These New Puritans

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These New Puritans
Origin	Southend-on-Sea, England
Genre(s)	Alternative rock Electronica Progressive rock Experimental rock Post-punk revival New Wave
Years active	2006 - Present
Label(s)	Angular Recording Corporation Domino Records
Website	official website
Members
Jack Barnett George Barnett Thomas Hein Sophie Sleigh-Johnson

These New Puritans (sometimes abbreviated to TNPS) are a four-piece band from Southend-on-Sea, consisting of Jack Barnett (vocals, guitar, computer, sound), his twin brother George Barnett (drums, tapes, percussion), Thomas Hein (bass guitar, sampler, backing vocals, percussion) and Sophie Sleigh-Johnson (synthesizers). They are currently supporting The Kills on their UK April tour.

1 Sound
2 Projects
3 Discography
4 External links
5 References

[edit] Sound

In a 2007 interview with The Cuckoo Press Magazine^[1], Jack said that "Wu Tang Clan are massively influential. "'Spitting the code', as Roots Manuva puts it, is what I do". While The Guardian said that "These New Puritans make stern threatening punk inspired by The Fall, Franz Kafka and Elizabethan magician John Dee". Artrocker Magazine has described TNPS as sounding like "Sheffield and Berlin synths, '90s alt rock Sonic Youth and Yo La Tengo drones; Underworld beats, and all in the most contemporary of contexts," while in a review of Beat Pyramid, Vice Magazine said "Sharp, strange and enchanting, there aren't many bands around like These New Puritans. </ref> And the NME states this Beat Pyramid is "Truly, this band is leagues ahead of the competition" and the album received an 8/10 rating.

[edit] Projects

TNPS have been involved with Hedi Slimane making music ("Navigate, Navigate") for the Dior Homme Show 2007. Both the music and the clothes received positive reviews^[2]. Interestingly, the band uses the chorus of "Navigate, Navigate" in the single "Colours" from their album Beat Pyramid. A similar approach is apparent in live versions of "Swords of Truth," in which the band integrates a section of their song "C16" from the Now Pluvial EP. They were also involved with the Junk Club in Southend, where their friends, The Horrors, also frequently played. He has also produced music for south London-based group Sunni-Geini in June 2007. More recently, they were involved in an art/dance performance at Palais de Tokyo for the after show of Stage of the Art. In a recent interview with Plan B magazine, Barnett revealed that "right now, I'm writing music that's like dancehall meets Steve Reich ... I've just been recording B-sides, and a song that's all drums and trains, but it's more or less pop music. I don't know if we'll change our minds, but I've been writing a lot of music for bassoon." So far the band has toured in support of, amongst others, Crystal Castles, British Sea Power, The Kills, and Klaxons.

[edit] Discography

[edit] Albums

Beat Pyramid (UK: 28 January 2008, US:18 March 2008) #188 in the UK album chart

[edit] Singles/EPs

"Now Pluvial" (30 October 2006) – 7" EP^[3]
"Navigate, Navigate" (21 May 2007) – 12"/Digital download^[4]
"Numbers"/"Colours" (5 November 2007) – 7"^[5]
"Elvis E.P." (21 January 2008) – 7"/CD^[6]
"Swords of Truth" (5 May 2008) 7"/12"/Digital download^[7]

[edit] Compilations

These New Puritans have contributed songs to the following CD compilations:

"Chamber" – Digital Penetration (Alt Delete Records, September 2006)
"I Want to Be Tracey Emin" – Future Love Songs (Angular Records, December 2006)
"Elvis" - Dance Floor Distortion" , December 2006)