IT'S A WORLD OF LOVE & HOPE

The Flat Five is a Chicago-based vocal super-group with Kelly Hogan, Nora O'Connor, Scott Ligon, Casey McDonough, & Alex Hall - five in-demand musicians who individually spend their time touring and recording with Neko Case, NRBQ, The Decemberists, Andrew Bird, Mavis Staples, Iron and Wine, Jakob Dylan, Robbie Fulks, JD McPherson, Alejandro Escovedo, The New Pornographers, and many more. Yet, for over ten years these five harmony junkies have come together over and over again in their scant downtime to make music as The Flat Five, exploring all kinds of vocal music together, just for the sheer joy and fun of singing together. The band's long-awaited debut, It's a World of Love and Hope, is 12 irresistibly catchy, instantly hummable, and sweetly twisted pop songs written by Chicago's own genius oddball songwriter Chris Ligon. It is a world of love and hope... we insist! "Their voices blend into truly lovely harmonies, and they have a knack for picking the sort of terrific tunes that a die-hard record collector loves." Robert Loerzel, Underground Bee .