Scanners (band)

Scanners (band)

Infobox musical artist
Name = Scanners


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Origin = London, England
Genre = post punk, new wave, indie rock
Years_active = c.2004-present
Label = Dim Mak, Motel, Influx
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URL = [http://www.scannersmusic.com www.scannersmusic.com]
Current_members = Matthew Mole
Sarah Daly
Amina Bates
Tom Hutt
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Scanners are a post-punk band from London, England formed around 2004.

History

The band was initially formed by Matthew Mole (vocals, guitar, synthesizer) and Sarah Daly (vocals, violin, bass guitar) around 2004,cite web |url=http://www.drownedinsound.com/articles/2560014 |title=DiScover: Scanners |accessdaymonth=29 January |accessyear=2008 |author=Tom Milway |year=2007 |month=November |work=Drowned in Sound |publisher= |quote= ] who after writing songs together played their early gigs backed by a drum machine.cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=11:aifoxqesldte~T1 |title=Scanners Biography |accessdaymonth=29 January |accessyear=2008 |author=Heather Phares |year= |month= |work=allmusic.com |publisher=Macrovision Corporation |quote= ] The line-up was later expanded with the addition of Amina Bates (guitar, keyboards, background vocals), and Tom Hutt (drums).cite web |url=http://www.dimmak.com/scanners/ |title=Scanners |accessdaymonth=29 January |accessyear=2008 |author= |year= |month= |work= |publisher=Dim Mak |quote= ] They soon gained support slots on tours by the likes of The Wedding Present, The Fever, Electric Six and Juliette & The Licks. Their debut album is titled "Violence Is Golden" and was released on US label Dim Mak Records in 2006, and saw them hailed as "a contender for this summer’s best new act" by Aversion.cite web |url=http://www.aversion.com/bands/reviews.cfm?f_id=2603 |title=Violence Is Golden review |accessdaymonth=29 January |accessyear=2008 |author=Matt Schild |year= |month= |work=Aversion |publisher= |quote= ] They have toured the United Kingdom, Europe and North America (including a show as part of the SXSW festival)cite web |url=http://2007.sxsw.com/music/showcases/band/48777.html |title=SXSW 2007 Showcasing Artists: Scanners |accessdaymonth=29 January |accessyear=2008 |author= |year=2007 |month= |work=sxsw.com |publisher= |quote= ] , and in April 2007 they appeared on Last Call with Carson Daly to perform their single "Lowlife".cite web |url=http://www.music-news.com/ShowNews.asp?H=Scanners-release-debut-album&nItemID=16792 |title=Scanners release debut album |accessdaymonth=29 January |accessyear=2008 |author=Marco Gandolfi |year=2007 |month=December |work=Music-News.com |publisher=Music-News |quote= ] They also headlined the "Les 3 Elefants Festival" after Air in France. In October 2007 they recorded a live session for XFM, with another in January 2008.cite web |url=http://www.xfm.co.uk/article.asp?id=339490 |title=Studio & Live Diary |accessdaymonth=29 January |accessyear=2008 |author= |year=2008 |month=January |work=XFM Online |publisher= |quote= ] "Violence is Golden" is released in the UK on the 22 February 2008 (on Dim Mak/Influx records) and Dim Mak also released an EP of remixes of "Bombs" with work from A-Trak, LA Riots and Uffie, and others on 22 January 2008.

Musical style

Scanners take influences from post-punk and new wave and have been described as "dark pop teeming with dark themes",cite web |url=http://www.spin.com/features/heythisisawesome/2006/09/060907_scanners/ |title=Scanners Experience 'Lowlife' |accessdaymonth=29 January |accessyear=2008 |author= |year=2007 |month=September |work=SPIN.com |publisher= |quote= ] and have variously been compared to Bloc Party,cite web |url=http://www.transformonline.com/music/reviews/004898.php |title=Scanners - Violence Is Golden review |accessdaymonth=29 January |accessyear=2008 |author= |year= |month= |work= |publisher=TransformOnline.com |quote= ] The Killers, Elastica,cite web |url=http://www.prefixmag.com/reviews/scanners/violence-is-golden/15188/ |title=Scanners - Violence Is Golden review |accessdaymonth=29 January |accessyear=2008 |author=Jack Booty |year=2006 |month= |work=Prefix Magazine |publisher=prefixmag.com |quote=My first thoughts were that this quartet seems like the 2006 version of Elastica ] PJ Harvey,cite web |url=http://www.artrocker.com/node/1018 |title=Scanners - Violence Is Golden review |accessdaymonth=29 January |accessyear=2008 |author=Emily Kendrick |year= |month= |work=Artrocker |publisher= |quote=With the urgency of PJ Harvey’s voice coupled with the throwaway pop assault of Garbage, you’d presume all hell would break loose ] cite web |url=http://www.thetrousers.co.uk/reviews/230706-scanners-violence.htm |title=Scanners - Violence Is Golden review |accessdaymonth=29 January |accessyear=2008 |author=Andrzej Lukowski |year=2006 |month= July |work=Wears The Trousers |publisher= |quote= ] Garbage, and The Cardigans.cite web |url=http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/38345-violence-is-golden |title=Scanners - Violence Is Golden review |accessdaymonth=29 January |accessyear=2008 |author=Stuart Berman |year=2006 |month=September |work= |publisher=Pitchfork Media Inc. |quote=And blimey, it sounds a hell of a lot like the Cardigans: "Look What You Started" is a grand country-soul break-up ballad completely out of step with everything that comes before it, but Daly's wistful croon and Mat Mole's gleaming guitar line come together as gracefully as lovers running slow motion in a field ]

Discography

ingles

*Raw (2006) Motel
*Lowlife (2006) Tigertrap
*Raw" (2007) (download only)
*"Bombs Remixes EP" (2008) Dim Mak
*Lowlife (2008) Influx/Dim Mak

Albums

*"Violence Is Golden" (2006) Dim Mak (US), released in the UK (2008) Dim Mak/Influx

Videos

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdBNVZWzDUg Raw]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=McE6mbViD4c Lowlife]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hhh8X74fxPY Bombs]

References

External links

* [http://www.scannersmusic.com Official website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/scanners Official MySpace]
* [http://www.thisisfakediy.co.uk/articles/8270/Class-Of-2008-Scanners.html Interview from This Is Fake DIY]
* [http://www.leftlion.co.uk/articles.cfm/id/2069]


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