Tag : The Hours Strange

As The Hours Strange have been working with Leitvox (Christian Cooley) on their new EP due early 2019 [hear an excerpt of one of the tracks on the video teaser above], we couldn’t help but wonder about his own beginnings and poke – once more – at the perennial ‘power struggle’ between the artists and […]

“I miss the way that it was; I miss the way it could be…” It’s Valentine’s Day in New York, but the weather don’t care. February’s snowing and the city’s been under a gale. It’s closing on 1 am and you walk down fast on 7th Ave to reach the covert of the subway station […]

The scene, out of the 1998 version of “Great Expectations”, is a film buff gem. The old, bitter Ms Dinsmoor – played admirably by Ann Bancroft – teases the boy into confiding his infatuation. The girl is out of his reach in many ways and Ms Dinsmoor taunts him – “Isn’t she beautiful?” And he […]

“I’m not gonna close my eyes. I’m not gonna speak, move, or breathe…” Infatuation is such a perilous state of affairs. It lures you in – and you willingly give. It tricks you into believing that you are in control, and it lies to you when it says that you’re winning. And like it is […]