Description

Double album on blue vinyls with gatefold cover. Limited 200 copies

With a newly rejuvenated line-up and its signature sound intact, San Francisco’s Hammers Of Misfortune has returned with 17th Street, a brash and heartfelt song cycle, blending the best elements of NWOBHM, thrash, doom, and American folk music while somehow sounding unlike any of these. 17th Street takes the band’s inimitable sound to a new level, creating an emotional gravity that only further accentuates the band’s formidable songwriting chops. I can see how someone could find it an upbeat record, says John Cobbett, guitarist and producer of the band, also of underground metal legends Ludicra and The Lord Weird Slough Feg. There are glimmers of hope there. But if you listen carefully to each song, you’ll find that each one has its own point of view; you might find hope, or something very different, very dark.

Track listing
1. 317
2. 17th Street
3. The Grain
4. Staring (The 31st Floor)
5. The Day the City Died
6. Romance Valley
7. Summer Tears
8. Grey Wednesday
9. Going Somewhere