Noisey has just premiered a brand new Scanners track "Control", which you can listen to HERE, as well as the new video "State of Wonder". Click below to watch!
The UK group is set to play SXSW and release their EP Love is Symmetry on March 5th on Dim Mak Records.The Scanners story starts at a rehearsal studio in Camden Town London in 2005. Sarah and Mat had loads of songs they had been working on together whilst playing guitar in other people's bands. When they met Amina and Tom it seemed the natural step to go and record these tracks, and so the first Scanners album 'Violence is Golden' was born. It was a homemade affair, recorded in bedrooms and rehearsal rooms, but it still started to attract some attention.Through a strange set of circumstances Steve Aoki, head of LA label Dim Mak Records (Bloc Party, The Rakes, Gossip) heard one of the tracks and was hooked. On a visit to London he met up with the band and he promised to put out the record. So in 2006 Violence is Golden was released to much critical acclaim from sources as varied as the LA Times, Aversion and Perez Hilton. They played their second single "Lowlife" on NBC's Carson Daly Show to a nationwide audience, the performance introduced by Ice Cube. They toured the West Coast and supported bands like Datarock, The Horrors, Forward Russia and The Rakes. The success from the album in America led to releases and tours in the UK and Europe. There they played the Rockness and Eurockéennes festivals and supported The Charlatans Air and Devo.SXSW dates (more to be announced):
Wed 3/13 - Dim Mak showcase
Thu 3/14 - Soho Lounge @ 10pm
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