Boo Hooray - Haunted

Haunted is the debut album from Boo Hooray, the band formerly known as Electric Music AKA, whose two previous albums met with Europe-wide acclaim. Reviews to appear in February in the following monthly UK music mags : Q, Mojo, Uncut, Clash. Plus feature in The Scotsman and additional reviews in the broadsheets. Lead track The Angels Are Closer to appear on The Word CD covermount February 2010 issue (out Jan 14). Plus half page full colour ad in the same issue, two week banner ad campaign on Word website. Featured artist on site, plus enhanced profile in Word email newsletter. First single Everything Is Light And Dust And Alright to be serviced to radio by Fleming Connolly Associates, with BBC Radio 2 and BBC 6Music specifically targeted. Now trading as Boo Hooray after their escapades as Electric Music AKA, Scottish duo Tom Doyle and Anth Brown – finally – return with their third long player, Haunted, on Feb 8th , released on their 69 Bluebird imprint. Three short years in the making, its 10 tracks were recorded in London and Scotland and clock in at 35 minutes. Made under the influence of Talk Talk, The Blue Nile, Elbow and The Zombies, its mid-tempo songs are high on atmosphere and melody. Haunted is released 10 years after the pair’s critically-acclaimed debut for the Beastie Boys’ now defunct label Grand Royal, North London Spiritualist Church, in 2000. Electric Music were temporarily derailed when the label went under only months after the album’s release and they were simultaneously turfed out of their North London studio Scabby Rd due to unpaid rent and stolen electricity. Compounding their problems, the duo were then threatened with legal action by Karl Bartos of Kraftwerk, whose electro-pop offshoot shared their name. Undeterred, Doyle and Brown suffixed their name with AKA and signed to Sanctuary in 2003 to release The Resurrection Show, which met with similar acclaim. Its memorable cover depicted the pair photographed inside the decaying Victorian grandeur of the Great Hall in London’s Alexandra Palace. Joining the duo on Haunted are keyboardist Steve Aungle, bassist Ashley Dublin and drummer Graham Instrall. The troupe recently made a short film featuring four slow-burning songs from the album, currently streaming on their myspace page. Details of Boo Hooray shows in 2010 to follow. Reviews for North London Spiritualist Church and The Resurrection Show. “Thoughtful head music. A restrained, comforting mixture of sweet melody and sparkling invention.” NME / “Near-unique…these mid-tempo pop songs create their own quiet little world.” Q /  “Cut-and-paste techniques on unlikely soft-rock sounds craft sweet, sad pop songs.” MOJO / “A perfect Sunday afternoon record. Sigh, wallow and hug yourself to your heart’s (dis)content.” TIME OUT. www.myspace.com/boohooray

Tracks : The angels are closer, Everything is light and dust and alright, Cursed moon, Haunted by you, Johnny wont get to heaven, The last day of something, Gramophone needle, Joe, All in distress, Wonderlust.

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