Skeleton Hands
Bellevue, Kentucky, United States | Established. Jan 01, 2014 | INDIE
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Tapped into the emotional space of early '80s post-punk, goth, and minimal synth, Skeleton Hands is the darkwave duo of Evan Scott Sharfe (vocals, bass, synth, beats, programming) and Chase Anderson (guitar, programming) from Cincinnati, Ohio. The band's moody musical parfait is layered with glacial synths, minimalist rhythms, cascading guitars, hazy vocals, and punchy bass lines that sound lifted from some long-lost band on Factory Records.
The gloomy allure emanating from the duo's darkly melodic offerrings will appeal not only to fans of The Cure, Joy Division, New Order, and Depeche Mode, but to everyone who craves the bleak romantic end of new wave. If you are still not convinced, one listen to the new single Ravage will get you hooked in no time. - Bynar's Indie Disco
01-17-2012 07:08 AM
24. Degrees - Idiot Dreaming
23. Claps - In My Dreams
22. Weekend - Hazel
21. How To Destroy Angels - Is Your Love Strong Enough
20. Skeleton Hands - City Lights
19. Masquer - Happiness
18. Mint Julep - Invisible Waves
17. Spiracles - Fireflies
16. Cut Copy - Need You Now
15. New Division - Shallow Play
14. deVotchka - All The Sand In All The Sea
13. Present Moment - A New Day
12. Horrors - I Can See Through You
11. Torul - In Whole
10. Chapel Club - Surfacing
09. Kasabian - Days Are Forgotten
08. Chain Gang Of 1974 - Don't Walk Away
07. Computers Want Me Dead - Letters And Numbers
06. S.C.U.M - Faith Unfolds
05. Cold Cave - Villains Of The Moon
04. M83 - Midnight City
03. Glasvegas - I Feel Wrong (Homosexuality Pt 1)
02. VNV Nation - Nova
01. Lanterns On The Lake - I Love You Sleepyhead (Winter Version) - Strangeways Radio
BEKO DSL, out of France, is a rather unique label. Not only are they digital only, but they are…FREE. Each Monday, BEKO DSL makes a new digital single available. Sometimes we get bonus treats, like the recent full length, A Tribute to Club Tropicana Vol 2 or a new BEKO Box edition.
The bands featured on the BEKO DSL singles should be no strangers to Strangeways Radio listeners; Memoryhouse, Millionyoung, The Bilinda Butchers, Arctic Flow, Moscow Olympics, Skeleton Hands, Azure Blue, The Never Years and more!
The MP3s are available for free DL and are archived in .rar format, which is not unlike a .zip file. Not familiar? Never fear! RarZilla is a safe, easy and free DL which you can grab from download.cnet.com
The latest BEKO DSL single features The Never Years, a band that has been featured twice in recent weeks on Strangeways Radio. The band, fronted by Jamie Long, is out of Houston, TX. The new single features 5 tracks; Send Me Down, Your Time, Aquarium, Lost, and Honey Island.
We first discovered The Never Years thru the Beko DSL compilation, A Tribute to Club Tropicana Vol 2, which also features a couple of our favorites from 2011 in Skeleton Hands and Azure Blue as well as tracks from Germany Germany, Mother Of Pearl, Radioseven and Work Drugs. Like everything else on BEKO DSL, the compilation is available for a free DL. - Strangeways Radio
BEKO DSL, out of France, is a rather unique label. Not only are they digital only, but they are…FREE. Each Monday, BEKO DSL makes a new digital single available. Sometimes we get bonus treats, like the recent full length, A Tribute to Club Tropicana Vol 2 or a new BEKO Box edition.
The bands featured on the BEKO DSL singles should be no strangers to Strangeways Radio listeners; Memoryhouse, Millionyoung, The Bilinda Butchers, Arctic Flow, Moscow Olympics, Skeleton Hands, Azure Blue, The Never Years and more!
The MP3s are available for free DL and are archived in .rar format, which is not unlike a .zip file. Not familiar? Never fear! RarZilla is a safe, easy and free DL which you can grab from download.cnet.com
The latest BEKO DSL single features The Never Years, a band that has been featured twice in recent weeks on Strangeways Radio. The band, fronted by Jamie Long, is out of Houston, TX. The new single features 5 tracks; Send Me Down, Your Time, Aquarium, Lost, and Honey Island.
We first discovered The Never Years thru the Beko DSL compilation, A Tribute to Club Tropicana Vol 2, which also features a couple of our favorites from 2011 in Skeleton Hands and Azure Blue as well as tracks from Germany Germany, Mother Of Pearl, Radioseven and Work Drugs. Like everything else on BEKO DSL, the compilation is available for a free DL. - Strangeways Radio
12-26-2011 10:34 PM
1. Skeleton Hands - City Lights (4:01)
2. Kindest Lines - Baltimore (3:56)
3. Azure Blue - Catcher In The Rye (3:18)
4. Cut Copy - Need You Now (6:09)
5. Chapel Club - Surfacing (3:42)
6. M83 - Midnight City (4:03)
7. Torul - Try (Original Mix) (3:53)
8. The Present Moment - A New Day (4:34)
9. Section 25 - Colour, Movement, Sex & Violence (3:31)
10. Cold Cave - Confetti (5:37)
11. VNV Nation - Nova (6:05)
12. New Division - Shallow Play (3:58)
13. Austra - Lose It (4:29) - Strangeways Radio
Skeleton Hands, a Dark-Synth duo from Cincinnati, OH employ that Retro 80's New Wave sound we love so much. With no full length release under the belts yet, their sporadic tracks have quickly become favorites amongst the Strangeways Radio DJs and listeners.
Skeleton Hands is comprised of only two, Lazer Bat, master of rhythm, atmosphere, and words; and Astro Wolf, an axe-wielding, melodic beast of prey who gets his powers from the moon. However, together they concoct a sound reminiscent of both the pioneers of electronic music as well as the post-punk movement all with a joyful darkness that rumbles the floor and circles the atmosphere.
City Lights, a track from their 2011 Crystalline Dreams EP graces many a year-end best of list. Along with backing track, Dotted Lines, the EP is available through the Skeleton Hands Bandcamp site at a Name Your Price.
Toward the end of the year, they released the wonderful Dark Synth single Ravage, and an EP of Remixes also available thru Bandcamp at a Name Your Price.
On their official site, in the Songs of Songs section, they have also made available, covers of Ministry’s Same Old Madness and an amazing must-hear version of Parallels’ Dry Blood.
The duo are currently busy recording songs for their full-length debut, tentatively titled Gone and playing a few shows close to home. Stay tuned to Strangeways Radio for advance listens as new tracks are recorded.
Mar 24, 2012 – Cincinnati, OH @ Mayday (with HOLY BEAST & ARMIES)
Apr 08, 2012 – Cincinnati, OH @ Baba Budan’s (with DEASTRO)
May 31, 2012 – Cincinnati, OH @ MOTR Pub (with PARALLELS)
Jun 01, 2012 – Lexington, KY @ Cosmic Charlie’s (with PARALLELS)
- Strangeways Radio
Skeleton Hands es un dúo de Darkwave de Cincinnati, Ohio. A finales de mayo de 2011 sacaron su primer EP Crystalline Dreams. Un disco romántico y lleno sentimientos entristecidos. Pero no todo es oscuridad y melancolía en su música, el colorido lo pone los sintetizadores, las cajas de ritmo y las melodías de una de las formaciones más prometedoras de la ola oscura actual.
La banda está compuesta por el cantante Lazar-Bat (Evan Scott), encargado a su vez de tocar el bajo, el sintetizador, la caja de ritmos y de la programación, y por el guitarristas Astro-Wolf (Chase Anderson), responsable también de la programación.
Hoy el dúo americano acaba de publicar Ravage, el tema de la cara A de su nuevo single y que pronto saldrá a la luz gracias al sello de música Indie, Techno, Idm, Ambient y Electro, Race Car Productions.
Además de este nuevo tema, podéis escuchar a continuación dos canciones de su último EP, City Lights y Dotted Lines.
Y ya por último, os dejamos dos covers: uno de Ministry y otro de Parallels. Por cierto, los podéis descargar gratis. - The Scrap Mag
Skeleton Hands is a self-described dark-wave duo from Cincinnati, Ohio — and they make music to make the bones dance and rattle. Their two-track EP, “Crystalline Dreams” (available at the group’s bandcamp page), features foreboding and sorrowful vocals with an upbeat 80s-synth aesthetic. The album opener, “City Lights”, begins with a jumping beat and skittering synth — like goth-goes-dancing. It’s atmosphere is colorful and stylishly romantic. The band consists of singer Lazar-Bat (aka Evan Scott Sharfe) who also works the bass, synth, beats, and programming. The group also includes Astro-Wolf (aka Chase Anderson) on guitar and programming. – David D. Robbins Jr. - their bated breath
Discography
ALBUMS
Gone (RACECAR)
SINGLES & EPs
Oxygen (Single) (RACECAR)
Ghost (Single) (RACECAR)
Ravage (Single) (RACECAR)
Ravage Remixes (EP) (Self-released)
Crystalline Dreams (EP) (Self-released)
REMIXES
Social Studies "Terracur (Skeleton Hands Remix)" (Antenna Farm)
Kontravoid "Silent Visions (Skeleton Hands Remix)" (Tarantula X)
The Librarian "Slow (Skeleton Hands Hard Version)" (RACECAR)
The Librarian "Slow (Skeleton Hands Soft Version)" (RACECAR)
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As the moon shown down into the deep, cavernous landscape so did Skeleton Hands; when two pioneers of the outer reaches came together to conquer the dark and the light. Skeleton Hands is comprised of only two, Lazer Bat, master of rhythm, atmosphere, and words; and Astro Wolf, an axe-wielding, melodic beast of prey who gets his powers from the moon. However, together they concoct a sound reminiscent of both the pioneers of electronic music as well as the post-punk movement all with a joyful darkness that rumbles the floor and circles the atmosphere.
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