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Brooklyn NY, United States (2003 – present)

Free Blood in a concrete room with no windows in the sweltering summer of 2003. The group is based in Brooklyn, New York.

The concept was simple: A soundtrack for parties gone awry.

Music to fuel awkward sexual dalliances, desperate yelled misunderstandings on the dance floor, toilets over-flowing with the night’s collective regurgitation, lonesome midnight ramblings, hair-brained (possibly illegal) parlour games, stereo components fried by heat and moisture, backyard furniture bonfires, power outages, mass hallucination, etc.

The instrumentation was kept to a minimum intentionally (two microphones, bass guitar and mechanical drums) so that the group could fit into any cramped corner, with an easy getaway in case the authorities (or audience, even) took issue with the noise. Free Blood began playing smaller venues and house parties around the Brooklyn and Manhattan boroughs, usually lugging their own PA to the gig so that the ear-splitting volume they were accustomed to in the practice space could be replicated. These performances were designed to leave the audience deaf, dumb and blind…and perhaps with smiles on their faces.

Since their inception they have shared the stage (and floor) with a variety of groups (Melt Banana, Suicide, Jamie Lidell, TV On The Radio), only leaving the State of New York once for a brief four-day tour in Japan. The first three years saw Free Blood as strictly a live phenomenon whose appearances were erratic and ridden with chaos.
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  • kidoriginal

    Doesn't seem like their sound has changed much considering the new line-up, sounding good!

    February 2012
  • __artstar

    Been waiting for a new song since 2008 or 2009.

    December 2011
  • chicknwangs

    ugh, just heard one of their songs in a fucking walmart commercial

    June 2011
  • kidoriginal

    Need a full length release

    May 2011
  • indie_demigod

    AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH so awesome. [2] New songs/album please!!!

    March 2011
  • gri99

    super!!!!!!

    March 2011
  • BlockJuice

    This is so obscure that I liked it after finding it from 127 hours, and I'm still arguably hipster for listening to it.

    March 2011
  • mouwaaah

    I love ur sound :D

    March 2011
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Free Blood vinyl available here

5 Jun 2008 | from blog.myspace.com/freeblood

Our records - featuring Never Hear Surf Music, Quick and Painful, Royal Family and Grumpy, as well as exclusive remixes from Hot Chip, Found and ACTH - are available for you now. Email …

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