A Round of Applause, Hooverii's second album through the Reverbation Appreciation Society, is an expansive and even, at times, experimental record. Whereas 2021’s Water for the Frogs was akin to a jam-band record — most of its seven songs are about five minutes long (including a closing track that lasts nearly 10) — A Round of Applause could be considered their “pop” album.
Occasionally paying homage to the Canterbury scene, the band – who derived the album title from the late-‘80s Roky Erickson song “Click Your Fingers Applauding the Play” – consider the album to be a palette cleanser of sorts. “I am not really a playlist guy or a singles guy,” band founder Bert Hoover admits. “I’m really into the album experience. … So yeah, we made a pop record. But also, to me, this record is very progressive as well, and I think that that provides a nice balance.”
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