Музыка и песни It Hugs Back / It Hugs Back на CD

Fourth album of widescreen cinematic pop record from England's cosmic lo-fi quartet IT HUGS BACK. Led by the intricate songwriting and guitar of Matthew Simms , steering clear of standard structures and tunings by tackling his love for an ever-increasing range of music head on, working with Jack Theedom (keyboards & vocals), Paul Michael (bass) and Will Blackaby (drums), together they have created their own dream world of sound that is both new and wonderful. Repetitive, rhythmic patterns are the foundation to the record. Add multiple, interweaving layers of 12 string guitar, mellotron strings & analogue synthesisers and developed intricate mass vocal harmonies before sending the whole lot through their vast collection of old tape delays and phasers - set to slow! Record Label: Safe And Sound Style: Independent

The members of It Hugs Back have now spent half of their lives making music together. In 2009 the band released their first album "Inside Your Guitar', recorded 4 BBC Sessions, and toured heavily throughout Europe. Since then the band have gone on to fill their time with an array of ventures, most noteably guitarist & singer Matthew Simms joining the highly influential art rock band Wire. In the summer of 2010, the band started to regroup and record more regularly, initially not with the specific intention of making a new record, yet as the sound of the band evolved during many hours of creative improvisation, their second album almost created itself. It's clear that the focus of this band is in the detail - from the layered noises and textures created over months of hard work together, to the distinctively thick vocal harmonies added to the sound, the desire to produce a record that can be played repeatedly yet encourages the listener to discover something new each time is at the for Record Label: Safe And Sound Style: Independent

Recommended Record" - as a title, it's a confident statement for the band's third album, their most accomplished, instant and joyful so far; a side-step from the freewheeling jams of their previous release, leaping headlong into a more concentrated pop-group sensibility whilst still maintaining the twists, turns and swerves that characterise the bands sonic adventures. Following the release of "Laughing Party", the band took time off while singer & guitarist Matthew Simms was recording a new album with his "other" band, the historic and influential WIRE. Reconvening IT HUGS BACK in the summer with a collection of new songs at the ready, it quickly became apparent to the band that they had struck upon a new sound and direction, resembling NIRVANA playing STEELY DAN. Whilst the distinctive hushed vocals and intricate guitar interplay that have become the unmistakable IT HUGS BACK identity remain intact, a fantastic convergence and melding of new influences has emerged; from the pounding garage rock of "Go Magic!", to the Beatles-y groove of "Lower", to the almost KRAFTWERK-with-guitars style of "Piano Drone", displaying little trace of the homemade, zero budget recording process Record Label: Safe And Sound Style: Independent