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Male Bonding Nothing Hurts

Emerging from the fertile D.I.Y. rock scene in Dalston, a gentrification-proof London neighborhood with ample “lo-fi” bands and Turkish restaurants, noise-pop trio Male Bonding plays fast. Nothing Hurts, the band’s first full-length, gets it done in half an hour, and most songs clock in at around two minutes. But, there’s much more to Male Bonding than high-speed, high-impact punk. If you will know their velocity, you will remember their melodies. Every song on Nothing Hurts, whether a clipped, snarling rock anthem (“All Things This Way,” “Crooked Scene,” “Pumpkin”) or something more foggy and contemplative (“Franklin,” “Worse to Come”), carries a hook that’s immediate and permanent. Nothing Hurts was recorded in the fall of 2009 in New York and mixed and mastered by Pete Lyman at Infrasonic Sound.

After a triumphant return home to the UK, from their US tour with the Vivian Girls & The Soft Pack the band are gearing up to begin a pretty lengthy UK tour.

Interview with Dirty Laundry TV.

Band of the Week on Spinner.com

Free MP3 of Franklin, via Stereogum

Free MP3 of Years Not Long via Pitchfork

European Tour Dates:

“Webb’s upper-register vocals have yearning nailed down, and the feeling is cemented by lyrics…”-Pitchfork

“…people of the world will finally know of Male Bonding’s gritty awesomeness.” – Fader

“…Male Bonding, gets friendly with choppy, high-velocity noise pop.” –Village Voice