Artist.......: Algiers
Album........: Album de la Semaine
Label........: Matador
Genre........: Indie
Catnr........: n/a
Source.......: DVBS
Rip.date.....: 2015-06-02
Str.date.....: 2015-05-00
Quality......: 241kbps/48.0kHz/Joint Stereo
Url..........: http://algierstheband.com/
track title time
1. Album de la Semaine 16:00
* Claudette
* And When You Fall
* Remains
* But She Was Not Flying
Runtime 16:00
Size 27.64
Release Notes:
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Algiers are a politically conscious indie rock trio who combine elements of
post-punk and no wave with blues, gospel and even early industrial music. They
are based in New York City and London, England. The band came together in 2009
in Atlanta, Georgia when guitarist Lee Tesche and bassist Ryan Mahan, both
members of the city's thriving underground rock and noise scenes, encountered
vocalist and guitarist Franklin James Fisher, whose own musical roots were in
the grand black gospel tradition of the Deep South, the soul-blues of Nina
Simone, and angular funk. All of its members play percussion and keyboards, and
do drum programming. Their songs actively engage in cultural critique by
commenting on traditions in political, social, and religious realms.
The trio began rehearsing and playing shows together, combining their various
influences and coming up with a hybrid sound of their own that also included
dub, punk, and Afro-funk. Though all three went to various schools overseas,
they stayed in touch via email, and worked together over the internet to dicuss
music, influences and politics.
Their first single, Blood," was recorded in studios in London and New York, and
released in 2012 in a limited pressing of 500 copies. It sold out quickly and
the band drew critical notice for high-energy live performances, as their unique
hybrid sound.
A second single, "Claudette," was tracked over the next couple of years and
appeared in 2013. Matador discovered the band through its website and signed
them in January of 2014. In April they went to work on their debut full-length.
Mahan and Tesche lived in London, and Fischer resided in New York. He traveled
to the U.K., and with British producer and engineer Tom Morris, the trio
completed the set at 4AD's studios. The self-titled album included newly
recorded versions of their first two singles; it was advanced by the tracks "But
She Was Not Flying," and "Black Eunuch." The completed album was issued in June
of 2015.
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