Hundreds’ Aftermath Delivers “Beehive”

Bio, photos, album artwork, more: http://riotactmedia.com/roster/hundreds/

Hear “Our Past” here: http://blogs.wsj.com/speakeasy/2014/05/20/german-duo-hundreds-follows-vision-on-our-past-song-premiere/

Hear “Circus” here: https://soundcloud.com/hundreds

Band site: http://www.hundredsmusic.com/

Hamburg, Germany-based sibling duo Hundreds is releasing their sophomore LP, Aftermath, on 5/27 via Sky Council–I would love for you to hear it and consider it for review. Eva and Phillip Milner have achieved new heights with this effort by adding extensive melodies and pop textures to their minimalist electronic approach this time around.

In case you’re unfamiliar, the band recorded their debut, the self-titled Hundreds (which drew comparisons to Massive Attack, Dido and Little Dragon) after forming in 2010. Immediately following the album’s release, Hundreds began touring. Rapidly finding a stride on the European festival circuit, Eva and Philip delighted audiences in Paris, London, Milan, Brussels and at SXSW in the US.

Aftermath reflects the newfound optimism of both members professionally and personally. Determined to build a masterwork from the ground up that was informed by the previous four years (“but not forced or artificial” says Eva), Hundreds spent a year and a half in a state-of-the-art studio deep in the German countryside. Using a process birthed out of “many a night sitting at the piano writing”, Phillip’s exquisite electronic tinged production and Eva’s lyrics and melodies began to take shape in wealth of new music. Eva and Phillip brought in famed British producer/engineer David Pye (Wild Beasts, Fever Fever, Olympians) to help put the finishing touches on this powerful new collection of tracks.