brocco Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 We've been trying to bring LA's premier noiseniks HEALTH to for Sheffield to aaages, and now, at last, we have. This promises to be one of the gigs of the year - their new record is so good I'm actually frightened. And live, they completely slay. Let's give them a warm Yorkshire welcome! --- HEALTH http://www.myspace.com/healthmusic On September 7th 2009, HEALTH answer the call and return with their second album GET COLOR (their first one for CITY SLANG). Recorded in an especially gnarly part of Lincoln Heights, L.A., GET COLOR is an exuberant proclamation of noise, rock and electronic splendor. The record is a celebration of sound; pretty, harsh, soft and basked in a blanket of ethereal vocals. GET COLOR is the manifesto HEALTH have been promising since their inception. HEALTH are the new frontier of noise rock. Formed in 2005, HEALTH self-recorded their debut album over the course of 9 months at Los Angeles D.I.Y. venue The Smell, birthing an urgent and extraordinary album which seethed with ghostly, epic pop and spurts of chaotic noise. The band’s shows grew wilder; kids danced & moshed; blogs freaked out; critics raved and everyone wondered how in God's name HEALTH was going to follow it up. While the anticipation continued to build, HEALTH released a critically-acclaimed remix record HEALTH//DISCO, toured with the likes of Crystal Castles, Nine Inch Nails, and Of Montreal and played over 420 shows! In April, HEALTH emerged with their first new single since 2007: "DIE SLOW" received immediate accolades from Pitchfork & NME, with the effects rippling across their DIE SLOW THROUGH EUROPE tour, resulting in a near-riot in Eastern Europe. The song's infectious fusion of noise and dance was the most fully-formed and undeniably rad piece of music from HEALTH yet. And it only served to rile up their fans more. The new full-length was desperately needed. NOW is that time. GET COLOR is the record. "LA’s premier ear-splitters: the purveyors of strangely dancable grind-core... The Future of Noise!" (NME) "Their music is alive with dissonance, but equally enthralled by elegance and experimentation; it is vivid, striking, absolutely brilliant to dance to" (BBC) "HEALTH’s debut is a brilliant, brutal, fine-tuned dollop of hardcore noise... The band also have a great nose for drama... Seriously impressive" (Uncut) Pictureplane http://www.myspace.com/pictureplane For fans of: MSTRKRFT, YACHT "Kayer after layer of ecstatic electronic fire, mixing psychedelic effects with '90s house chop-ups, buzzing synths, synthesizer melodies ... Dense and chaotic but consistently melodic and joyous" (TrebleZine) "Grimy synths, broken beats, and bucolic vocals collide somewhere between early 90s house music and the gnarly soundscapes of Black Dice to forge a sound that's wholly unique and endlessly exciting. It's exceedlingly rare to find dance music that transcends the cold and robotic, but on "Dark Rift" Pictureplane does just that" (Amazon) Pygmy Globetrotters http://www.myspace.com/pygmyglobetrotters For fans of: Crystal Castles, Kraftwerk "This Sheffield duo use a bunch of cheap keyboards and scratched laptops to create an electronic but melodic racket in the bedrooms and studios of Walkley and Heeley, a DIY din that suggests rock's Year Zero was 1977 not 1956, that insists with persuasive force that Trans-Europe Express, then Nag Nag Nag and Being Boiled, should be considered the starting points of all modern pop music" (The Guardian) Forest Creature http://www.myspace.com/forestcreaturesofdoom For fans of: Animal Collective, **** Buttons "Forest Creature are an ever evolving entity, starting life as Wolf Eyes style noise oppressors they've set aside the harshness in favour of uplifting, repetitious prog noise and John Capenter-esque electronic ambience ... Reminds me of Tortoise working a mangled Steve-Reich jam" (Norman Records) + DJs: Small Ideas / DrownedinSound 8pm The Harley, 334 Glossop Road, Sheffield, S10 2HW Ticket outlets: The Harley SeeTickets - http://www.seetickets.com/see/price.asp?code=410540&filler1=see&filler2=art-srch WeGotTickets - http://www.wegottickets.com/event/54390 Links: Facebook event - http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=122249864947 Last.fm event - http://www.last.fm/event/1130223+HEA...5+October+2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brocco Posted September 3, 2009 Author Share Posted September 3, 2009 Poster: http://bit.ly/health_shef Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brocco Posted September 4, 2009 Author Share Posted September 4, 2009 The poster's really nice, pity you can't embed them on here. But you should totally click the link up there. Also, I've updated the band descriptions/quotes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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brocco Posted September 10, 2009 Author Share Posted September 10, 2009 As usual, there'll be DJs afterwards until the wee small hours, playing stuff like: !!!, Arcade Fire, Bat For Lashes, Beefheart, Beck, Bowie, Crystal Castles, Cut Copy, The Cure, Cymbals Eat Guitars, Daft Punk, Deerhunter, The Faint, Fever Ray, Foals, Friendly Fires, HEALTH, Hercules & Love Affair, Holy ****, Jane's Addiction, Japandroids, Justice, Lykke Li, M83, The Marvelettes, Metric, MGMT, The Modern Lovers, Parts & Labor, Passion Pit, Phoenix, Prince, Radiohead, Roxy Music, DJ Shadow, The Shins, The Sonics, Super Furry Animals, Talking Heads, The Velvelettes, Vivian Girls, White Denim, The XX, YACHT, The Yardbirds, Yeasayer, Zappa, The Zombies Would be good to see some Sheffield Forum types down for this, it's going to be a heck of a show methinks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brocco Posted September 13, 2009 Author Share Posted September 13, 2009 7.4 from Pitchfork for 'Get Color': http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/13409-get-color/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brocco Posted September 14, 2009 Author Share Posted September 14, 2009 Super-duper 'Get Color' bonus pack: http://www.slangstore.com/store/product_info.php?products_id=356 Go on, invest. Then buy tickets: http://www.wegottickets.com/event/54390 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyFlags Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 i get the impression brocco's really excited about this gig.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brocco Posted September 14, 2009 Author Share Posted September 14, 2009 Yep! Sure am. And why not? It's going to awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brocco Posted September 17, 2009 Author Share Posted September 17, 2009 Big old piece on HEALTH in this week's NME. They're everywhere! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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