{"product_id":"the-hard-quartet-cd","title":"The Hard Quartet: CD","description":"\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Hard Quartet announce their eponymous debut album, out October 4th on Matador Records.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing speculation, The Hard Quartet’s existence was made official on July 30th with the band’s first single and video, ‘Earth Hater’, and an accompanying video directed by EYEDRESS.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Soon, the whole group is reflecting and laughing and offering a window into the free-wheeling process that informs their proudly leaderless new collaboration: an idea first proposed by Sweeney over the phone to Malkmus during the early days of the pandemic,” \u003c\/em\u003ewrote GQ in a short profile piece introducing the group. “\u003cem\u003eAfter collaborating in various permutations and running into each other frequently on the road, the idea of making music together—by nobody’s rules but their own, distinct from any industry trends or standards—felt like a no-brainer. Sweeney looks back in awe at the Hard Quartet's first week of working together, during which they quickly amassed nearly an album’s worth of songs and settled into an identity that felt distinct from any of their previous projects. (“This is not a project—it’s a band,” Malkmus says firmly. Sweeney responds with a triumphant, guttural, “Yeeeah!”)”\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Hard Quartet is comprised of:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEmmett Kelly,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e a songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist best known for his work in The Cairo Gang and The Double, as well as in the company of artists such as Bonnie “Prince” Billy, Ty Segall, Rob Mazurek, and many more.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eStephen Malkmus\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a songwriter, guitarist, and vocalist best known for his work with Pavement, the Jicks, Silver Jews, Straw Dogs, and eponymously.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMatt Sweeney\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a songwriter, guitarist, producer and vocalist best known for his work with Chavez, Superwolf, his music for \u003cem\u003eRed Dead Redemption 2\u003c\/em\u003e and his guitar work in the company of a panoply of artists from Guided by Voices and Cat Power to Johnny Cash and Adele.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJim White\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, a drummer and songwriter best known for his work with Dirty Three, Xylouris White, eponymous-ly, and with such stalwarts as Guy Picciotto, Cat Power, Bill Callahan and Venom P Stinger.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“Leave yourself behind and go into something where you’re actually listening to others and trying to come up with a solution to whatever kind of esoteric thing you are attempting to do in your life. You know what I mean?”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eE.K.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003cem\u003eWe’re all jazzed.”\u003c\/em\u003e — \u003cstrong\u003eS.M.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“The way Jim plays really affected the way I hear things. He has this way of making everything sound good. All of a sudden, you really pay attention to everything else that’s going on because of what Jim is doing.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e— \u003cstrong\u003eM.S.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp class=\"x_MsoNormal\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e“\u003cem\u003eThere’s this thing where I’ll have a story in my head when I have an intention, and I can hear it in the drums. It doesn’t matter if I tell anyone—even the people I’m playing with. 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