Stubborn Heart To Play London's Birthdays As Part Of UK Tour
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Wednesday, 03 October 2012 |
Written by Jon Stickler
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As part of their UK tour, Stubborn Heart will play London’s Birthdays on Tuesday 20th November. This follows the release of their full length, self-titled debut release on 5th November via One Little Indian.
 Stubborn Heart - aka Luca Santucci and Ben Fitzgerald - set ears buzzing last year with a (then unidentified) white label 12” and followed it up with their current EP ‘Need Someone’ on Kaya Kaya records. Their debut full length album reveals a stunning and surprisingly poignant electronic soul record.
Hailing from London & Oxford respectively, the duo’s debut emotes heartbreak over broken beats and dark, atmospheric space. The clean, ghostly production coalesces with Luca’s mournful vocal to positivelyooze a bruised melancholy.
Stubborn Heart has been selected as Rough Trade’s prestigious Album Of The Month for November, and the band debut live at the SWN Festival in Cardiff on 20th October and in London at the Rough Trade East store on the 5th November, ahead of their UK dates in London, Manchester and Glasgow.
Equally inspired by 80’s and 90’s electronic music and 60’s and 70’s soul music (the album includes a cover of Reuben Bell and The Casanovas rare soul 45 'It’s Not That Easy'), Stubborn Heart never lose their passion for good pop music – everything from Hall & Oates to Timbaland. Recent comparisons have been drawn with the XX, Sbtrkt, James Blake and Four Tet.
The band have already been afforded some great support from points as diverse as Gilles Peterson (BBC 6Music/Radio 1), Benji B (BBC Radio1), Rob Da Bank (BBC Radio 1), The Boiler Room, Abeano, Ross Allen (Ministry of Sound), Lauren Laverne (BBC 6 Music), Seb Chew (Rinse FM), John Kennedy (XFM), Joe Goddard (Hot Chip/DFA), The Guardian (New Band Of The Day), Q Magazine (Track Of The Day).
The striking video for 'Need Someone' is directed by photographer and filmmaker Elaine Constantineand all cover art is by Trevor Jackson
Stubborn Heart 2012 UK Tour Dates are as follows:
Oct 20th - Cardiff SWN Festival
Nov 5th - London Rough Trade East
Nov 20th - London Birthdays
Nov 21st - Manchester Trof Fallowfield
Nov 22nd - Glasgow The Art School
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