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(We are) Performance. Crucially, we are not diamond wankers. We’re musicians. We met in Manchester three years ago. We wrote our album in Ancoats, East Manchester, in an old cotton mill. Out the window, the new Manchester got closer and closer to us. We watched as the reflective architecture, the penthouses and the sickly bars, began to surround us. We have played our instruments and we have made young sounds.
(We are) Performance. We are two boys and two girls. School-friends Joe Cross and Joe Stretch came to Manchester to talk politics but ended up just fucked, talking too loudly about the power of pop music. Meanwhile, having shared a womb, sisters Laura and Hilary Marsden had learnt to play a dozen instruments and were throwing parties round Manchester, putting on bands, causing others to dance.
(We are) Performance. Two years followed. These years contained many tense, dangerous, wet eyed gigs. There is fun in the north of England. Creativity in Manchester. These years contained numerous addictions and illnesses… We had sex with each other too much. That might be unfair. (We are) Performance. We believe in pop and in spectacle. We don’t really. Joe Stretch wrote a novel, it’s getting published next year. Laura publishes a sexually hostile fanzine called Too Much Information. Joe Cross is Manchester’s greatest re-mixer, re-working fellow Mancunians The Whip, The KBC, Daggers. Fun is for others.
(We are) Performance. We are two boys and two girls. School-friends Joe Cross and Joe Stretch came to Manchester to talk politics but ended up just fucked, talking too loudly about the power of pop music. Meanwhile, having shared a womb, sisters Laura and Hilary Marsden had learnt to play a dozen instruments and were throwing parties round Manchester, putting on bands, causing others to dance.
(We are) Performance. Two years followed. These years contained many tense, dangerous, wet eyed gigs. There is fun in the north of England. Creativity in Manchester. These years contained numerous addictions and illnesses… We had sex with each other too much. That might be unfair. (We are) Performance. We believe in pop and in spectacle. We don’t really. Joe Stretch wrote a novel, it’s getting published next year. Laura publishes a sexually hostile fanzine called Too Much Information. Joe Cross is Manchester’s greatest re-mixer, re-working fellow Mancunians The Whip, The KBC, Daggers. Fun is for others.
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Slimmerd wrote:
Love it!
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MrSeraphic wrote:
i need a short sharp shock...you're my electric chair...
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MrSeraphic wrote:
great band :o
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Smileisgone wrote:
great
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Schayzelden wrote:
Average. Which is worse than bad.
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Ilovesunrise69 wrote:
GREAT MUSIC!!!!=)
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Kathariienchen wrote:
they're great. ^^
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OmfgAaarghh wrote:
lovely band :) was surprised at how little scrobbles they have :\
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deborah_carne wrote:
the group for (We are) Performance fans was created. http://www.last.fm/group/(We+Are)+Performance <-- yes, this is link :D
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vicky982 wrote:
i love this band so much, im trying to find where to buy the album from, the link on here doesnt work, and no where else seems to stock it. any help from anyone?
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Krekwau wrote:
perfect :)
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Twitcheicht wrote:
La mermelada.-
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MR_TRDMY wrote:
GREAT! Magnificent! I hope you'll visit Kiev! :)
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thesaintcyr wrote:
let s go newwave
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xandmatt wrote:
There's no song they've done I've not fallen for.
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hanihihi wrote:
great! love
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Machiventa wrote:
I demand a new album now! The new tracks they've been releasing are awesome!!
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moloki-star wrote:
new rave=shit.....it`s not new rave
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lakorony wrote:
NURAVE gogogo!
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AsthrayHeart wrote:
awesomeeee.
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