Fort Worth Weekly
Controlling the Noise
Finally armed with his ideal group of backers, former White Drugs singer/guitarist Jeff Helland takes matters into his own hands with post-punks Hoaries’ first full-length.
By Patrick Higgins
Helland: “With Hoaries, I wanted a band that I could control my own destiny.”
Photo by Andrew Sherman
The writing dynamics inside of bands vary almost as broadly as the stylistic sonic fruits of those dynamics. There are some groups in which each member might contribute their individual parts or even whole songs. Others might create their sounds collectively in the moment through jams or improvisational sessions. Others still are bands in name only, with one person composing nearly every note played and word sung. Chances are, most musicians have had experience with each of these processes in some capacity. Singer/guitarist Jeff Helland had certainly had his turns with all of these methods except one. Used to mostly joint compositi