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Last updated July 1, 2008 A new review of Through the Gash appears at Tasty, mutha'uckahs.
June 18, 2008 After nearly a year of being terrible lazybonezes, we have now updated the lyrics page to include the words from Through the Gash. In other news, Hannah's music has over 165,000 plays and over 5,000 listeners on last.fm.
June 11, 2008 Two new reviews of Through the Gash have appeared! "... stay with these songs and you'll be onto some sincere and, at times, beautifully warped music..." — The Big Takeover (issue #62 on stands now!) "Hannah Fury makes impossibly beautiful music..." — Pussyrock (issue #3 available now) In other news: As promised, Hannah's debut full-length album The Thing That Feels is no longer available. Once CD Baby and Amazon sell out of their last shipments, The Thing That Feels will be officially out of print and only available as a download. Hannah had this to say about the sold-out status of the CD: "Those that didn't get it are some foolish, foolish suckahs." We're pretty sure that Hannah was just messing around when she said that because we happen to know that she likes MP3s and often buys them herself.
May 19, 2008 A new interview with Hannah is featured at Delusions of Adequacy this week. We want to thank Jen for asking such great questions.
May 14, 2008 Alert! The Thing That Feels CD will only be available for a little while longer. So Step Right Up and get yours while they last. Before the end of this month, it will be out of print. You will still be able to purchase downloads, of course, but the actual CDs will be gone. That's right: GONE. Forever. Or at least for a very long time. We have no idea when it will be re-pressed. However, we do know that any re-release will be different in some way. So if you want an original, get it now. You can purchase The Thing That Feels from these supa-fine music retailers: In other news, Jo Gabriel has released her new album, Fools & Orphans. Hannah contributed backing vocals to the song entitled "The Habits of Shadows." This is a limited "artist's release" on Jo's own independent Ephemera label, and it's been getting rave reviews! The German label Kalinkaland will be releasing another version at a date which is still to be determined. Also, here is a lost review of Through the Gash from Organ magazine. We didn't see this one until now. And DJ Darkness Visible has been spinning Hannah's music! Thank you DJDV!
April 24, 2008 For those of you who missed it, Mick Mercer has graciously allowed us to post the in-depth interview that he did with Hannah a few months ago. The interview originally appeared in The Mick #40, and the pages involving Hannah can be viewed here.
April 2, 2008 New
reviews:
Read the full review here.
And... new jewels have now been added at Hannah's exclusive boutique, Antoinette's Revenge. Also, Hannah will be included in Mick Mercer's next book. We'll let you know when it's available.
December 31, 2007 Hannah has been interviewed in the latest issue of Mick Mercer's magazine, The Mick. Mr. Mercer's review of Through the Gash also appears in this installment. See pages 93-101 for Hannah, but be sure to check out all 230 pages of this excellent year-end issue! The Mick is available as a free pdf download. Enjoy! Also, the heart and brains behind ninthspace has listed his favorite songs of 2007. It's an eclectic and interesting list. Of the 50 songs mentioned, Hannah's appear a total of seven times. Last, but not least: Happy New Year to all!
November 15, 2007 "Knit your fragile veins to the wrists of your friends..." Over 100, 000 plays scrobbled on Last.fm!
November 6, 2007 We are proud to present the following reviews: Mick
Mercer
August 27, 2007 Through the Gash has received several more reviews: Morbid
Outlook
Also, Hannah has been interviewed by Vic Mendoza of VM Underground Radio. Thanks to Vic for being a great host, and for the nice treatment of Hannah's press photo below.
Please go here to listen to a podcast of the interview.
In other news: DJ Liebchen has been spinning Hannah's music at her club shows: Chronos @ Five in DC and Ascension in Baltimore. Trauma Queen, a fanlisting, has been created by one of Hannah's listeners. Please stop by to join or to see the beautiful design. Also, Undrentide (AKA Paul), has created a youtube video featuring "Girls that Glitter Love the Dark" and images from Hannah's web site. Thank you, Paul. We love it!
August 9, 2007 Hannah has been interviewed by Muruch! Also,
we would like to make an official announcement regarding our new boutique. It
is called Antoinette's
Revenge, and you can purchase all manner of delightful and delectable things
there. Entrancing jewels, super-cool T-shirts for boyz and girlz, and of course
Hannah's CDs. From now on, we'll be attempting to update the news more frequently as exciting things occur. So please do check back on a regular basis. And remember, peeps, he said PLAY IT LOUD!
August 7, 2007 Through the Gash is now available at CD Baby. Digital downloads are available from DigStation. Downloads will soon be available from iTunes and other fine digital music retailers, so please check back for updates. Sigh... Today is the official release date of Through the Gash, and all you really need to know is this:
July 30, 2007 Through the Gash is now available for pre-order at Amazon. There has been a flurry of activity surrounding Hannah's music on Last.fm. Thanks to everyone there who has made an effort to spread the word. It really helps! Thank you especially to Paul for writing a review of Through the Gash in his Last.fm journal. Go over there and join the fun, people!
Second collection of Through the Gash reviews. (These are excerpts only. Please click on the links to read the full reviews.)
..."You
Don't Leave A Trace" was the first song from her new album Through The
Gash that owned me: ultimate rejection delivered through delicate shimmering
minimalism, in contrast to the piano pieces that dominated the early phase of
her career. Her unrivaled ability to twist or change the mood of a song on a single
note or measure is still present. "You Don't Leave A Trace" changes
entirely 220 seconds in and I can guarantee it will burst your heart. SLUGmag: At
times recalling a slightly more sinister Julee Cruise and her collaborations with
Angelo Badalamenti Hannah Fury's releases have aptly been called "spooky,"
"creepy" and "disturbed." While many of those adjectives could
be placed upon Through the Gash, Fury's compositions are also beautiful,
hypnotic and far more substantial than a string of Halloween attributes... Babysue/LMNOP: ...A
bit spooky and peculiar at times, Through the Gash is an intriguing collection
of modern moody pop delivered with unique style... Skyline Press : ...This
puzzle of an album has so many different pieces that bring its macabre tone to
light (or darkness). Whether it be the chilling vocals that make your spine tingle,
or the columns of organ/piano that fill your ears, it's all pretty whimsical with
a twisted and subtle personality...
July 16, 2007 First reviews of Through the Gash! (These are excerpts only. Please click on the links to read the full reviews.) High Bias: Hannah
Fury continues to carve out her distinct musical vision with Through the Gash,
her first full-length album in seven years. Though loosely fitting under the recently
trendy "dark cabaret" banner (a term that didn't exist when she started),
the singer/songwriter's Tori Amos-meets-Tim Burton sound has always been her own...
As romantic as a William Blake poem but as ghostly as a Richard Matheson novel,
Through the Gash is Hannah Fury at her most darkly beautiful. Muruch: ...The
mood of this new album is often quite different than that of her eerie 2000 release
The Thing That Feels. There are plenty of moments on the new disc that
do recapture that delicately uncanny sound, but many of the tracks alternate between
the dark electro-pop beats of Hannah's Subterfuge EP/DVD set and a lighter
tone that touches on the higher, more ethereal extremity of Hannah's layered vocals... Treasure . Hiding: Hannah
Fury's new CD, Through the Gash, explores the dark side of the female heart
in a variety of guises. The major theme here is revenge, swiftly followed by self-doubt,
all shot through with her trademark dark humor...
June 21, 2007 Hannah Fury's Through the Gash will be officially released on August 7th, but we are offering loyal MellowTraumatic visitors the opportunity to get it early! A free MP3 of "Beware the Touch" is now available. Pass it around! Also, we have some very exciting things happening in the coming weeks, so please check back.
June 4, 2007
Hannah was featured in the latest issue of Grok, Australia's largest college magazine. Grok's editor, Melissa Davey, interviewed Hannah for the article last year. We are thrilled that the article has been published now, just in time for the release of Through the Gash. We couldn't be more excited! The article was also picked up by Western Australian Woman magazine and was published in the Arts and Culture section. Read it here. Hannah
is currently a featured artist on MXPlay.
You can download the mxplayer to hear "Beware the Touch" from Hannah's upcoming
album, Through the Gash. The player has truly exceptional sound quality,
and we highly recommend it.
April 30, 2007 We know it's been a while, so we will take this opportunity to accost you with several things at once. 1. Site re-vamp! 2. Hannah's album cover and title are revealed! The album is called Through the Gash. It has 13 songs and will be released in August of this year. There will be more information about the album over the next few weeks. See a larger picture of the cover here.
3. And the newest installment of the "Ask Sennette" advice column has been published.
February 19, 2007 New jewels have been revealed. Go to the Boutique. Get these now, 'cause everything is changing.
February 12, 2007 Thanks so much to Michael who came through for Hannah with an inspired lead for the purchase of brownish-yellow socks. And just in time, too, for Hannah's nagging was beginning to drive us crazy. But now an order has been placed, and we anxiously await the arrival of these supposed good-luck talismans. More news next week.
February 5, 2007 Things always seem to take longer than we think they will, often for ridiculously vague reasons. This time, however, the cause of the delay can easily be isolated: string configurations. That's right, you heard us: string configurations -- evil knots and fitful tangles, the horror of which we hope never to see again. But there were other causes as well. Such as the packing tape! Oh, how it wounded our delicate skin! And to make matters worse, the box was very large and unwieldy. We tottered to the post office, balancing it between the three of us (Eudora, Eustasia and myself). At times it seemed we would never get that monstrosity sent away. But we finally did, and now we are pleased to announce that Hannah's "audio and graphics materials" have made their way across the river to an undisclosed location on the South Jersey shore. But friends, please be forewarned. Hannah has decided to undertake what is commonly known in the industry as an "advance promotion campaign," so the actual release date is still a ways away. For the uninitiated, the term "advance promotion" refers to the practice of sending out advance copies of the music to magazines and internet publications in hopes of securing reviews. It is a widely held belief that this advance receipt somehow encourages writers and editors to pay more attention to the music. Perhaps it is the intoxicating feeling they get from being among the first to respond to a CD's provocation, or perhaps it is simply that shelf-worn music is considered less attractive. We cannot quite relate to how these media people operate, but for the time being we are deferring to those who are "in the know." Some of you may be aware that I have previously been in charge of securing notices for Hannah's CDs. I feel that I have done fairly well, considering my funds and resources. But Hannah appears to be displeased with my work. She insists that my methods are "old-fashioned" and not "edgy" enough, and she will now be outsourcing the responsibility to someone with more "established media relationships." Despite this lofty charade of Hannah's, MellowTraumatic will be announcing an official release date very soon. In the meantime, we have a few tricks up our ruffled sleeves. Over the next few weeks, please watch for judicious unveilings of the Mellow and Traumatic kind. It is all in an effort to entertain you more loyal visitors. Sincerely, P.S. If anyone has a pair of brownish-yellow socks (preferably knee socks or thigh-highs) that they are willing to part with, Hannah is in the market. Any leads as to where Hannah can obtain this coveted item will be greatly appreciated. Remember, brownish-yellow is inexplicably the color that is desired.
January 15, 2007 Hello, Ladies and Gentlemen. A new year is upon us and we would like to wish you all the best for 2007. Hannah is wracked with guilt over not being able to release her new album during the 2006 calendar year. A special apology goes out to A. Fries. He knows why. Hopefully, Mr. Fries will be somewhat consoled by the fact that the as-yet-unreleased CD has two songs which would not have been included had Hannah stuck to her original 2006 deadline. Indeed, two songs were written late in the proceedings, but Hannah deemed them worthy of inclusion. Thus the additional delay. But now we are happy to inform Mr. Fries and the rest of you that a 2007 release is absolutely definite. Hannah completed the master on December 11, 2006, and she has also completed the album cover artwork. She handed both over to MellowTraumatic Headquarters just today. We are now busy arranging the items in an attractive bundle to be packaged and shipped to the duplication plant. This requires lots of tape and complex string configurations. But even so, the package should go out in Wednesday's or Thursday's mail. A release date will soon be announced. In other news, we have uploaded a new installment of "Ask Sennette."
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