Every 5 or 10 years or so a band will come along that just reeks of class, from the style, to the songwriting, to the delivery, to the marketing and to the packaging. Of course there are many that have some of those attributes but Hurts tick all those boxes.
I posted their Wonderful Life video over a year ago on my 'Something For the Weekend' posts and now finally they are getting all the attention they deserve.
They remind me of when i discovered Depeche Mode, Human League, New Order and Soft Cell back in the old days...the excitement of hearing about a new single and waiting for the record shop to open the day before release day because you know the owner has a promo 7" single and that is the only way you are going to hear it first, things have changed obviously.
My mates and i would wait all day from 10am onwards outside the Hammersmith Palais and venues of that ilk mingling with the cool cats and reprobates...more about that in a later posting.
The thing is, Hurts brings those feelings back, not that i would sit on my arse all day outside a concert venue these days, but i am certainly passionate enough to know that they will be with me for a very long time to come...watch and feel what i feel
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