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Heels Catch Fire came about in the latter part of 2006 through an organic process of mutual friends and shared vision. Each member carrying an assortment of influences ranging from the pop perfection of the Shins, the intensity of Bjork to the Guitar wanderings of the Police and the Energy and power of At the Drive-in. They developed a furious and uncompromising mix of dual guitars, steeping bass riffs and staccato drum patterns which have led to a carefully-weighted mixture of pop awareness – straight-up choruses – hidden among the incongruous surroundings of spiky guitar-driven...

also known as: HELMHOLTZ RESONATORS The Helmholtz Resonators are three musicians who have been playing and writing music together since meeting at university around the turn of the century. They studied acoustic science and the work of Hermann Helmholtz, particularly being inspired by the book ‘On the wires of our nerves’ which is essential reading for anyone interested in the science of sound and sound synthesis.

Catcall’s sound omits whiffs of early Kate Bush, Grace Jones and Tom Tom Club but also stands next to contemporaries such as Santigold, The Knife and disco queen Glass Candy; her original style shows off a strong character, with beats and quirky melodies that quickly sublet their way into your brain 23-year old Catherine Kelleher (Sydney, Australia) cut her musical teeth as a teenager in DIY punk group Kiosk; a band famed for their polarizing and bratty no-wave noise sound but eventually discovered their pop sensibility within the aggression and urgency of punk rock.