Citizens! , Young Dreams and Razika
The Lexington
Thursday 23 February 2012
The LexingtonThursday 23 February 2012
Citizens! , Young Dreams and Razika
Citizens!, Razika and Young Dreams
96-98 Pentonville Road
London N1 9JB
United Kingdom
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London N1 9JB
United Kingdom
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Tel: +44.(0)20 7837 5371
Web: www.thelexington.co.uk
CITIZENS!
CITIZENS! met, tragically, at a house party. Lawrence was trying to chat up the host, Tom was there trying to impress a date. They both failed miserably. But Tom did walk in on Lawrence and Mike sitting, drunk, and, alone, listening to music. They foolishly decided to form a band. So, thanks to a couple of providential female rejections CITIZENS! came into existence.
They treated recording like a game, an experiment. They asked questions that other bands weren’t asking, and mixed elements they hadn’t heard mixed before. Most importantly they wouldn’t allow themselves to mimic any particular moment from decades past. Instead of REVIVALISM, they stand for ECLECTICISM.
YOUNG DREAMS
Fusing Tropicália, psychedelic rock, classical, symphonic arrangements and traditional pop recalling the classic sounds of Brian Wilson and Phil Spector, Young Dreams both adheres to and upends the conventional definitions of pop music, creating a sound that’s at once refreshingly familiar and daringly unique. After uploading three tracks on their Facebook page November 2010 the band quickly received an overwhelming response from both national and international music press and blogs. Animal Collective will be the kneejerk comparison – though Young Dreams has only heard a few of the band’s songs – but the band’s influences go deeper than those of their Brooklyn peers.
www.youngdreams.com
RAZIKA
Few bands can make you instantly recall your favorite summer. Your first kiss. The first time you snuck out of the house. In Bergen, Norway, Razika, comprised of four precocious 19-year-old girls, have discovered how to conjure these emotions, channeling a mix of innocence and rebellion, romance and heartbreak, and gift-giving and gun-slinging into their debut album ’Program 91’ (Smalltown Supersound). The album is a glorious contradiction; an exhilarating mix of ska, Riot Grrl, 60s girl groups, post-punk and upbeat, C86 pop that would make Phil Spector, The Specials and The Raincoats proud.
www.myspace.com/razika
Tickets for this show are priced at £6 and are on sale now from the following links:
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=489423
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/152823
http://www.seetickets.com/Event/CITIZENS-YOUNG-DREAMS-RAZIKA/The-Lexington/613815
CITIZENS! met, tragically, at a house party. Lawrence was trying to chat up the host, Tom was there trying to impress a date. They both failed miserably. But Tom did walk in on Lawrence and Mike sitting, drunk, and, alone, listening to music. They foolishly decided to form a band. So, thanks to a couple of providential female rejections CITIZENS! came into existence.
They treated recording like a game, an experiment. They asked questions that other bands weren’t asking, and mixed elements they hadn’t heard mixed before. Most importantly they wouldn’t allow themselves to mimic any particular moment from decades past. Instead of REVIVALISM, they stand for ECLECTICISM.
YOUNG DREAMS
Fusing Tropicália, psychedelic rock, classical, symphonic arrangements and traditional pop recalling the classic sounds of Brian Wilson and Phil Spector, Young Dreams both adheres to and upends the conventional definitions of pop music, creating a sound that’s at once refreshingly familiar and daringly unique. After uploading three tracks on their Facebook page November 2010 the band quickly received an overwhelming response from both national and international music press and blogs. Animal Collective will be the kneejerk comparison – though Young Dreams has only heard a few of the band’s songs – but the band’s influences go deeper than those of their Brooklyn peers.
www.youngdreams.com
RAZIKA
Few bands can make you instantly recall your favorite summer. Your first kiss. The first time you snuck out of the house. In Bergen, Norway, Razika, comprised of four precocious 19-year-old girls, have discovered how to conjure these emotions, channeling a mix of innocence and rebellion, romance and heartbreak, and gift-giving and gun-slinging into their debut album ’Program 91’ (Smalltown Supersound). The album is a glorious contradiction; an exhilarating mix of ska, Riot Grrl, 60s girl groups, post-punk and upbeat, C86 pop that would make Phil Spector, The Specials and The Raincoats proud.
www.myspace.com/razika
Tickets for this show are priced at £6 and are on sale now from the following links:
http://www.ticketweb.co.uk/user/?region=gb_london&query=detail&event=489423
http://www.wegottickets.com/event/152823
http://www.seetickets.com/Event/CITIZENS-YOUNG-DREAMS-RAZIKA/The-Lexington/613815
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