ELECTRIC TOUCH
ELECTRIC TOUCH
Biography: The Austin-based four-piece played their first show in December 2007 and immediately signed a deal with Justice Records.
Before their self-titled debut album even hit stores last August, ELECTRIC TOUCH rocked the stages of Coachella, Bonnaroo, SXSW, Lollapalooza and The Austin City Limits Festivals in addition to completing a US tour with The Fratellis and The Airborne Toxic Event last fall. As 2009 opened, the band debuted at 1 on FMQB’s Commercial Specialty SubModern chart with their new single, “Sounds From The Underground”, beating out The Killers, Kings of Leon and Franz Ferdinand, among others.
GHOSTBAND
Assembled on the fly (“real-time performative production” according to artist Jon Davis), Ghostband’s Verdical is a construction of fetishized "glitch(es) and groove(s)" – individual compositions that transfigure through repetition, syncopation and red herring noises. It's uncertain whether Davis has tapped into a contemporary mania or synthesized a manic – and, at times, maniacal – electronic sound response to the times. Either way, the album waxes feverish and never wanes, building and razing its pockets of pop catharsis in whims that appear both well-studied and fresh-eared.
