Hot Club de Paris
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| Hot Club de Paris | |
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| Origin | Liverpool, England |
| Genre(s) | 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 an English band from Liverpool. They are signed to the London-based Moshi Moshi Records and released their debut album Drop It 'Til It Pops in October 2006. The band have finished their second record and are releasing it in June 2008.
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[edit] History
The band formed in early 2004 after Matthew and Paul met in 03 working as temps at Chester racecourse. It's members were involved in other bands in the Liverpool music scene including street punkers Down and Outs and new wave popsters Victor FME.
Further to their shared love of American punk rock bands (Minutemen, Firehose, SST Records bands etc) they became interested in math rock and experimental indie bands which influenced their sound considerably. They signed to Moshi Moshi Records in 2005, and have since toured extensively around the world in support of their debut record.
They have been featured on a number of music-based TV shows in the UK including MTV2 and Channel 4 shows. Their record enjoyed airplay on 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'.
2006/7 saw tours with Jamie T,Maxïmo Park and The Who as well as a number of shows at the 2007 SXSW music festival in Austin, TX. [1] So far their tours have taken them through the UK, Italy, Belgium, Ireland, Spain, France, Sweden, Iceland, Germany, Switzerland, America, Holland and India.
[edit] Trivia
Matthew is endorsed by Hiwatt amplification. Paul and Alasdair also play in Liverpool band ANTLERS with Chris Smith of goFASTER>>.
[edit] Discography
[edit] Albums
| Date Of Release | Title |
| 2006 | Drop It 'Til It Pops |
| Date Of Release | Title |
| 2008 | Live at Dead Lake |
[edit] EPs
| Date Of Release | Title |
| 2008 | Hey! Housebrick |
[edit] Singles
- "Sometimesitsbetternottostickbitsofeachotherineachotherforeachother" (2006) UK #126
- "Everyeveryeverything" (2006) UK #140
- "Shipwreck" (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)
- "Hey! Housebrick" (2008)
[edit] 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. They can also be heard on "Print is Dead" the first volume of the collaboration project with yourcodenameis:milo.
