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Approved: The Hundred In The Hands

By | Published on Monday 5 July 2010

Following the disintegration of their former band The Boggs, Jason Friedman and Eleanore Everdell decided to dust off a track they’d worked on a year earlier, using it as the basis for a new project, The Hundred In The Hands.

To get things rolling, they shoved the song, ‘Dressed In Dresden’, online to gauge reaction. They were quickly contacted by Pure Groove, who wanted to release it as a single. That single led to a UK tour, which brought them to the attention of Warp Records, who will now release the duo’s debut album in September.

Readers of CMU Weekly will already be au fait with The Hundred In The Hands’ influences, as Friedman was responsible for last week’s Powers Of Ten playlist (check that out here), which features everything from Young Marble Giants and The Fall to Michael Jackson and Amerie. Initially aiming for the sound The xx eventually hit upon, Friedman and Everdell’s music is now much meatier than that, although with many of the same sensibilities. They’re on tour in the UK right now, go see them and watch out for a killer little disco track from the album called ‘Commotion’ (I love it so much it makes me feel a little bit sick when I hear it).

www.myspace.com/thehundredinthehands



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