It's funny how it goes sometimes, Hella Better Dancer are a band that have been on my horizon for a while now but it was only recently that I raised the London four piece to the higher echelons of my (mental) list of favourite bands.
The catalyst perhaps was the second time I saw the band, after initially impressing with a show at The Lock Tavern towards the end of last year, the band headlined the first of this blogs very own monthly live music nights at the wonderful Old Queen's Head (read more about forthcoming events on the live page here), in January and were (although perhaps I may be a little biased) pretty bloody special. Still only 19 yet their level of musicianship is incredible, intricate guitar melodies, explosive drumming and heavenly vocal harmonies, without going on, a 35 minute set that was absolutely delightful.
"Brother", the lead song from a four track home-recorded project, 'Living Room' which will be released for free download on Feb 20th 2012 with a limited run of CDs planned is the sound of a band fulfilling their potential, it's fleetingly short at less than two mins but for the entire duration it immerses you in its bittersweet beauty, watch the rather great video for the haunting track below.
The same week Hella Better Dancer play a free show at The Silver Bullet (Thursday 23rd Feb - facebook event). You can also buy their first two EP's on iTunes now.
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