Home Blitz

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Home Blitz
Origin Princeton, New Jersey
Genres Garage punk, alternative rock, power pop, lo-fi
Years active2005 (2005)–
Labels
Members
Past members
  • Henry Hynes
  • Jason Sigal
  • Theresa Smith
  • Gerard Allen
  • Sarim Al-Rawi
  • Brian Mulvey
Website homeblitz.net

Home Blitz is an alternative rock band founded by Daniel DiMaggio in 2005. Based in Princeton, New Jersey, the group is known for its idiosyncratic punk-influenced pop music.

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Musical history

Daniel DiMaggio, frontman and songwriter for Home Blitz since 2005, is known for what Pitchfork described as "genre-ambivalent" low-fidelity power pop with eccentricities that "flaunt his oblique streak like a point of pride" and "compel repeated listening." [1]

As of 2011, the band included frontman Daniel DiMaggio, drummer Henry Hynes, bass player Jason Sigal, and guitarist Theresa Smith. [2]

According to the Mexican Summer label, DiMaggio's approach to songwriting changes on each new record, with the result that no two Home Blitz releases sound alike. [2] Common threads include lo-fi recordings featuring DiMaggio's lead vocals, and "the sort of nervous energy that powered groups like the Feelies and Game Theory, two distinct touchpoints in Home Blitz's sloppy, floppy sound." [2]

The 2012 EP Frozen Track includes five original songs by DiMaggio and a "reverent" cover of Game Theory's "Rolling With The Moody Girls." [3]

DiMaggio recorded the 2015 album, Foremost & Fair, in a professional studio, unlike the band's previous material, resulting in clearer vocals and higher fidelity. [4] According to Vice , the album features "a noticeable UK folk influence creeping into the muscular guitar pop DiMaggio has become known for." [4]

Pitchfork wrote that DiMaggio "spikes saccharine melodies with bratty little gestures, rebelling against his own compositional knowhow." [1] The reviewer described DiMaggio's breathy and "unapologetically affected" vocals, layered over a mix "saturated with shimmery tones: teeming harpsichord, zippy keyboard, sunburst acoustic guitar picking." [1]

Discography

Albums

TitleYearFormatLabel
Home Blitz2007CD (compilation) [5] Gulcher Records
Out of Phase2009LP, CDRichie Records
Foremost & Fair2015LPRichie Records

Singles and EPs

TitleYearFormatLabel
Home Blitz20057-inch EPself-released
Live Outside20067-inch EPself-released
Weird Wings200812-inch EPParts Unknown Records
Perpetual Night20107-inch EPAlmost Ready Records
"A.T.K." b/w "Last Cycle"20117-inch single Mexican Summer
Frozen Track201212-inch EPMexican Summer

References

  1. 1 2 3 Lefebvre, Sam (May 1, 2015). "Home Blitz: Foremost & Fair". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on May 16, 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 Mexican Summer (2011). "Home Blitz: "A.T.K." b/w "Last Cycle"" (Description). Archived from the original on August 24, 2014.
  3. ↑ Mexican Summer (2012). "Home Blitz: Frozen Track" (Description). Archived from the original on October 16, 2015.
  4. 1 2 Scott, Tim (May 1, 2015). "Home Blitz's Daniel DiMaggio prefers UK to Irish folk music". Vice . Archived from the original on September 20, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Home Blitz: Home Blitz". AllMusic (review). 2007.
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