Personnel:

• Benjamin Hotchkiss: Vocals, guitar, piano
• Paul English: Lead Guitar, vocals
• Kenneth Dowling: Bass, backing vocals
• Kyle Crusham: Guitar, synth, vocals
• Joey Spivey: Drums

Comments:

I wish I was the methodical concertgoer who would write setlists on his arm at the show so later he could transcribe the scribblings and remember forever what he heard. I wish that becuase I want to remember which of these tunes I saw live when my brother and I drove to Austin to see the Heroes. In any event, we saw some of them, and it was utterly unfair to have to wait so long for the album to finally be released. But better that than have the album rushed out. But it's here now, and I'm on my 6th listen while I scan, alter, and post these images and pages devoted to the album, and I can say it's quite an album! Elise, Elise is a great high-energy tune, The French Song is captivating, and I absolutely love Adjust Your Nightmare -- a fantastic easy-going mood that builds to a great melodic peak...listening to it in the car, it's hard not to sing along with the refrain and scream at the car next to me (assuming there's a woman inside) "Just touch me RIGHT THERE!" But, unlike their first RH album, Greetings also has tunes that sound striking like music from the Bongo Hate days -- Animals, Animals, Animals springs to mind (this could fit right in on Plastastic with it's rock-opera quality), while Beeswax and You Medicate Me Baby are such changes of pace that they fill in nicely around the rest of the tunes. Me is the Drug and Move that Strut rock. Simple. And All Made Up Friends is a great closer -- I think it really captures a lot of what I expect from these guys: all the rock, the melodic character, and the great contour of the song...just excellent stuff! I wish I had a better musical vocabulary to describe the music, but suffice it to say this is excellent listenin' music!