| 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 released their second album Live at Dead Lake in June 2008.
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History Lesson
The band formed in early 2004 after Matthew and Paul met in 03 working as temps at Chester racecourse. Its 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 (Owls, Joan of Arc, Cap'N Jazz, Don Caballero) 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. John 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. So far their tours have taken them through the UK, Italy, Belgium, Ireland, Spain, France, Sweden, Iceland, Germany, Switzerland, America, Holland and India.
Hot Club de Paris released their second studio album "Live at Dead Lake" in June 2008 on Moshi Moshi records. The album was recorded by producer Brian Deck at Engine Studios over the course of 7 weeks at the tail end of 2007. The band toured the album twice in the UK and in Germany and plan a full European tour later in 2009.
On 2 January 2009 they announced on their website that they have begun work on their third album which has the working title of "Breakdown at Devils Point" as "Cadillacs and Dinosaurs" (a previous working title for the record) was deemed too silly by the band.
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Trivia
Matthew is endorsed by Hi Watt Amplification.
Paul handles the majority of Hot Club de Paris' graphic design and has also designed work for Voo, Like a Thief, goFASTER>>, The Magnificent, B>E>A>K, Copy Haho, Teenage Lust and Moshi Moshi Records.
Paul and Alasdair also play in Liverpool band ANTLERS with Chris Smith, formerly of goFASTER>>.
Discography
Albums
| Date Of Release
| Title
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| 2006
| Drop It 'Til It Pops
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| 2008
| Live at Dead Lake
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EPs
| Date Of Release
| Title
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| 2008
| Hey! Housebrick
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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)
- "My Little Haunting" (2008)
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.