Alice in Wonderland
(2014)
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"It's a topsy-turvy journey fit for a Cheshire Cat, but the music is never less than engaging, and at times even reaches the stately heights of Carroll's own words."
NotHaydn
"The music is seamlessly fused into the writings of Carroll and it all makes sense. Well, as much sense as a Lewis Carroll poem can. The tone of the poem sets the tone for the music going from excited (Jabberwocky) gentle (A Secret Kept) firm (Speak Roughly) and so on."
What is it to exist? (The Recorder)
"Once he started setting Lewis Carroll's words to music, Daniel Hales didn't want to stop."
Clubland (Daily Hampshire Gazette)
"Bandleader Hales had taken most of the poems in Lewis Carroll's Alice books and set them to music, added two of his own Alice-inspired original songs, and now the 17 tunes have been captured on the group's latest record."
Lewis Carroll Society of North America (#1)
"I think the musical settings are quite fun."
Lewis Carroll Society of North America (#2)
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Clubland (Daily Hampshire Gazette)
"Alice? The famous one in Wonderland? She's a little bit of a headbanger, windmilling her hair around wildly. At least she is for a moment in a production by the New Renaissance Players, thanks to a soundtrack written and performed live by Daniel hales, and the frost heaves."
Encores and Curtain Calls (The Recorder)
Joseph Marcello talks with director Jillian Morgan about her production of "Alice in Wonderland" featuring the Heaves.
The Montague Reporter
Daniel writes about adapting the poems of Lewis Carroll.
Greenfield Arts Eclective
(2013)
Sounds Local (The Recorder)
The Heaves paid homage to Lou Reed and the Velvet Underground a month before Lou passed away.
You Make A Better Door
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(2012)
NotHaydn
"Daniel Hales and the Frost Heaves is a come-have-a-good-time kind of band. If you've got no rhythm then I am sure they will give you some. They want you to have a good time in a Travelling Wilburys sort of way."
Northeast Underground
"Repeat listens continually reveal hidden treasures. ... Fans will enjoy digging deeper."
Daily Hampshire Gazette
"The band's gently psychedelic new album is lovingly constructed to make a lot go on inside listeners' heads. The record contains adventurously layered songs and a reprise near the end (a la the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album)," writes Ken Maiuri.
The Recorder
"From the opening track Halo Over My Horns, which has a jangly guitar sound reminiscent of early R.E.M., to the psychedelic, eastern-influenced song Present Perfect Tents to the dreamy 1960s pop sound heard on Sick Day, this disc can't be pinned down to one style," writes Sheryl Hunter.
Valley Advocate
"[T]he record is an engaging yet hard to define mix of different styles and moods," writes Michael Cimaomo.
The Fiddleback
"Present Perfect Tents, is an impressive sideways step into Revolver-era, Beatles-esque psychedelia," writes James Brubaker.
Frost Heaves
(2009)
Daily Hampshire Gazette
"Musical Promiscuity" by Ken Maiuri
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"Heave-Ho" by Tom Sturm
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Bridges Freeze First
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