{"product_id":"hammers-of-misfortune-17th-street","title":"Hammers Of Misfortune – 17th Street","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHammer of Misfortune \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e17th Street\u003cbr\u003e(2x 180g Black Vinyl) \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eRelease: 2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTrack Listing:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"iNqyIf\"\u003e\u003cstrong class=\"rQesXe MPyX\"\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e317\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSalt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e17th Street\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Grain\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eStaring (The 31st Floor)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Day The City Died\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRomance Valley\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSummer Tears\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGrey Wednesday\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGoing Somewhere\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ol\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253); color: rgb(48, 48, 48); font-size: 0.875rem;\" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"\u003eMore Info:\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHammers of Misfortune’s fifth studio album, 17th Street, stands as a crowning, bittersweet masterpiece of theatrical progressive metal and vintage hard rock. Masterminded by guitarist\/composer John Cobbett and tracked predominantly to tape at San Francisco's Light Rail Studios, the record serves as a defiant, nostalgic love letter to the Mission District’s fading bohemian heavy metal community before the waves of Silicon Valley gentrification permanently altered the city's skyline. Sonically, it trades the sprawling medieval fantasy narratives of the band's earlier work for punchier, hook-driven songwriting that collides the twin-guitar gallop of Thin Lizzy and Iron Maiden with the symphonic swagger of 1970s Deep Purple, Kansas, and Queen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe record's secret weapon is the dazzling interplay between Cobbett and Leila Abdul-Rauf’s roaring tube-driven guitar harmonies and Sigrid Sheie’s Leslie-whirling Hammond B3 organ and upright piano runs, locked to Chewy Marzolo’s dynamic, jazz-inflected drumming. Out front, powerhouse vocalist Joe Hutton delivers a dramatic, operatic performance full of grit and soaring range, interweaving with three- and four-part vocal harmonies from Sheie and Cobbett on anthems like \"The Grain,\" \"The Day the City Died,\" and the melancholy ballad \"Summer Tears.\" Free of sterile modern studio quantization and soaked in rich, organic analog warmth, 17th Street captures an ensemble operating at the peak of their songwriting and arrangement powers—delivering an urgent, soul-stirring triumph of pure American heavy metal.\u003cspan style=\"background-color: rgb(253, 253, 253); color: rgb(48, 48, 48); font-size: 0.875rem;\" data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor=\"\" data-darkreader-inline-color=\"\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Grumpy Frog Records","offers":[{"title":"Black","offer_id":52725163163879,"sku":null,"price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0799\/2665\/7255\/files\/HoM.jpg?v=1790876432","url":"https:\/\/grumpyfrogrecords.com\/products\/hammers-of-misfortune-17th-street","provider":"Grumpy Frog Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}