Hurry (band)

Hurry began as a solo project for principal songwriter Matt Scottoline, bassist of emo revival band Everyone Everywhere. He wrote the first ten to twenty Hurry songs as a way to write his own material and play guitar rather than bass.[1] Scottoline decided to release his home recordings on Bandcamp under the moniker "Hurry," chosen as a self-deprecating joke about his writing process;[2] he writes quickly and rarely finishes a song if it is not completed in a single session.[3] After releasing the demos, Scottoline recruited other musicians to perform the songs live, including Everyone Everywhere guitarist Brendan McHugh and Univox bassist Rob DeCarolis on drums.[2]

As Everyone Everywhere became less active, Hurry coalesced into a trio, adding DeCarolis's cousin and Psychic Teens/Exmaid bassist Joe DeCarolis to round out the lineup.[4] The band signed to Hot Green Records and announced their first album, Everything/Nothing, which was recorded at The Headroom by labelmate Joe Reinhart of Hop Along.[2] The record was preceded by its first single, "Oh Whitney," as a limited cassette release.[5] Its accompanying music video features the band attempting to set a world record for fireworks launched off a guitar, though the record-setting display is blocked by Rob DeCarolis standing in front of the camera. Though the explosive effects were added in post-production, the fireworks were live and caused some anxiety during filming.[1] The band later released a video for "Oozing Positivity" to coincide with Everything/Nothing's cassette release; the video took director Dave Peterson six months to make and depicts the band as "delightfully retro" CGI characters.[6]

Hurry announced their second record Guided Meditation in March 2016 and was released on April 29, 2016 by Lame-O Records.[7] It was recorded at Noisy Little Critter with Mike Bardzik. Prior to release, Scottoline said Guided Meditation will be "more confident" and "not [hide] behind noise as much".[2]

Their third record, Every Little Thought, was announced in January 2017 and was released on February 23.[8]

Their fourth record, Fake Ideas, was announced in May 2021 and was released on June 25.[9] The record is their first as a quartet with the addition of guitarist Justin Fox,[10] who joined the band in August 2019 for live performances.[11]

Their fifth record, Don't Look Back, was announced in June 2023 and will be released on August 11.[12]

Hurry's sound has been described as power pop,[1][13] fuzz or noise pop,[4][14] indie pop,[15][16] alternative rock[17] and garage rock.[18] They are often cited as early-90s rock revivalists;[1][13][19][20] their influences include Weezer, Teenage Fanclub, Guided by Voices and Dinosaur Jr.,[4][5] though their influences also include older artists such as The Beach Boys and Paul McCartney[21] and peers such as Yuck and Pure X.[2] Yo La Tengo has been cited as a major influence; Scottoline has said their music showed him how an upbeat pop song could be "drenched in noise," which he cites as an important touchstone for Hurry's music.[1][2] In a separate interview, he said Hurry is "better when [they're] loud."[22]

The song "When I'm With You" was featured in the episode "Bagel" of the FXX series Man Seeking Woman.[23]

"When I'm With You" also appeared in the episode "Here's Where the Story Ends" of the Netflix series Special.

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