New York, NY (Top40 Charts) Eckhardt And The House has developed towards a more uptempo and danceable indie sound but certainly didn't lose any charm. The band has been taking elements from pop to avant-garde to funk and twisted it all up into a signature sound with wild experimentation and disregard for the norm.
New single Mountains reminds us of
Talking Heads glory days on the one hand and nowadays
Modest Mouse on the other. The track is produced by Ash Workman who is known for his work with Christine and The Queens, Metronomy, Baxter Dury a.o.
Over the last three years, Eckhardt And The House treated the listener to eight singles and an album release full of laid-back, easy listening, trendy nerdy and surprisingly accessible hipster sounds. 2018 started with a new logo, a different style of artwork and most of all, a change of sound. But all that with keeping the existing Eckhardt And The House fan in mind.
Previous single If You Cannot Talk did very well on Dutch radio and was played for months on national, regional and local stations. It also got airplay on radiostations from The Filippines to Norway and from Germany to the USA. It was featured on many Spotify playlists, reached #4 on Hypem Popular Now Charts, and press coverage rolled in from Germany, UK, and the United States a.o.
Xune Mag - "Instantly likeable and infectiously danceable, given the right exposure, this single could easily be the unexpected hit of the year." (USA)
Carte
Blanche - What's not to like about that?
Eckhardt And The House is the project by producer, singer, multi-instrumentalist, dramatist and actor Rik Elstgeest. Rik is known from his previous bands Kopna Kopna and Alamo Race Track, as well as being composer and producer for Zazi. Together with Gerry Arling (of Arling & Cameron fame) and Bo Koek he is the core of Dutch electropop surprise Mass Electric. Mountains is released this week on BERT
Music (a division of TCBYML), and available for purchase/streaming on all known digital platforms.
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