| HEALTH | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Genre(s) | Noise rock |
| Years active | 2006–present |
| Label(s) | Lovepump United Trouble Records |
| Website | http://www.healthnoise.com http://www.myspace.com/healthmusic |
| Members | |
| Benjamin Jared Miller Jake Duzsik John Famiglietti Jupiter Keyes |
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HEALTH are an American noise rock band from Los Angeles, California. The band's recent release with Crystal Castles charted at position nine in the UK indie singles chart. [1]
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History
The band have found fame by playing multiple concerts for free[2], leading a variety of venues requesting to book them[2]. The band's favourite setting, The Smell, has been their chosen place to record their full length album, "during empty mornings" [3], although the band have already recorded a live album at the Smell, released on DNT Records.
Style
HEALTH have been described as having "artfully crafted noise and raw synth, haunting monotone vocals, and drum skills that are borderline insane"[4]. Guardian Unlimited writer, Louis Pattison, chose the Crystal Castles version of "Crimewave" as the pick of the week, describing the song as "melancholy electro-pop built from pixelated synths and depressed vocals that hint at a past programme of busy and sustained serotonin depletion". [5] Jim Carroll of The Irish Times also chose the song as tune of the week.[6] The band describes the role of lyrics as being "purposely kept vague for the listener"[7]:
"...[Lyrics] sort of begin to bring out this more individual quality to the whole thing like, ‘These are the lyrics, and this is the guy is singing them, so I can relate to that.’ Which is really not something we want. [7] We wanted the vocals to have an even, unaffected feel. A softness, like a Zombies melody, or even a Gregorian chant. We aren’t just interested in being a noisy screaming band."[7]
The band's unusual sound can be partially accredited to the use of the Zoothorn, which is a permutation of microphone and guitar pedal[3] and an occasional atonal sound without a symmetrical structure.[3]
Discography
Singles
- Crystal Castles Vs HEALTH - Crimewave - Trouble Records 2007 - #9 UK indie singles charts
- Crystal Castles / HEALTH - split 7" - Lovepump United Records Sep 2007
Albums
- HEALTH - Lovepump United Sep 2007
References
- ^ http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio1/chart/indiesingles.shtml
- ^ a b http://musicglob.com/exclusives/health-making-noise-in-los-angeles/
- ^ a b c http://larecord.com/blog/?p=27
- ^ http://www.rockinsider.com/2007/07/health-blowin-up.html
- ^ http://music.guardian.co.uk/pop/reviews/story/0,,2150345,00.html
- ^ http://www.ireland.com/blogs/ontherecord/2007/07/19/tune-of-the-week-crimewave/#comment-2042
- ^ a b c http://www.paperthinwalls.com/featuredarticle/index?id=85
External links
- HEALTH at MySpace
- FIRST INTERVIEW at Freethescene.com
