{"id":1362,"date":"2012-05-09T11:30:48","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T15:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/?p=1362"},"modified":"2012-05-08T23:06:02","modified_gmt":"2012-05-09T03:06:02","slug":"hella-better-dancer-living-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2012\/05\/09\/hella-better-dancer-living-room\/","title":{"rendered":"Hella Better Dancer: Living Room"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/2012\/05\/09\/hella-better-dancer-living-room\/hella-better-dancer1\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1364\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Hella-Better-Dancer1-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"Hella Better Dancer1\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1364\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Hella-Better-Dancer1-682x1024.jpg 682w, http:\/\/www.nowthissound.com\/ntsib\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Hella-Better-Dancer1-333x500.jpg 333w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hellabetterdancer\">Hella Better Dancer<\/a> is Tilly Scantlebury (Vocals\/Guitar), Josh Cohen (Bass), Soph Nathan (Lead Guitar\/BVs), and Chris O&#8217;Driscoll (Drums). They are from London, and <i>Living Room<\/i> is the dreamy, melancholy, low-fi masterpiece they recorded using just the internal mic on a laptop.<\/p>\n<p>It is only about ten minutes long, but it is a very beautiful ten minutes.<\/p>\n<p>This is the video for the first track, <i>Brother<\/i>:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<div class=\"lyte-wrapper\" title=\"Brother - Hella Better Dancer\" style=\"width:640px;max-width:100%;margin:5px auto;\"><div class=\"lyMe\" id=\"WYL_VTNGj5vxZTc\"><div id=\"lyte_VTNGj5vxZTc\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/VTNGj5vxZTc\/hqdefault.jpg\" class=\"pL\"><div class=\"tC\"><div class=\"tT\">Brother - Hella Better Dancer<\/div><\/div><div class=\"play\"><\/div><div class=\"ctrl\"><div class=\"Lctrl\"><\/div><div class=\"Rctrl\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><noscript><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/VTNGj5vxZTc\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/VTNGj5vxZTc\/0.jpg\" alt=\"Brother - Hella Better Dancer\" width=\"640\" height=\"340\" \/><br \/>Watch this video on YouTube<\/a><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"lL\" style=\"max-width:100%;width:640px;margin:5px auto;\"><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nThis is <i>After School<\/i>, the second track on <i>Living Room<\/i>, which, you guys, this is a gem of a song. A dark, delicate gem, glimmering amid a pile of fallen leaves in a bruised post-rainstorm landscape:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"400\" height=\"100\" style=\"position: relative; display: block; width: 400px; height: 100px;\" src=\"http:\/\/bandcamp.com\/EmbeddedPlayer\/v=2\/track=3859115233\/size=venti\/bgcol=FFFFFF\/linkcol=4285BB\/\" allowtransparency=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hellabetterdancer.bandcamp.com\/track\/after-school\">After School by Hella Better Dancer<\/a><\/iframe><br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nAnd finally, here they are live and using regular mics, at <a href=\"http:\/\/stop-look-listen.co.uk\/\">Stop Look Listen<\/a> at Native Tongue with <i>Hands<\/i>, which was <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesixtyone.com\/hellabetterdancer#\/artist\/hellabetterdancer\/songs\/\">one of their demos<\/a>:<br \/>\n&nbsp;<br \/>\nhttp:\/\/youtu.be\/nSJ3ldZAmLo<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>They also have two other EPs out, <i>Swimming<\/i> and <i>Please Stay Here<\/i>; you can hear selections from those records at <a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\/hella-better-dancer\">Soundcloud<\/a> and the band <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesixtyone.com\/hellabetterdancer#\/artist\/hellabetterdancer\/songs\/\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Upcoming shows:<br \/>\nMay 11, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.songkick.com\/concerts\/12634248-hella-better-dancer-at-amersham-arms?utm_source=1471&#038;utm_medium=partner\">Amersham Arms<\/a>, London, UK<br \/>\nMay 19, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.songkick.com\/concerts\/12220488-hella-better-dancer-at-powers-bar?utm_source=1471&#038;utm_medium=partner\">Power&#8217;s Bar<\/a>, London, UK<br \/>\nMay 21, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.songkick.com\/concerts\/12406998-choir-of-young-believers-at-birthdays?utm_source=1471&#038;utm_medium=partner\">Birthdays<\/a>, London, UK<br \/>\nMay 24, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.songkick.com\/concerts\/12539418-samuel-deschamps-la-shark-at-lock-tavern\">The Lock Tavern<\/a>, London, UK<br \/>\nMay 26, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.songkick.com\/concerts\/12148768-hella-better-dancer-at-spice-of-life?utm_source=1471&#038;utm_medium=partner\">Spice Of Life<\/a>, London, UK<br \/>\nJun 10, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.songkick.com\/concerts\/12220483-hella-better-dancer-at-sebright-arms?utm_source=1471&#038;utm_medium=partner\">Sebright Arms<\/a>, London, UK<br \/>\nJun 16, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.songkick.com\/concerts\/12220463-hella-better-dancer-at-93-feet-east?utm_source=1471&#038;utm_medium=partner\">93 Feet East<\/a>, London, UK<br \/>\nJun 29, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leefest.org.uk\/\">Leefest 2012<\/a>, Highhams Hill Farm, Warlingham, UK<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hella Better Dancer is Tilly Scantlebury (Vocals\/Guitar), Josh Cohen (Bass), Soph Nathan (Lead Guitar\/BVs), and Chris O&#8217;Driscoll (Drums). 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