The Peoples’ Party presents Handsome Furs Live in Hong Kong at Rockschool, 4th-Aug-2010 [Ticket Available Now]
Details:When we talk to our lovely regular gig goers, there’s one show that consistently gets brought up as a front runner for ‘gig of last year’: Montreal’s Handsome Furs. Their debut performance with us last September has gone down in local show folklore, and judging by the ear-to-ear grins of the departing crowd that faithful eve, it was clear we all wanted more.
How wonderful it is then that the band were as enamored with Hong Kong as the audience were with them. We wanted them back, they wanted to come back. Everybody wins.
Bio time:
There isn’t a couple in indie rock that exudes more musical passion and sexual energy than Dan Boeckner and Alexei Perry – and their’s is a refreshingly uplifting love story of boy meets girl. Dan, whilst performing with his other band (as frontman of indie heroes Wolf Parade) locked eyes with a bewitching girl in the audience during a gig in Vancouver, Canada. That girl was short-story writer Alexei and by the end of the night, the two were kissing by the merch-table. Awww.
Planning a romantic vacation around Scandinavia, they had a flash of inspiration: why not make sweet music together, form a band and make a tour out of it? And so it was, that the fruit of their labour, Handsome Furs (named after one of Perry’s short stories) was born.
The thing is, the shows turned out to be a great success, and earned them rave reviews everywhere they performed. The couple recorded some songs upon their return home and the buzz around the duo went into overdrive. In no time, they were snapped up by the legendary Sub Pop label – home to the likes of Nirvana, CSS, The Postal Service and Foals amongst others.
Mixed by Arlen Thompson (Wolf Parade, Arcade Fire) their debut LP Plague Park (inspired by their first Scandinavian tour) was released in 2007 to much critical acclaim, and 2009’s follow up Face Control (inspired by an extended Eastern Europe tour) has seen the couple cement themselves as purveyors of essential dance rock.
These are songs about contemporary life’s weighty issues. Themes of lust, love and mournful heartbreak paint the picture of the common man at the bottom of the 21st century – part desperate romantic, part enemy of the state. Struck by the perseverance and resilience of the residents of the places they visited, especially in Russia, the group manage to create thumping synth-powered anthems which make emotional pain sound heroic.
Musically, they’re fast and upbeat. Think a seductive mix of Beck-esque vocals, skuzzy guitars and pulsing beats – creating a plague of gritty, sweaty danceable rock. Their sonic heritage can be referenced from the likes of the Velvet Underground, Joy Division and Suicide, though the Handsome Furs’ unique live delivery is what sets them apart from all others.
Live, the couple are unrelenting in their raucous energy, and their on stage presence is electric. Dan and Alexei pour their souls into the music, and each other, making for an explosive chemistry unrivaled in its raw, magnetic and infectious intensity. A performance guaranteed to leave you feeling inspired, passionate, lustful and utterly human.
So if you missed them first time round (or just are in need of that HF fix), here’s your chance to witness the unadulterated glory of Handsome Furs, live in Hong Kong. Ask your friends, they know what we’re talking about.
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Details:
The Peoples’ Party Presents:
Handsome Furs
+ priest/rogue
Aug 4th @ ROCKSCHOOL
8pm
Tickets – Adv. $150, Door $200
Available July 30th from:
ROCKSCHOOL – 2/f, 21-25 Luard Road, Wan Chai
White Noise Records – Rm 1901, 19/F Workingview Commerical bldg, 21 Yiu Wa Street Causeway Bay
2007年組成的自蒙特利爾二人電子搖滾組合Handsome Furs, 去年於SXSW, Pinkpop 音樂節等舞台大放異彩, 一眾睇騷常客一致讚好, 口碑被美譽為年度最佳演唱會, 繼去年9月樂隊首度來港演出令本地樂迷大開眼界, 聽到本地樂迷encore呼聲不絕, The Peoples’ Party再次邀請炙手可熱的「漂亮皮草」再臨香江演出一場, 上次錯過了的朋友, 請你在日程表上圈起8月4日的日子, 親身感受Handsome Furs 的精彩演出。
一男一女的 「band 底」屢見不鮮, 背後有段愛情故事就不其然令人留下多幾分印象。主音兼結他手Dan Boeckner 與專責synthesizers 的女友Alexei Perry就是在一場band show結下不解緣。當時Dan 是獨立樂隊Wolf Parade的主音, 任職散文作家的Alexei 在台下欣賞演出, 完場後二人火速撘上, 不久更結伴遊歷北歐, 兩人互相傾慕而且惺惺相惜, 最後更以Alexis筆下同名之作 Handsome Furs為名, 組成了羨煞旁人的情侶檔, 被大廠Sub Pop Label (Nirvana / CSS/ The Postal Service / Foals)垂青, 出道同年隨即推出首張LP Plague Park廣受好評。
音樂風格受Velvet Underground, Joy Division 以及Suicide等影響, Handsome Furs的音樂總帶點叛逆不羁的微燙, 歌曲主題與21世紀現代頹靡生活絲絲入扣, 受到一眾年青人追捧。他們的現場演繹更是毫無保留的力量綻放, 帶點抗爭性的爆炸性加上二人如魚得水的默契, 每一場演出都給樂迷帶來最大的官能刺激, 電味甚重的Upbeat Synth- rhythms使人情緒直線向上, 台上台下持續亢奮至沸點。去年9月與我們同在的你們, 告訴你的朋友Handsome Furs 是何方神聖。
The Peoples’ Party再度呈獻
Handsome Furs
+ priest/rogue
2010年8月4日(三)
晚上8時
灣仔盧押道23號2樓ROCKSCHOOL
票價預售港幣150; 即場港幣200 (包一杯飲品)
門票由7月25日起於ROCKSCHOOL 及White Noise Records有售。
票務及查詢: 傳媒查詢及票務查詢:info@thepeoplesparty.tv
Handsome Furs MySpace
http://www.myspace.com/handsomefurs