Lower Dens Extend UK Dates Supporting Deerhunter & Tickets
Monday, 31 January 2011
Written by Jon Stickler
Having recently supported Beach House in the UK, Baltimore’s Lower Dens released one of the most beautifully dynamic and not to mention, under-rated albums of last year with debut 'Twin Hand Movement'. The band (Jana Hunter – vocals/guitar, Will Adams – guitar, Geoff Graham – bass/vocals and Abram Sanders – drums) will return to the UK supporting Deerhunter on their UK tour in March.
'Twin-Hand Movement' contains eleven songs, rife with the survivalist paranoia one expects from residents of a post-urban port hole (and this particular songwriter), crafted methodically and beautifully, carrying the listener enthusiastically out into the rolling breaks of industrial filth-water.
Swarming guitar fuzz, bass waves, insistent drum throbs and Jana Hunter’s redolent, charred voice are the core components of the band. Hunter, sometimes known for intimate, ghost- heavy weird-fi, now writes and plays with a group that might get filed under new wave, or drone pop, or post-punk. With due deference to her solo work, we’re very glad.
Recorded by Chris Freeland (ex-Oxes drummer; proprietor of Beat Babies, Baltimore), mixed by Chris Coady (at his DNA, NYC), and mastered by Sarah Register (of the Lodge, NYC and the band Talk Normal), Twin Hand Movement is a collection of songs where, from opener 'Blue & Silver' (anxiety mounts at a quick clip until the final climactic release) to 'Plastic & Powder' (a churning, narcotic slow-burner) and 'Hospice Gates' (penultimate album cut, proud weirdo anthem, possible creative zenith), not one is a space-waster.
Lower Dens formed in early 2009, when Hunter set about finding a full-time band. They spent the rest of the year sweating in attics and basements, and only stepped out of the shadows to do a quick tour and record.
UK & IRELAND DATES (supporting Deerhunter)
25-Mar - IRE - Dublin, The Button Factory
26-Mar - UK - Belfast, The Stiff Kitten
28-Mar - UK - Glasgow, Oran Mor
29-Mar - UK - Leeds, The Irish Centre
30-Mar - UK - Manchester, Sound Control
31-Mar - UK - London, Shepherds Bush Empire
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