I'm surprised more of you aren't bonering over To Kill A Petty Bourgeoise, what with them being on Kranky and the gothing and noising and shoegazing and being awesome

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saw them for the first time last night...really blown away...the new album is called The Patron, i think i saw cutty was listening to it on the noise board, but anyway this is pretty amazing stuff...mostly assembled live instrument/computer trickery...

mysterious and beautiful, ambient noise and goth vocals and big washes of guitar and effects pedals, layer after layer to lounge around in...

but anyway here is their myspace:

http://www.myspace.com/tokillapettybourgeoisie

album is out on kranky right now, just bought it...

live they are alot different full band w/guitar bass drums and sometimes violin...the drummer who i play with in maps of norway is now going to be playing w./them live and he's great so if they come to your town check them out.

but yeah some of you real rock critics that people listen to should check these guys out and confirm for everyone so these guys can get more hyped.

― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 1 November 2007 16:00 (seventeen years ago)

Love the name. A class-conscious goth band, is that a first?

― dad a, Thursday, 1 November 2007 16:31 (seventeen years ago)

Listened to it yesterday. V. nice stuff.

― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 1 November 2007 16:42 (seventeen years ago)

I want to get this. Maybe I'll pick it up when I get more money.. They definitely deserve more hype than they're getting.

― jonathan - stl, Thursday, 1 November 2007 17:02 (seventeen years ago)

they were great live too, they sort of go for the approach that the live thing is completely different than the CD, much more of a rock band, but equally as cool i thought. it's probably best for the clubs they are playing, as it's always hard to come across doing just computers or electronics, given the limitations of the PA and people talking and drinking etc

― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 1 November 2007 17:36 (seventeen years ago)

where did they play?

sounds cool, will check out.

― gff, Thursday, 1 November 2007 17:37 (seventeen years ago)

yeah, love this

― cutty, Thursday, 1 November 2007 17:38 (seventeen years ago)

they are OK

― chaki, Thursday, 1 November 2007 17:41 (seventeen years ago)

(they were at the turf last nite gff, but they are local so they're around played the hexagon a couple weeks ago)

― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 1 November 2007 17:42 (seventeen years ago)

had no idea they were local! sounds like a cool show for halloween

― gff, Thursday, 1 November 2007 17:48 (seventeen years ago)

their name is an extreme turn-off.

― rockapads, Thursday, 1 November 2007 18:22 (seventeen years ago)

okay "rockapads"

― M@tt He1ges0n, Thursday, 1 November 2007 23:52 (seventeen years ago)

nine months pass...

new ep and song up on myspace

http://www.myspace.com/tokillapettybourgeoisie

― M@tt He1ges0n, Friday, 1 August 2008 21:37 (seventeen years ago)

i have still never seen them live.

― goole, Friday, 1 August 2008 21:43 (seventeen years ago)

Interesting stuff. Reminds me a little of Bat For Lashes.

― Soukesian, Saturday, 2 August 2008 11:28 (seventeen years ago)

one year passes...

new shit:

http://stereogum.com/archives/video/new_to_kill_a_petty_bourgeoisie_video__in_peoples_095851.html

great band and good peeps

― could it be that it was all so shipley? (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 21 October 2009 16:25 (fifteen years ago)

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