Hillside were a band from the city of Münster, active from 1999 to somewhere around 2005. Its members had previously only played in high school bands; vocalist Hans recalls wanting to play in an emo band (he even applied to play guitar in Reno Kid). Hillside played emo pop with a great deal of influence taken from midwest emo.
Their first release is rough but promising, and features that midwest emo influence more heavily than their subsequent work. Their only album, You And Me, Baby (the memorable cover is based on this photograph) is a great bit of emo pop in vein of Jimmy Eat World or fellow German natives Dear Diary. Album opener 'Skip This Lesson' is my personal favorite and indicative of the album as a whole; it's got some killer hooks. These guys were catchy and well-polished, and it's a shame they didn't release more material. I would have liked to hear them take a shot at a follow up (more recently, Hans is part of the excellent emogaze outfit Entropy).
The band only has two releases and one compilation track: the 1999 7" rise and shine. drink on me. nearly winter, the 2003 album, and in between a demo version of one of the album songs on the 2001 Fireworks Anatomy compilation.
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