Hot Club de Paris
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| Hot Club de Paris | ||
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| Background information | ||
| Origin |  Liverpool, England |
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| Type(s) of music | Indie rock | |
| Years active | 2004 – present | |
| Label(s) | Moshi Moshi | |
| Website | Official website | |
| Members | ||
| Alasdair Smith Paul Rafferty Matthew Cameron Smith |
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Hot Club de Paris are a band which came from Liverpool, United Kingdom. They are signed to the London-based Moshi Moshi Records, a record company, and released their debut album Drop It 'Til It Pops in October 2006. The band are currently writing their second album and plan to record it in October 2007 for release in 2008.
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[change] History
The band formed in early 2004 after band members Matthew and Paul met in 2003 working at Chester racecourse. It's other members were playing in different bands in the Liverpool music scene including street punkers Down and Outs and new wave popsters Victor FME.
They both loved American punk rock bands (Minutemen, Firehose, SST Records bands etc) and they became interested in math rock and experimental indie bands which influenced their music a lot. They signed to Moshi Moshi Records in 2005, and have since toured around the world to support the release of their debut record.
They have been shown on a number of music-based TV shows in the UK and their record played airplay on a number of radio stations including BBC Radio1, BBC 6 Music and XFM, whose DJ John Kennedy has championed the band. Kennedy claimed that their debut album is 'one of the best of 2006'.[needs proving]
They have toured with a number of bands including Jamie T, Maxïmo Park and The Who.
They played at the 2007 SXSW music festival in Austin, TX. [1] and have toured in the UK, Italy, Belgium, Ireland, Spain, France, Sweden, Iceland, Germany, Switzerland, America, Holland and India.
They are currently recording their second album in Chicago with Brian Deck. Brian Deck has previously produced Iron and Wine and Modest Mouse.
[change] Singles
- "Sometimesitsbetternottostickbitsofeachotherineachotherforeachother" (2006) UK #126
- "Everyeveryeverything" (2006) UK #140
- "Shipwrecked" (2007) UK #153
- "Clockwork Toy/You can call me Al" (2007) UK #N/A
- "Will You Still Be In Love With Me Next Year?" (2007)
[change] Compilation contributions
Hot Club De Paris have released several tracks on compilation albums, including Can You Hear Me Clearly?, on Moshi Moshi records, and a rare CDR release Munkyfest v7.0, released by the organisers of the Munkyfest festival.
