NPR.ORG: Hanson, With An Orchestra? Hanson, With An Orchestra!

Sep 13, 2018 | HANSON

Hanson hit a bunch of major milestones last year: It marked its 25th anniversary as a band, as well as the 20th anniversary of its eternal hit "MMMBop," and it became the first (and, so far, only) artist ever to perform two Tiny Desk concerts in one day.

Now that it's officially in its second quarter-century — and, one hopes, long past having to remind people that it's been a terrific and criminally underrated band since the beginning — Hanson is attempting to one-up itself with the Nov. 9 release of a double-album called String Theory. The concept: Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson revisit their catalog, and perform new and/or previously unreleased songs, while backed by a symphony orchestra. (The pieces are arranged by Oscar winner and composer David Campbell, a.k.a. Beck's dad.)

The band will tour North America this fall — accompanied by an assortment of local orchestras, including the National Symphony Orchestra — but in the meantime, you can watch Hanson perform the simultaneously hooky and haunting "Siren Call" on this page.

For full article and "Siren Call" video, click here.

Forum Comments

Thank you for sharing. So incredibly beautiful! 

Posted Sep 13, 2018   07:19:54 PM

KTown

Kirsten Slaney / Sarnia, On, CA

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*mindblown*  It sounds amazing!! 

Posted Sep 13, 2018   07:00:01 PM

It's amazing

Posted Sep 13, 2018   07:30:13 PM

" criminally underrated " is the best definition I have heard of Hanson. very, very true

Posted Sep 14, 2018   05:49:54 AM

Love it

Posted Sep 14, 2018   09:37:38 PM

<3 

This is everything!

Posted Sep 20, 2018   03:24:25 PM

adixler

Andie Dixler / Studio City, CA, US

NPR & Hanson are basically my two favorite things 

Posted Oct 21, 2018   01:16:21 PM

TalitaRocha

Tálita Rocha / São Caetano do Sul, São Paulo, BR

I love it! :) 

Posted Jan 22, 2019   07:15:54 AM

Ashley1984

Ashley Pesek / Tacoma, Washington, US

U know It's amazing I mean DUH!!!

Posted Mar 17, 2022   12:27:41 AM

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