Mikey Collins Hoick

LP includes download code. Hoick is the solo album from Allo Darlin drummer Mikey Collins, who combines his love of solid grooves and joyous harmonies to create a fun and sonically varied record. Mikey played most of the instruments and mixed the record himself, with some assistance from Laura Kovic (Tigercats) on vocals and fellow Allo Darlin' member Paul Rains on lead guitar. Mikey draws on influences as far flung as Dexy's, Bruce Springsteen, Night Works & Father John Misty. The last few years were a conveyor belt of change as he; got married, had a child, bought a house, moved from London to the Kent coast and opened Big Jelly Studios. The record journeys through these changes but has its roots firmly grounded in his new seaside habitat. This is evident in songs such as as Falling, which is about proposing to his wife to Pinata, a song about handing over your heart, wrapping it in a pinata and giving someone the bat (in a humorous way). "Side by Side" is a reflection on having