On their sturdy second album Into a Myth (Shifting Paradigm), Chicago-Milwaukee trio Hanging Hearts deliriously teeter between mayhem and ecstasy, exploring the collision of the spiritual and the carnal. The new record was produced by Dave King of the Bad Plus, a band that knows a thing or two about bringing pop concision and rock firepower to jazz aesthetics, and indeed, the trio’s original repertoire reflects that sensibility.…
On their sturdy second album Into a Myth (Shifting Paradigm), Chicago-Milwaukee trio Hanging Hearts deliriously teeter between mayhem and ecstasy, exploring the collision of the spiritual and the carnal. The new record was produced by Dave King of the Bad Plus, a band that knows a thing or two about bringing pop concision and rock firepower to jazz aesthetics, and indeed, the trio’s original repertoire reflects that sensibility.…