the new centuries

Music for restless, reckless people… The New Centuries combine the inspired enthusiasm of Wolf Parade with the electric energy of The Modern Lovers to create songs that are at once gritty, rhythmic and (when the mood lighting is right) tragically pretty. The band met where all things begin in San Francisco: on craigslist. Ryan Bogart and Heffrey Bissell were busy frequenting local dive bars and massage parlors and churning out a seemingly endless Read more on Last.fm …read full bio

Music for restless, reckless people… The New Centuries combine the inspired enthusiasm of Wolf Parade with the electric energy of The Modern Lovers to create songs that are at once gritty, rhythmic and (when the mood lighting is right) tragically pretty. The band met where all things begin in San Francisco: on craigslist. Ryan Bogart and Heffrey Bissell were busy frequenting local dive bars and massage parlors and churning out a seemingly endless string of Velvet Underground-inspired bedroom rock tracks when a well-placed ad brought them together with Sabrina Crawford and her hand-me-down drum kit. Having joined boy-girl forces and crafted a homemade hot pink stencil, the band now offers perspectives on lethargy, indulgence and ghosts. Ryan’s gravelly, whiskey-distilled baritone careens from a sneering croon to a hoarse, urgent yelp above washy, distorted synths while Heff's slacker take on blues guitar rings out and thrashes through overheated tubes, and Sabrina's steady, angular drumming anchors the music in the absolute center the beat. Hyper, hedonistic and lo-fi, The New Centuries are rock and roll kids and passionate music lovers who do not wear matching jeans, suits and/or skinny ties, but do know how to show the audience a good time. *Founding member Leslie Harrison left the band in September 2006. Leslie's songwriting and keyboard playing is featured on the New Centuries record Performer Record review: http://www.performermag.com/wcp.recrevnew.php Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.

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