The eight-piece genre hybrid powerhouse that is The Phenomenal Handclap Band are set to play Kings Heath’s Hare & Hounds on March 3.
The Phenomenal Handclap Band is a tight-knit aggregation of musicians and artists from Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. Together they have crafted a sound that is equal parts anthemic, dancefloor-oriented and orchestral, borrowing elements from progressive rock, disco, electro, and psychedelia.
Live, The Phenomenal Handclap Band is distilled to an eight-member eye-popping spectacle that overwhelms the senses, with their shows more akin to a spiritual church revival than an actual rock show. After taking their genre-spanning dance party on the road with the one and only Bryan Ferry, the group is also preparing the release of the follow-up to their acclaimed, self-titled debut album.
New album ‘Form & Control’ finds the band once again deftly mixing and matching seemingly disparate musical genres, with a musical palette that now includes prog-pop, new wave and modern leftfield dance.
“Musically diverse, incredibly melodic and dance-floor ready. It’s the kind of album that gives cookie-cutter pop the trashing it deserves.” – New York Post
“The PHB are astronauts of progressive soul, moored at the stellar point where rock, funk and psychedelia bloom into cosmic-disco amazingness.” – Guardian UK
Check out the video for ’15 to 20′ below.
For more information and tickets, visit birminghampromoters.com.
The Phenomenal Handclap Band to play Hare & Hounds on March 3
Written by Richard Franks. Posted in News
Tagged: Birmingham, Hare and Hounds, The Phenomenal Handclap Band
Published on February 22, 2012
The eight-piece genre hybrid powerhouse that is The Phenomenal Handclap Band are set to play Kings Heath’s Hare & Hounds on March 3.
The Phenomenal Handclap Band is a tight-knit aggregation of musicians and artists from Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. Together they have crafted a sound that is equal parts anthemic, dancefloor-oriented and orchestral, borrowing elements from progressive rock, disco, electro, and psychedelia.
Live, The Phenomenal Handclap Band is distilled to an eight-member eye-popping spectacle that overwhelms the senses, with their shows more akin to a spiritual church revival than an actual rock show. After taking their genre-spanning dance party on the road with the one and only Bryan Ferry, the group is also preparing the release of the follow-up to their acclaimed, self-titled debut album.
New album ‘Form & Control’ finds the band once again deftly mixing and matching seemingly disparate musical genres, with a musical palette that now includes prog-pop, new wave and modern leftfield dance.
“Musically diverse, incredibly melodic and dance-floor ready. It’s the kind of album that gives cookie-cutter pop the trashing it deserves.” – New York Post
“The PHB are astronauts of progressive soul, moored at the stellar point where rock, funk and psychedelia bloom into cosmic-disco amazingness.” – Guardian UK
Check out the video for ’15 to 20′ below.
For more information and tickets, visit birminghampromoters.com.
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