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The History of Performance
Like all great civilisations, the history of Performance contains blood, love, disease and a great amount of dancing. Record deals and members come and go, but Performance remain. As sure as eggs are eggs, these childhood friends come together every couple of years, only to be torn apart by inter-band romance (2005), drugs (2003), mental illness (2006), an international book deal (2007). It’s a wonder they can even wipe the tears from their eyes each morning. But, in actual fact, they’re fairly cheerful. They’re drawn to each other, like relatives to a funeral. They enjoy the misery and the ecstasy of english pop.
Since releasing their debut album ‘(we are) Performance’ in 2007, the band have been elsewhere. Joe Stretch is an internationally published novelist. He published his debut novel ‘Friction’ (Vintage/Random House) in 2008 and his second, ‘Wildlife’ (Vintage/Random House), in 2009. He is currently working on his third, provisionally titled, ‘One Hit Wonder’.
Joe Cross and Laura Marsden, meanwhile, founded the band Kiss in Cities and are working towards the completion of a debut album. There’ll be a single out by the end of the year. Joe Cross has been working as a producer/songwriter, helping to develop, among others, Hurts (Sony).
Over the past two years they have convened periodically to write and record the second Performance album, ‘Unconsoled’. The process was, as ever, a little dramatic. But the results were decent and, having secured a record deal, Performance are exiting their unfortunate lives in order to tweak the nose of the mainstream, after which, no doubt, they will auto-annihilate gleefully and return to their downbeat lives in the suburbs and centre of Manchester.
Like all great civilisations, the history of Performance contains blood, love, disease and a great amount of dancing. Record deals and members come and go, but Performance remain. As sure as eggs are eggs, these childhood friends come together every couple of years, only to be torn apart by inter-band romance (2005), drugs (2003), mental illness (2006), an international book deal (2007). It’s a wonder they can even wipe the tears from their eyes each morning. But, in actual fact, they’re fairly cheerful. They’re drawn to each other, like relatives to a funeral. They enjoy the misery and the ecstasy of english pop.
Since releasing their debut album ‘(we are) Performance’ in 2007, the band have been elsewhere. Joe Stretch is an internationally published novelist. He published his debut novel ‘Friction’ (Vintage/Random House) in 2008 and his second, ‘Wildlife’ (Vintage/Random House), in 2009. He is currently working on his third, provisionally titled, ‘One Hit Wonder’.
Joe Cross and Laura Marsden, meanwhile, founded the band Kiss in Cities and are working towards the completion of a debut album. There’ll be a single out by the end of the year. Joe Cross has been working as a producer/songwriter, helping to develop, among others, Hurts (Sony).
Over the past two years they have convened periodically to write and record the second Performance album, ‘Unconsoled’. The process was, as ever, a little dramatic. But the results were decent and, having secured a record deal, Performance are exiting their unfortunate lives in order to tweak the nose of the mainstream, after which, no doubt, they will auto-annihilate gleefully and return to their downbeat lives in the suburbs and centre of Manchester.
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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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The History of Performance
10 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/weareperformance
The History of PerformanceLike all great civilisations, the history of Performance
contains blood, love, disease and a great amount of dancing. Record deals and
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10 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/weareperformance -
10 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/weareperformance -
10 Nov 2009 | from blog.myspace.com/weareperformance
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