Hooks for Hands to perform at Orpheum

The Sioux Falls band We All Have Hooks for Hands knows how to throw a party.

Be it a "stage party," the term they use to describe their full sound at shows, or a house party, their love of a good time powers their music.

Their third recording effort, an EP titled "Girls," will be released before their April 15 show at the Orpheum Theater in Sioux Falls, and will be available to download for free through the Afternoon Records website.

After "trying too hard" to earn a record deal with their previous projects, Hooks was supposed to be a group focused on playing "happy pop tunes," which resulted in an unexpected recording contract.

The five-song "Girls" got its name from the girl choir featured on nearly every track of the album and is playfully satirical in its portrayal of relationships between men and women, stating that "we all love girls, but girls just like flowers and booze."

"We didn't know what we were doing when we first started recording," drummer  Isaac Show said. "We still record by ourselves, but we've gotten better at it. A lot better."

"I like the indie feel of their music," fan Kathy Kroeger, a freshman at South Dakota State University, said. "I discovered them on Facebook a couple months ago. My favorite song is ‘The Man Trying to Outfox Us All.'"

The group, founded in 2005, has been busy the past few years. After signing to the label Afternoon Records in 2007 and completing their second full-length album "The Shape of Energy" in 2009, Hooks set out on a national tour, stopping in cities such as Portland, Seattle, Chicago and many more.

In today's rapidly changing music industry fueled by Internet promotion and digital downloads, Hooks is doing what it can to get ahead.

"Bands don't have to constantly tour like they used to in order to get themselves out there," vocalist and guitarist Eli Show said on the subject of any upcoming tours. "We might head out for a weekend show somewhere, but touring isn't a priority. We're trying to adapt to the system, or at least figure out what the system is."

What's being in a band like for the brothers Show?

"We argue a lot," Isaac Show said with a laugh.

"But we've been playing together for so long we're used to it, and most of the other members know how to handle it by now," Eli Show added.

Hooks members do not make their living solely with music, most are members of the work force. Isaac, for example, works at Ernie November's. But, you can still expect more from the band, who is already working on music for a new album.

If the band's luminous sound and laid-back nature are a testament to anything, it's that the April show is a guaranteed good time.

The band is cited as saying, "We love everyone and the party's at our place."