Free Arms Forest

From now until the end of November, the Hard Lessons are giving away their new album, Arms Forest for free on their official site in exchange for signing up on their mailing list!

"I just like the metaphor of an Arms Forest," explains Augie Visocchi of the band. "The forest in literature is the forbidden place. Its dark and evil, but there is also freedom there. An ability to do whatever you want. That is the freedom we seek in our band."

You can clearly heard that freedom in the songs. Like we've stated before, this is a band that has multiple personalities. Once track could be country-tinged pop and the next could be a straight out kick-you-in-the-groin rock track before leading into sing-a-long power pop tunes or vaudevillian piano on the next.

Enjoy a tiny sampling below and head over to the official site to hear the full range!

Hard Lessons - Arms Forest (mp3) (buy) (free album download from official site)

Hard Lessons - Manoogian Zoo (mp3) (buy) (free album download from official site)

Learn from the Hard Lessons

The Hard Lessons are awesome! They are not pigeon-holed by their sound at all. Each one of their tracks are so unique, you'll think you're listening to another band. There are a couple of vocalists and their songs range from tracks that just rock out loud to country-stomp to tracks with post-modern boy-girl sing alongs and everything inbetween.

Check out a track or two. But that won't do them justice. You need to hear more to fully appreciate their range! Luckily for us, the band have placed multiple mp3s on their website.

The Hard Lessons - 12345678 (mp3) (buy)

The Hard Lessons - I like your hair long (mp3) (buy)