Starting as a duo in Los Angeles, Ben Grubin and Jeremy Reynolds of Hockey played house parties and clubs around town, landed a deal with Epic and began recording their big studio debut with Jerry Harrison from the Talking Heads. Unfortunately, pressures from the suits to create more radio-friendly tunes prompted the band to relocate to Portland, Ore., where they could take advantage of the smaller, up-and-coming music scene and younger and more artistic demographic. They eventually left the label to create high-energy dance rock the way they wanted. Now a quartet, Hockey released its mostly self-produced album, Mind Chaos, last year. It’s the kind of record fans of both the Hold Steady and LCD Soundsystem would definitely enjoy.
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