The Hush Sound

The Hush Sound一开始是由Bob Morris(guitar)和Greta Salpeter(piano/guitar)组成，Greta Salpeter从三岁就开始学习古典钢琴，后来经过朋友介绍认识了Morris，两人发现致趣相同，尽管一个7年级，一个10年级，但两人还是一有空就做自己的音乐，在2004年寒假，两个开始正式写歌，并起了个名字叫"The hush" ，而"sound"是两个觉得可能叫出来会更上口最后才加上的。随着深入，两人觉得“二重唱”没意思，就决定在招两个人组成个“四重唱”，Darren Wilson (drums)、Chris Faller (bass)就是在这种情况下加入的。Faller更是放弃了另外两个乐队的邀请，最后加入The Hush Sound，使得乐队最后完整。“四重唱”（每个人都是歌唱的一份子）两个月后在自己的录音室完成了小样，两个晚上居然卖出了300多张！这引起了Pete Wentz (Fall Out Boy发起人)注意并把他们签下自己旗下Decaydance。随后他们重新发布了那张小样并起名“So Sudden”。2006年乐队发行第二张专辑 “Like Vines”
The Hush Sound提供了一种不同于以往那种单一的饱和rock场景，这种indie-folk-pop-rock风格崩发出充满诡异的吉他即兴片段、振奋的钢琴部分、层次分明的男女重唱。这种风格难以归纳，但却是最原始最充满想像的，影响乐队的范围从Paul Simon到The Shins到The Format……
What began as random jam sessions between friends Bob Morris (guitar) and Greta Salpeter (piano/guitar) eventually grew into the Chicago indie pop quartet the Hush Sound. A classically trained pianist since age three, Salpeter was introduced to Morris by mutual friends when they were in seventh and tenth grade, respectively. The two played together whenever free time would allow, and by winter 2004/2005 they had seriously begun writing songs. Originally called "the Hush" ("Sound" was added later upon discovering a rapper shared their name) the two ultimately decided to expand their acoustic duo to include drums and bass. Morris got in contact with friends from the local Chicago scene, Darren Wilson (drums) and Chris Faller (bass), who were both looking for a new band to play with. Wilson was onboard first, but it wasn't until watching a tape of the trio's first performance that Faller decided to join as well. Impressed by what he saw, Faller quit his other two bands and solidified the Hush Sound's lineup in February 2005.
The quartet (of which all members share vocal duties) hit the studio a month later to record their debut full-length, So Sudden. Self-releasing the record, the band initially sold 300 copies in only two nights, which helped build them a strong local following. Songs on their purevolume page next impressed Pete Wentz (bassist and de facto spokesman for Fall Out Boy), who signed the band to his Fueled by Ramen imprint, Decaydance, in July 2005. So Sudden was then re-released that October. Their sophomore effort, Like Vines, appeared in June 2006, expanding upon the band's sweetly melodic piano-tinkering pop and paving the way for tour dates alongside Panic! at the Disco. The Hush Sound retreated to North Hollywood at the end of 2007 to work on a third studio album, and Goodbye Blues arrived the following spring.