Heist

HEIST******************************************************* ******************************************************* 'They bubble with a kind of passion most British acts struggle to recognize, let alone harness.' NME********************************************************* ************************************************London 1998: a strange collection of musical dissidents is thrown together by an advert in the back pages of the Melody Maker. Glaswegian splash-kids, francophiles and classicists conspire, and as the fag-end of Britpop smoulders, plans are made: Plans for a new kind of pop music, part dark cabaret, part sweeping cinematic melodrama 'Heist' is born in the autumn of that year and immediately wins the NME's new bands award.Since then, the band's unusual and sometimes shambolic live show - a kind of costumed 60's art movie tableaux with punk attitude -- has toured extensively in the UK and Europe, making many friends. Their debut 'DEFECTORS' EP was followed by the experimental film noir/dance CD 'BERLIN EXPRESS', which attracted great critical acclaim ('Bollocks Noir!' raved the Melody Maker, 'this is why music was invented' agreed the NME). January 2001 saw the UK release of their first full-length album - 'FRIDAY NIGHT AT THE TRABI RACES'. As well as getting excellent reviews in the UK press ('exquisite melodies' noted Amazon.co.uk Critics Choice), tracks from the album have been played by on BBC Radio One's Evening Session and a number of regional and European radio stations.Last year saw the release of the band's long-awaited second album, 'A Shopkeeper Will Not Appear' (Super 8 Recordings)... buy online at amazon.co.uk.