Before you read this you must know something - for every action, there is a reaction, for every ying a yang and in the fuzzy world of pop saturated chart music, These New Puritans are definitely the re-action. And what a reaction it is. These New Puritans, consisting of twin brothers Jack and George Barnett, Sophie Sleigh-Johnson and Thomas Hein, have quietly been creating the ice-coolest angular electronica tinged sounds in deepest Southend and now have begun to unleash them into the mainstream.These New Puritans inhabit a world of distopian idealism and unbounded musical intelligence both of which are perfectly encapsulated in what 'director' Jack Barnett terms their "pop song", Elvis.Beginning with pounding, overdriven Bass that ominously leads you into Jack’s forthright estuary vocal before breaking out into George’s relentless hi-hat blistered drums and wired laptop melodics, Elvis isn’t so much a tour-de-force as an explosive war between My Bloody Valentine and Giorgio Moroder.The flip-side 'fff' illustrates These New Puritans' eclectic side as frenzied layers of drumming combine with samples of trains, Timbaland-esque thuds and fugue chanting.
Set to Release their debut album Beat Pyramid on January 28th TheseNew Puritans will usher in 2008 with more intense live shows, including the Feb 14th NME Brats Tour at London Astoria, and a secret show held in a London Theatre - both of which are bound to be exhilarating and paralyzing in equal measure.
January (with British Sea Power) Sat 26 Jan 2008 Glasgow, The Arches (British Sea Power Support) Sun 27 Jan 2008 Manchester, Academy 2 (British Sea Power Support) Mon 28 Jan 2008 Oxford, Academy (British Sea Power Support) Tue 29 Jan 2008 Brighton, Komedia (British Sea Power Support) Thu 31 Jan 2008 London, KoKo (British Sea Power Support)
February
Mon 11 Feb 2008 London, Club Durr Tue 12 Feb 2008 Manchester, Night & Day Wed 13 Feb 2008 York, Certificate 18 Sat 16 Feb 2008 London, Astoria - NME Brats Tue 19 Feb 2008 Dublin, Crawdaddy Sat 23 Feb 2008 Middlesbrough, The Empire