Friday, August 10, 2007

All the Party People... Come On!

Q: How does a Seattle indie band gain some electronica cred?

A: Tell everybody they're from Europe, or specifically, Mannheim, Germany, as the case happens to be for the members of United State of Electronica.

So the story goes: these guys started up a fake electronica band at a Seattle nightclub, and the overwhelming response led them to take this thing more seriously. So seriously, in fact, they released a full-length album in 2004:


The opening track, "It Is On!", is quite bitchin', but the consensus is that the song doesn't really take off until after the vocoder shit ends, and the female vocals take center stage. So, if you're a busy music executive, fast forward to 1:17.

United State of Electronica - It Is On!

Album number 2 is expected to be out later this year or early next year. In the meantime, hit up their official website. There are other mp3s available plus some fun live videos.

1 comment:

Conn Chung said...

the long awaited post has finally been published. and by long awaited, i mean 2 days.