Hands Announce April Echo Residency Presented By 98.7 FM
Stream Hands Remix Of White Arrows' "Roll Forever"
Debut Album Synesthesia Out April 30 On Kill Rock Stars
Debut Album Synesthesia Out April 30 On Kill Rock Stars
Listen: White Arrows' "Roll Forever" via Buzzbands LA or SoundCloud
Download: "Trouble" via Stereogum
Hot on the heels of a successful trip to SXSW, where ABC News
included the quartet in their feature on "7 Emerging Artists On The
Rise" Hands is pleased to announce their April Residency at Los
Angeles' The Echo. The band will be playing shows in support of their
debut full length, Synesthesia, due April 30 via Kill Rock
Stars. The residency is presented by 98.7 FM and will take place every
Monday in April. Additionally the band just released a remix of White
Arrows' "Roll Forever." You can listen to the track at BuzzbandsLA or via SoundCloud. Synesthesia is now available for pre-order. All upcoming shows are listed below.
Hands
makes music like a rip tide, swirling in overlapping loops and riffs,
slowly enveloping you. The group's members - Geoff Halliday, Ryan
Sweeney, Sean Hess and Alex Staniloff - craft their hypnotic sound from
a single dropping note that builds into a reverberating roar that
crashes over you like a wave. It's a mesmerizing trick that they pull
off on their debut LP, Synesthesia. Songs like "Videolove" and "Trouble"
show Hands' innate ability to blend instruments and electronics into a
deep texture that moves ethereally through genres. Hands moves from
rock to synth-pop to skyrocketing stadium anthem, often within the same
song. The interplay of Sweeney's esoteric guitar riffs, Hess' technical
tempos, Staniloff's thumping bass and Halliday's soaring vocals and
affected keyboards help Hands build a dynamic atmosphere, where a
lesser band would only manage empty atmospherics.
A
relative newcomer to the LA scene, Hands began as a two-piece from
Philadelphia before Halliday and Sweeney headed west and added the low
and thump of Hess and Staniloff. The band made a mark on the scene
immediately, quickly playing packed shows across the country including
stops at SXSW, CMJ and Deluna Fest, headlining Echo Park Rising, sessions with Daytrotter, and a west coast jaunt with Maps and Atlases.
Hands' ability to win over fans with their feverish live show and
dance-party-ready sound has already earned them opening spots for the
likes of Deerhoof, DeVotchKa, Foster the People and Kimbra as well as playing shows to sold out crowds at venues across LA.
For now, Hands' graceful and danceable indie rock is still under the radar, as evidenced by their spot in TIME Magazine's 11 Bands You Don't Know (But Should) List,
but they are quickly rising to the surface, bringing their melodies and
thumping beats with them. Over the past year, Hands has built a devoted
following for their evolving palette of sounds, soaring melodies, and
complex looping song structures. With overwhelming responses to first
listens of the record and Hands hitting the road for most of 2013,
surely this is the year that Hands will start to make waves.
HANDS RESIDENCY PRESENTED BY 98.7
April 1 @ The Echo
9pm The Chances
10pm Mayan Jefferson
11pm Hands
12pm DJ Set by Aaron Castle
April 8 @ The Echoplex
DJ Sets by Paul Tao/IAMSound
9pm LA Font
10pm Cuckoo Chaos
11pm Hands
12pm Touche'
April 15 @ The Echo
9pm Hott MT
10pm Casual Knowledge
11pm Hands
12pm DJ Set by 98.7's JJ Corsini
April 22 co-presented by BUZZBANDSLA @ The Echo
DJ Sets by Buzzbands LA
9pm Body Parts
10pm Caught a Ghost
11pm Hands
12pm KCRW DJ Valida
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