The Beauty Shop

“John Hoeffleur is a songwriter with a Midas-like touch in articulating the pious nature of love and heartbreak” (8/10) - NME

1. Paper Hearts For Josie (mp3 clip)
2. Monster (mp3 clip)
3. Nightcrawlers
4. Babyshaker (mp3 clip)
5. The Love I Could Not Save
6. Hatchet Job
7. Rumplestiltskin Lives (mp3 clip)
8. Somewhere
9. A Desperate Cry For Help
10. Closer

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Beauty Shop Videos (You need Quicktime Player to play them) Directed by Nathan Gulick (Hkbot@mac.com) & Jay LaPierre (Rlonhubbard@yahoo.com) Click on the screenshots to view

Monster		Rumplestiltskin Lives

A Short Film About The Beauty Shop

"In the crowded alt-rock scene, John Hoeffleur - lead singer and songwriter of The Beauty Shop - stands out like a dirty thumb with a desperately bitten nail...Crisis Helpline is a country album tailor-made for the punk and emo kids...The beautifully observed The Love I Could Not Save smacks of slacker apathy, but Hoeffleur twists a fairytale into a comment on the Columbine shootings in Rumplestiltskin Lives... exhilarating". (Guardian, live review)

“The Love I Could Not Save contains more naked emotion in 4 minutes than most bands manage in an entire career”
Sunday Herald (4 STARS)
"Intimate yet inclusive, intense yet casual - a lovely slice of crafted melancholia"
Classic Rock (4 STARS)
“A unique and very appealing sound”
Record Of The Day
“Moody, wistful and melodic”
The Independent (4 STARS)
“God bless those who keep it simple”
The Herald (3 STARS)
"A lo-fi punk aesthetic at work that is as much J Mascis as Johnny Cash"
Mojo (3 STARS)
“A fine follow-up”
Q (3 STARS)
“Violent Femmes fans will find much to please them”
Uncut (3 STARS)
“Hoeffleur knows how to write a decent tune”
The Fly (live review)