Awesome New Republic
Awesome New Republic is an indie dance-rock duo from Miami, FL, who made their full-length album debut in 2005. Founded in 2004, the duo is comprised of multi-instrumentalists Michael-John Hancock (aka John Hancock; vocals, drums) and Brian Robertson (keys, vocals), who began working together as students at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami. Citing influences that range from Prince and Parliament-Funkadelic to Giorgio Moroder and Talking Heads, Hancock and Robertson initially recorded a pair of homemade albums, {^Witness Now the Bi...[more]
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Awesome New Republic is a two piece band from Miami, FL comprised of core members Michael John Hancock and Brian Robertson. The duo have been making music together for the past five years, self-releasing material, and playing art galleries and warehouse parties around Miami. They've branched out of MIA with spots at CMJ, Pop Montreal, and supporting Animal Collective, Girl Talk, and Mike Gordon among others. Hearts was written, recorded, produced, and art-directed entirely by the band in their Miami studio [ read more ]
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Awesome New Republic is a two piece band from Miami, FL comprised of core members Michael John Hancock and Brian Robertson. The duo have been making music together for the past five years, self-releasing material, and playing art galleries and warehouse parties around Miami. They've branched out of MIA with spots at CMJ, Pop Montreal, and supporting Animal Collective, Girl Talk, and Mike Gordon among others. Hearts was written, recorded, produced, and art-directed entirely by the band in their Miami studio [ read more ]
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ANR so Far contains a majority of their two self-released albums. Within two weeks of its release, ANR so Far entered the CMJ 200 Charts at #178. "It's hard to predict what kind of music two young men decked in sweat pants and body paint will produce. But in recent months, Awesome Republic, or ANR, has been playing shows all over South Florida and winning fans with their unique style and sound. The group fuses catchy R&B, southern soul and experimental rock via synthesizers and drums -- a lit [ read more ]
CD $9.99
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VINYL FORMAT. TRANSLUCENT BLUE VINYL. "All Party Talks (EP) sparkles with a crisp yet complex sound, drum machines sharing space with ethnic percussion, smooth jazz chords cozying up with distorted digital blips. The duo's musical adventurousness is grounded by Robertson's stellar keyboard chops and Hancock's soulful voice, which makes even the most esoteric cultural reference sound like a Motown come-on." - Matt Gajewski, The Hurricane
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