Photo thanks: our friends Jon and Uberpat

Check out the editorial and see what they said about the song and the #Western photo series.

Here’s the front main page feature at Purevolume.com:

Listen to all the new songs on Purevolume here.

Read the complete editorial and listen to ‘Western’ here.

UPDATE (01/11/12): ‘Western’ is the top song!

UPDATE 2 (01/14/12): Top song for a week, swing back for more with the new song on Monday. You can now stream the song on Tumblr.

UPDATE 3 (01/17/12): Purevolume lists The Hint as one of the top artists charting for the week again, adding “These Baltimore rockers return to our chart with the premier of their new song, ‘Western.’ We could say the 100 year photo accompanying the song helped things out, but this is such a solid jam on its own, it needs no strategy. We still think the photo is awesome, though.”

Western Tumblr – http://thehint.com/tumblr.com

Read about the photo series – http://thehint.com/manifest-destiny

Family Photographs 1880-1934 with Lyrics:
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The above picture is of the actual journal from 1880 discovered with the photographs, the binding held together by masking tape.

(c)(p) The Hint

Special thanks to Scott Riebling, John O’Mahony, Dan Rappaport, Mike, Nate, Benjamin Cottam, and Boston.

We have dedicated a new Tumblr to the arrival of our next single, “Western“, due out January 9th, 2012. Everything will hit this blog first, and then a few days later here and on Facebook.

A series of authentic 100-year-old photographs with hand-written lyrics will accompany the track. The negatives of these photos were unexpectedly discovered by relatives along with a journal (below) dating back to 1880 from the American Western frontier.

As the song came together, the pictures painted an uncanny backdrop of the story, giving the words a time and space. The postmark below, dated 1905, is from hand-written letters found with the negatives. Visit everyday for a new photograph as “Western” approaches.

Note (*) about quote:
It’s not completely known who actually said “go West, young man” first, but Greely is famous for the phrase, allegedly giving this advice to a friend. It doesn’t actually appear in his book, though, coincidentally titled “Hints at Reform” (1850). Change is good!

“Western” Photograph Gallery 1880-1934:

Request “Living in the Moment” on WTMD:
Phone – 410.704.8936
Email – wtmd{at}towson{dot}edu

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Read what Purevolume had to say about the video:

( Link: thehint.tumblr.com )

Keep checking back for updates.

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