The Helmholtz Resonators Sunshine / Shadow by abadgeoffriendship

<b>The Helmholtz Resonators</b> are a renegade group of psychedelic time travelling audio scientists who have been playing and writing music together since the turn of the century. They studied acoustic science and the work of <b>Hermann Von Helmholtz</b>, being particularly inspired by his book <i>On the Wires of our Nerves</i>, essential reading for anyone interested in the science of sound and sound synthesis.

<b><i>Sunshine/Shadow</b></i> captures both sides of the band’s personality, making perfect sense as a double A side single. ‘Sunshine’ is a bright slice of electronic feel-good electronica with upbeat lyrics, while ‘Shadow’ is a sinister tale of beady eyed shadow people, omnipresent and always listening.

The band formed when <b>Garland Vanderbilt</b> discovered an old Burg organ in a skip. After rescuing and installing it in his studio he was thrilled to find it still working and sounding great, if slightly strange! Around the same time <b>Carlton Breezy</b> had an old hyper-fuzz pedal he never liked the sound of when used with his guitar, so he discarded the guitar and found the fuzz perfect with an old 1970s precision bass. <b>Chladni Plates</b> was thrilled; he had wanted to form a “hatstand of psychedelia” for some time.

Heavily inspired by the ethos behind concept albums, the band have created a repertoire of songs that are as eccentric as their image, touching on influences as diverse as <b>The Residents</b> and <b>The Kinks</b> to <b>LCD Soundsystem</b> and <b>Hieronymous Bosch</b> and picking up support from the likes of <b>XFM</b>’s <b>Eddy Temple Morris</b>, <b>BBC 6Music</b>’s <b>Marc Riley</b>, <b>Frank Skinner’s Absolute Radio Show</b>, <b>Timeout</b> and <b>The Independent</b>.

<b>Sunshine/Shadow</b> is released <b>14th July 2014</b> via <b>Genepool Records</b>.

Contains tracks

• 01 Sunshine by abadgeoffriendship
• 02 Shadow by abadgeoffriendship