Hecuba
Posted by Fabio 9 October 2009
Hecuba’s deep hooks and classic songwriting have a strange newness and beauty that can swing from hilarious to heartbreaking in a single measure. Their records are full of surprises, open spaces, and experimentation, but feel assured and complete — as if they landed whole from another place. Like a future Ike and Tina, Hecuba’s live performances are emotional, erratic, and often spellbinding experiences.
On stage, they can create wild worlds of sound and spastic dance, or drop the instruments alltogether for an R. Kelly style R & B jam. In 2009, Hecuba released Paradise, their debut full-length, which URB Magazine calls a “Phenomenal LP… captivating, beautiful, and otherworldly strange.” In 2008, they released theSir EP, an exhileratingly experimental cartoon ride. Hecuba have toured with Bat For Lashes, Devendra Banhart, Lucky Dragons and Rainbow Arabia, and will be playing extensively in Europe and the UK this fall.
A sci-fi fictional newspaper was developed for Hecuba’s promotional campaign alongside the video – art directed by OSK Studio
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