{"id":5896,"date":"2013-01-13T09:16:13","date_gmt":"2013-01-13T14:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=5896"},"modified":"2016-05-19T19:27:18","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T23:27:18","slug":"hands-signs-to-kill-rock-stars-and-announce-debut-album","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=5896","title":{"rendered":"Hands signs to Kill Rock Stars + announce debut album"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Los Angeles&#8217; Hands has signed to Kill Rock Stars and have also announced their debut full-length,\u00a0&#8216;Synesthesia&#8217; is due April 30. The album is the follow up their &#8216;Massive Context\u00a0EP&#8217; released in 2012 and a 7&#8243; to be released on\u00a0White Iris\u00a0later this month. Listen to\u00a0the lead-off, super catchy and highly percussive track <em>Trouble<\/em> lifted from the album via Soundcloud below.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"81\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F74343041&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&visual=false&show_comments=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false&color=f2f2f2\"><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hands will be touring to SXSW in support of the album.\u00a0Hands are Geoff Halliday, Ryan Sweeney, Sean Hess and Alex Staniloff who craft their sound on songs like<em> Videolove<\/em> and <em>Trouble<\/em> which show their ability to blend instruments and electronics into a textures that moves ethereally through genres\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333; font-style: normal; line-height: 24px;\">on their debut LP, &#8216;Synesthesia&#8217;<\/span>. Watch the album trailer via YouTube below.<\/p>\n<p>[youtube_sc url=&#8221;http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=wvwAtjfNajM&#8221; theme=&#8221;light&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>A relative newcomer to the LA scene, Hands began as a two-piece from Philadelphia before Halliday and Sweeney headed to LA and added Hess and Staniloff to the line-up. The band made a mark on the scene immediately, quickly playing packed shows across the country including stops at\u00a0SXSW,\u00a0CMJ\u00a0and\u00a0Deluna Fest, headlining\u00a0Echo Park Rising, sessions with\u00a0Daytrotter, and a west coast jaunt with\u00a0Maps and Atlases. 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The album is the follow <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=5896\" title=\"Hands signs to Kill Rock Stars + announce debut album\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5899,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[23,28,30],"tags":[1782,676,1695,1783],"class_list":["post-5896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indie","category-music","category-new-release","tag-hands","tag-kill-rock-stars","tag-la","tag-synesthesia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/cultureaddicts.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/HandsTrouble.jpg?fit=608%2C406&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2B2TV-1x6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15334,"url":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=15334","url_meta":{"origin":5896,"position":0},"title":"Wimps team up with Kill Rock Stars for &#8216;Suitcase&#8217; LP","author":"cultureaddicts","date":"October 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Hot off their still fresh\u00a0cassette EP\u00a0with the label,\u00a0Kill Rock Stars\u00a0has announced that they'll be releasing the sophomore album from\u00a0Wimps. \u00a0'Suitcase'\u00a0will be released on November 13th on LP, CS, CD, and MP3. 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