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CMU Approved
Approved: The Hics
By Aly Barchi | Published on Monday 20 October 2014
Chosen by Gilles Peterson for his ‘Brownswood Bubblers’ comp back in 2012, five-piece The Hics are still on a slow simmer, having laid somewhat low (and swerved the odd artistically compromising major label deal, they say) since the release of their 2013 EP ‘Tangle’.
The fact that the whole band trained in the arts (and sciences) at the same school in Pimlico is clear in The Hics’ latest poster-single ‘All We’ll Know’, a script heavy with all the band’s signature traits, from its warm, steady-moving circlets of Sade-esque soul and jazz, to the earnest love-themed wording, to co-lead-singers Roxane Dayette and Sam Paul Evans’ high-and-low range vocals, which soften and build with each other in total sync.
Watch the band share a bit of their story so far, and do ‘All We’ll Know’ live, on episode two of Channel 4’s very ‘now’, very anti-‘Later… With Jools’-styled new music show ‘Four To The Floor’ (which I hope the station orders another round of because it’s really, really good); and/or catch the track’s official video in a bit:
