Hurts [ Ссылка ] are a British synthpop duo from Manchester composed of singer Theo Hutchcraft, (From Richmond, North Yorkshire), and synth player Adam Anderson.
In July 2009, the band featured as "Band of the Day" on Guardian.co.uk. They finished in fourth position in BBC's Sound of 2010 poll. The band's song "Wonderful Life" was notably remixed by Arthur Baker. In early 2010 they officially released their debut single, "Better Than Love", and played their first ever live shows. The song "Illuminated" also was the soundtrack to Sky1 HD's advert to promote their best-watched seasonal programmes in High Definition (Bones, House, Fringe, Stargate Universe) in spring/summer 2010. Their debut album called Happiness was released on 6 September 2010. It contains a duet with Kylie Minogue entitled "Devotion".
To promote the release of their debut album, the band collaborated with author Joe Stretch to produce an interactive audio book narrated by Anna Friel. It is found on the online music player Spotify, with the first entry being found by searching for "a5m4". Before Hurts, singer Theo and synthesiser player Adam were previously in bands named Bureau, later to be renamed Daggers. In September 2010 it was announced their UK tour was sold out, and that Hurts would support Scissor Sisters on their UK tour later this year.
Hurts [ Ссылка ] sind eine britische Synthie-Pop-Band aus Manchester, bestehend aus Theo Hutchcraft und Adam Anderson. Beide waren zuvor Mitglied in der Band Daggers.
Im Juli 2009 waren sie "Band of the Day" auf der Website der britischen Tageszeitung The Guardian. Zudem erreichten Sie den vierten Platz bei der renommierten "BBC Sound of 2010" Abstimmung.
Anfang 2010 veröffentlichten sie ihre erste Single und spielten erste Liveshows.
Ihr Debütalbum heißt Happiness und erschien am 27. August 2010 in Deutschland. Auf ihrem Debüt orientieren sich Hutchcraft und Anderson stark am Sound der 1980er Jahre und ihren musikalischen Vorbildern Depeche Mode, Tears for Fears oder Frankie Goes to Hollywood. Die "Achtziger Jahre" und der prägende Sound der Dekade (Synthesizer, Drumcomputer, Maschinenbeats, etc.) sind der wichtigste Bezugspunkt für die Musik von Hurts.
