You may have heard of this 8-piece New York band by now with people like Jim giving them some love in recent weeks. I just got an approved version of ’15 to 20′, the group’s infectiously funky break-out track so I have to share.
The track has got chiming background bells, an insistent and snaking bassline, top female vocals, some funky soul keys and a nod to the sound of local peers LCD Soundsystem in the track’s rhythm. A great NY tune.
The Phenomenal Handclap Band – 15 to 20
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The self-titled album is out on 19th of June on Friendly Fire and they play Oxegen on Sunday July 12th (as am I, heh heh).
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The tracks I’ve got from them are really really good fun. I played “15 to 20” while DJing on Sat night, and inevitably spent a while afterwards telling people who the song was by. People seemed to like the song, but they loved the band name.
Class- some thing very old school about it — a dash of ESG, a smidgen of Tom Tom Club, perhaps.