Sex With Strangers
Where: Vancouver
What: Alternative/Electronic
Visit: myspace.com/sexwithstrangers
Warning: Sex With Strangers have a stupid name. Despite this, they are a highly enjoyable band, and you’d be doing yourself a disservice if you ignored them. The future-leaning quintet from Vancouver plays a unique mix of new meets dance rock – think a danceable version of a Depeche Mode/Killers hybrid. Sounds ridiculous, right?
However, the band’s new album, The Tokyo Steel, should see them continue to make natural gains towards a larger audience. The band was founded by vocalist Hatch Benedict and bassist Magnus Magnum, who previously played in punk band Harvey Switched, which would later change its name to The Switch. After releasing the well-received 2001 – A Rock Odyssey, the band found itself three years into a hiatus. That’s when Hatch and Magnus brought guitarist Wedge Beavers and singer Isabelle Dunlop onboard (drummer Dallas Archangel would join later). Their eventual creation was 2007’s A Future Tragedy, was followed the next year by The Modern Seduction.
The band is interesting and fresh enough to be attractive to hipsters, but not to the point of excluding the mainstream, no doubt in large part thanks to The Rapture and The Strokes. But hey, don’t just take my word for it. Spin recently named them one of their seven must hear bands. But please, take my word for it…
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