HEALTH (band)

HEALTH is an American noise rock band from Los Angeles, California. The band's 2007 release with Crystal Castles charted at position nine in the UK indie singles chart.

History

The band have found fame by playing multiple concerts for free, leading to a variety of venues requesting to book them. The band's favourite setting, LA's The Smell, has been their chosen place to record their full length album, "during empty mornings" , although the band have already recorded a live album at the Smell, released on DNT Records.

In 2008, Boston newspaper The Phoenix named them the Best New Band from California.

Style

HEALTH have been described as having "artfully crafted noise and raw synth, haunting monotone vocals, and drum skills that are borderline insane. Guardian Unlimited writer, Louis Pattison, chose the Crystal Castles version of "Crimewave" as the pick of the week, describing the song as "melancholy electro-pop built from pixelated synths and depressed vocals that hint at a past programme of busy and sustained serotonin depletion". Jim Carroll of The Irish Times also chose the song as tune of the week.

The band describes the role of lyrics as being "purposely kept vague for the listener":

The band's unusual sound can be partially accredited to the use of the Zoothorn, which is a permutation of microphone and guitar pedal and an occasional atonal sound without a symmetrical structure.

Discography

Albums

• 2007 HEALTH - Lovepump United
• 2008 //DISCO - Lovepump United (Remix Album)

Singles

• 2007 CRYSTAL CASTLES vs. HEALTH - Crimewave - Trouble Records (#9 UK indie singles charts)
• 2007 CRYSTAL CASTLES//HEALTH 7" SPLIT - Lovepump United
• 2008 PERFECT SKIN +RMX 7INCH - Suicide Squeeze
• 2008 HEAVEN +RMXS 12INCH - Flemish Eye
• 2008 TRICERATOPS//LOST TIME +RMXS 12INCH - Tough Love Records
• 2008 //M 7INCH - No Pain In Pop

References

External links

• HEALTH website