These New Puritans is tagged as: indie, post-punk, new rave, british, indie rock These New Puritans is a four-piece band which formed in 2006) in Southend-on-Sea, United Kingdom. The band consists of Jack Barnett (vocals, various), his twin brother George Barnett (drums, percussion), Thomas Hein (various) and Sophie Sleigh-Johnson (keyboards). These New Puritans’ sound is difficult to nail down, as they utilise a wide variety of instruments and sounds, from bassoons to taiko drums. Influenced equally by hip-hop, synth pop, alternative rock and classical music, the Southend-On-Sea fourpiece have received large amounts of critical praise in the early stage of their career. In 2007, These New Puritans were commissioned by Hedi Slimane to compose the soundtrack for the Dior Homme show.|As of now they have recorded two albums, Beat Pyramid (2008) and Hidden, released in January 2010. Their latest effort was produced by These New Puritans’ Jack Barnett and Graham Sutton (Bark Psychosis, Boymerang), mixed by Dave Cooley (MF DOOM, Silversun Pickups, Queens of the Stone Age) and features six-foot Japanese Taiko drums, a thirteen piece brass and woodwind ensemble, sub-heavy beats, prepared piano, a children’s choir and Foley recording techniques.... Read More About These New Puritans Biography...  Send These New Puritans ringtones to your cell
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