'n'Rulz” rules", "this band is just or not at all close to the standard of the European tradition of combining rock instruments with enough pop melody", "melodic and melancholic songs, beautiful guitars and the recognizable high vocals of Aleh Vial","the charm of HPS is not only in stylistic restraint, not only in impeccably qualitatively arrangements and compositional work, but also in unconditional organicness". At the same time reviewers noted a lack of brightness and originality, because the record was being heard like an ordinary British wave album.[13] The album "Gentleman" was selected in a few tops of Belarusian albums released in the 2012 year[14][15] and its first track "Borderline" was selected in the top of the best contemporary Belarusian music songs by Lenta.ru.[16]

Track listing

# Title Music Lyrics Time
1 "Borderline" Aleh Vial Aleh Vial, Konstantin Karman 4:09
2 "Gentleman" Konstantin Karman Konstantin Karman 4:47
3 "Face to Face" Konstantin Karman Konstantin Karman 3:57
4 "Happy for a While" Aleh Vial Aleh Vial 4:06
5 "Out of Time" Aleh Vial Aleh Vial 3:17
6 "Rolz'n'Rulz" Aleh Vial Aleh Vial, Konstantin Karman 3:55
7 "Criminal" Aleh Vial Aleh Vial 3:36
8 "Dotted" Konstantin Karman Konstantin Karman 4:29
9 "Someone Better" Aleh Vial Aleh Vial 4:28
10 "Stand The Love" Konstantin Karman Konstantin Karman 4:27

References

  1. ↑ "Gentleman, by Hair Peace Salon". Hair Peace Salon. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  2. ↑ "Happy For A While (豆瓣)". music.douban.com (in Chinese). Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  3. ↑ "Happy For A While - Single, by Hair Peace Salon". Hair Peace Salon. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  4. ↑ "Rolz'n'Rulz - Single, by Hair Peace Salon". Hair Peace Salon. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  5. ↑ "NEWS | Hair Peace Salon". 2012-01-02. Archived from the original on 2012-01-02. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  6. 1 2 vialic3 (2012-03-18), Hair Peace Salon new album announcement by Maxim Lushchyk, retrieved 2017-06-17
  7. 1 2 "Хорошая новость | Hair Peace Salon". 2012-05-04. Archived from the original on 2012-05-04. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  8. 1 2 "Hair Peace Salon выпустили дебютный полноформатник (+скачать)". experty.by (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  9. ↑ "На сцене столичного клуба Re:public - группа HAIR PEACE SALON - STALOGISTIC". www.sta-logistic.by. Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  10. ↑ "Hair Peace Salon покажут "Джентельмена" широкой публике". experty.by (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  11. ↑ Hair Peace Salon (2012-12-30), Hair Peace Salon - Stand The Rain (Live @ RE:PUBLIC), retrieved 2017-06-17
  12. ↑ "Hair Peace Salon "Gentleman"". Навіны Беларусі | euroradio.fm (in Belarusian). Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  13. ↑ "Hair Peace Salon "Gentleman" (+аудио)". experty.by (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  14. ↑ "Сяргей Будкін: асабісты топ-10 беларускіх альбомаў за 2012 год (+аўдыё)". experty.by (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  15. ↑ "Маша Калеснікава: асабісты топ-10 беларускіх альбомаў за 2012 год (+аўдыё)". experty.by (in Russian). Retrieved 2017-06-17.
  16. ↑ "Заводы стаяць, адны гітарысты ў краіне". Retrieved 2017-06-17.
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