HTRK

HTRK’s ghostly International debut'Work (work, work)' is a flat-lined study of desire and submission, sentimentality and dysphoria. The London by way of Berlin and Melbourne art-rock duo (pronounced “Hate Rock”) finished the album’s production while grieving the sudden loss of founding member and bassist Sean Stewart to suicide in March 2010. And while that tragedy has certainly found its way into the music’s bottomless sonic void, 'Work (work, work)', written from 2006-10 in Berlin and London, is about much more than abject darkness. Much, much more.

HTRK play The Garage on 24th October and will be supported by Tropic Of Cancer.

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Tropic Of Cancer consists of Camella Lobo and Juan Mendez, widely known for his minimal techno output as Silent Servant on the darkly heralded Sandwell District label. Blending bleak minimal electronics and gorgeously mournful vocals with the production of Joy Division and the spirit of post-punk and industrial underpinnings, Tropic Of Cancer have stoked their slow burning reputation into the makings of what is being referred to as a 'modern classic.'

Though Tropic Of Cancer's sound has been called gothic, cold wave and drone pop, the band's take on their influences is anything but nostalgic. Lobo and Mendez have managed to imbue their own elusive gaze and craft a strangely beautiful and intoxicating sound in the wake of their predecessors.

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