HARRYS GYM FRI 10TH
August 5, 2010
Very happy to have secured this slot for one of Norway’s most interesting new acts, Harrys Gym. Was absolutely won over by their set at Bylarm and though not your usual Numusic fare, we have promised to continue broadening our programming, so yeah, expect the unexpected I guess.
Harrys Gym’s music could be described as an eerie blend of psychedelic pop smeered in atmosphere and blissed out melodies.
The Clash Magazine found Harrys Gym as one of the festival highlights at the By:Larm Festival 2009:
“Harrys Gym have a presence and sound that could easily leap the fjords to international note. With a haunted female singer alongside three comrades layering an intricate rhythmic landscape, it’s hard to comprehend their name; yet running their entire sound through the stupidly talented drummer works well, as deep and filthy programming snugly slots into their driving percussion. The singer’s acerbic vocals are angled somewhere between Garbage and The Knife and cut through the evening’s more moderate successes like the icy wind outside the venue. Massive promise.”
NME ranked Harrys Gym as one of the top five acts at the by:larm festival (Scandanavias largest music industry conference) in 2008, while Drowned In Sound described the band as ‘a bruising, sonic squall of an affair’ and that ‘dramatic dark pop is the order of the day, equal parts delicate and muscular.
New Single out on itunes now and an album slated for release Sept 6.