Hello Dragon is Chris Zerby and Julie Chadwick
(Helicopter helicopter - Initial Records) with drummer Sean Burgess, bassist Michael Eisenstein (Letters to Cleo / Kay Hanley) and newest addition, keyboardist Jeremy Wilkins (allegra gellar).
http://www.hellodragonmusic.com
http://www.hellodragon.bandcamp.com
Press:
"Hello Dragon’s first full-length record is a collection of songs about trying to grasp the awe-inspiring magnitude of the world around us; about staring down the wonderful and horrible mysteries of science and nature without the crutch of some vaguely reassuring doctrine wholly ungrounded in fact…also known as religion. It’s about what we try and mostly fail to explain. And there’s nobody better suited to tackle this subject matter than Chris Zerby. In an article written about Helicopter Helicopter, a band in which Zerby shared guitar, vocal, and writing duties with wife and Hello Dragon band mate Julie Chadwick, he was actually referred to as the voice of his generation. This is a ridiculous exaggeration to be sure, but what makes it so preposterous is it gives the rest of his generation far too much credit."
--matt barber, last fm
"a fission of spacey rock and melodic indie pop laced with boy/girl harmonies, Hello Dragon's Quantum Explorers is a shiny and sun-glinted collection of oddball gems—under the acoustic/electric guitar interplay, reaching vocals and propellant rhythms are a cycle of lyrics circling subjects as disparate as Los Angeles, cryptozoology, and quantum physics"
-- web in front
"The most distinct element on The Quantum Explorers from Hello Dragon is apparent from the very first lyric of the album, "Smoked crack with a princess at the end of the world…"The mix of epic and mundane, sacred and profane, pervades the entire album; with titles like "Millions of Terrible Moths," "Good Cops and Coke Fiends" and "Stephen Hawking," who could expect anything else"
-- amplifier
"... Los Angeles quartet Hello Dragon are stickier than Velcro -- slightly spaced-out pop anthems that reflect the band's stated fascination with "animal rights, quantum mechanics, El Chupacabra, vacuum tubes and cheap-sounding synthesizers." There's even a tuneful nod to "Stephen Hawking."
-- Kevin Bronson - LATIMES
"... the music pulls you in right away and makes you want to stay for melodic guitar hooks and remarkably creative lyrics linking rats in palm trees, Machu Picchu, El Chupacabra, Stephen Hawking and other unexpected things to life and love in Los Angeles."
--Pasadena Weekly
"Hello Dragon's first full-length record is a collection of songs about trying to grasp the awe-inspiring magnitude of the world around us; about staring down the wonderful and horrible mysteries of science and nature without the crutch of some vaguely reassuring doctrine wholly ungrounded in fact…also known as religion. It's about what we try and mostly fail to explain..."
- last fm
"Hello Dragon's debut The Quantum Explorers is easily the sleeper pop album of the decade. It's the perfect L.A.-via-Boston flashback fascination, as if Fort Apache crash landed onto Silver Lake..."
- LA Underground
