Hurts
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 Adam Anderson and Theo Hutchcraft in March 2014 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Synth pop , electro , new wave |
| founding | 2009 |
| Website | informationhurts.com |
| Founding members | |
| Theo Hutchcraft | |
electronic instruments, guitar |
Adam Anderson |
Hurts are a British synthpop - band from Manchester . It consists of Theo Hutchcraft (born August 30, 1986 in Richmond, North Yorkshire ) and Adam Anderson (born May 14, 1984 in Manchester), both of whom were previously members of the bands Daggers and Bureau .
Career
In July 2009, Hurt's Band of the Day was on the website of the British daily The Guardian . They also achieved fourth place in the prestigious BBC Sound of 2010 vote.
2010–2011: Happiness
In early 2010 they released their first single and played their first concerts . The Hurts had their world's first live appearance at StyleNite on January 22nd, 2010 in Berlin's Friedrichstadtpalast .
Her debut album Happiness was released on August 27, 2010 in Germany. Hutchcraft and Anderson are based on the sound of the 1980s and their musical role models Pet Shop Boys , Depeche Mode , Tears for Fears or Frankie Goes to Hollywood . The 1980s and the defining sound of this decade ( synthesizers , drum computers , machine beats , etc.) are the most important reference point for the music of Hurts.
In German-speaking countries the band celebrated great success with the titles Wonderful Life and Stay . The first track in particular was able to stay in the charts for a long time, including 13 weeks in the German top 10, of which it spent three weeks at number 2. Stay was used in the German film Kokowääh , in which Til Schweiger played a part.
2012–2013: Exile
In early 2012 they started working on their new album. The first time attention was drawn to the new record, the title The Road , which was used in a two-minute promo video for the album. It has been available on iTunes since mid-December 2012. Another title, Sandman , has been made available for download from the official website for some time. Around the same time, the album cover and title were announced.
Miracle was first released as a pre-release single in some countries on January 11, 2013. In Germany, the Robots Don't Sleep Remix was released in February 2013 before the actual release . The single was released on the German market as a maxi CD on March 22, 2013.
On March 8, 2013 the album Exile was released , from which the songs Blind and Somebody to Die For were released in the following months . All three songs reached the German charts. The B-side of Somebody to Die For , the song Without You , which is a cover of the song of the same name by Selig , landed in the hit lists.
The song Under Control was created in collaboration with house producers Calvin Harris and Alesso . It is less based on Hurts' music style than on the typical Progressive House style of the two DJs. The music video celebrated its premiere at the beginning of November 2013. While the single was released in Switzerland on October 7, 2013, it wasn't released in Germany until November 15, 2013.
2015: Surrender
The third studio album, Surrender , was released on October 9, 2015. The song Some Kind of Heaven was released as the first pre-release single in Great Britain on May 28, 2015 . On July 16, Rolling Stone released the second song and on August 13, Lights released the third song.
2017: Desire
The fourth album Desire was released on September 29, 2017 .
2020: Faith
On May 15, 2020, Hurts released the single Voices after a three-year break . On June 24th, 2020 the second single Suffer of the fifth studio album Faith, due to be released on September 4th, 2020, followed .
Trivia
In their record deal, Theo Hutchcraft and Adam Anderson asked for a comb and an umbrella. There wasn't a specific reason for this, they just wanted to find out if they'd get it. The record company agreed, and they were given a comb and an umbrella.
The album Happiness was recorded in January 2010 on a disused Gothenburg radio station and produced by Jonas Quant. In November 2010, a room furnished according to your ideas was named “Hurts Chamber” in the Berlin hotel “The Weinmeister”. Hurts contributed a remix for the single Haifisch of the NDH band Rammstein , but also for the band The Heartbreaks for the single Jealous, Don't You Know , for the album Falco 3 (25th Anniversary Edition) by Falco the song Jeanny and for Lady Gaga's single Judas . They also produced a remix of Mylène Farmers Lonely Lisa in 2011 . In February 2012 they made a remix of the song Song from the Forgotten by the band Rosenstolz . In February 2013, Hurts covered Bruno Mars ' song Locked Out of Heaven . This was followed by a cover version of the title Ohne dich by the German band Selig , which was released in August 2013 as the B-side of their single Somebody to Die For .
Discography
Studio albums
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
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| 2010 | Happiness RCA Records ( Sony ) |
DE2  × 2
(64 weeks)DE |
AT2  (49 weeks)AT |
CH2 (60 weeks)CH |
UK4th (26 weeks)UK |
- |
First published: August 27, 2010
Sales: +2,000,000 |
| 2013 | Exile Epic Records (Sony) |
DE3 (16 weeks)DE |
AT4 (6 weeks) AT |
CH2 (17 weeks)CH |
UK9 (8 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: March 8, 2013
Sales: + 159,411 |
| 2015 | Surrender Columbia Records (Sony) |
DE8 (5 weeks) DE |
AT14 (2 weeks) AT |
CH1 (10 weeks) CH |
UK12 (2 weeks) UK |
- |
First published: October 9, 2015
Sales: + 5,636 |
| 2017 | Desire Sony Music (Sony) |
DE14 (2 weeks) DE |
AT24 (1 week) AT |
CH8 (5 weeks) CH |
UK21 (1 week) UK |
- |
First published: September 29, 2017
Sales: + 3,712 |
Awards
- 2010: in the "Shooting Star" category
- 2011: in the category "Best Newcomer International"
Fonogram Awards
- 2011: in the category "Best International Album" ( Happiness )
MTV Movie Awards Germany
- 2011: in the category "Best Soundtrack in a German Film" ( Stay )
Musikexpress Style Award
- 2011: in the category "Best Performer International"
- 2011: in the category "Best New Band"
- 2012: in the category "Best Video" ( Sunday )
The Bizarre Awards
- 2010: in the category "Best Biz Session"
Ultra Music Awards
- 2010: in the category "Best International Song of the Year" ( Wonderful Life )
Virgin Music Awards
- 2011: in the "Best Group" category
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- ↑ Wonderful Life by Hurts. Songfacts, accessed June 14, 2010 .
- ↑ http://www.laut.de/Hurts
- ^ Paul Lester: New band of the day - No 593: Hurts. The Guardian , July 27, 2009, accessed June 14, 2010 .
- ↑ Ian Youngs: BBC Sound of 2010: Hurts. BBC News , January 5, 2010, accessed June 14, 2010 .
- ↑ Alexandra Maschewski: Michael Michalsky thinks Berlin rocks. Morgenpost.de, accessed on September 29, 2011 .
- ↑ Michael Kraft: Debut of Hurts: The luck of the eighties. (No longer available online.) News.de, August 26, 2010, archived from the original on November 21, 2010 ; Retrieved August 28, 2010 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Placement of "Wonderful Life" in D ( Memento of the original from May 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Kokowääh soundtrack
- ^ ITunes Italy: Miracle - Single , accessed February 21, 2013
- ^ ITunes Germany: Miracle (Robots Don't Sleep Remix) - Single , accessed February 21, 2013
- ↑ Release of the single Miracle in Germany
- ↑ Release rate on rateyourmusic.com
- ↑ Sven Plaggemeier: Hurts: New album "Surrender" will be released in October. depechemode.de, accessed on August 14, 2015 .
- ↑ Henning Kleine: Hurts publish new song. depechemode.de, accessed on August 14, 2015 .
- ↑ Henning Kleine: New song from Hurts is online. depechemode.de, accessed on August 14, 2015 .
- ↑ BILD meets Hurts “What we like about drag queens”. In: image. Retrieved May 20, 2020 .
- ↑ Nina Paul: Hurts release “Voices”, the first pioneer from their upcoming album. In: THE MELLOW MUSIC. May 15, 2020, accessed on June 25, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Hurts announce new album 'Faith' and share huge single 'Suffer'. In: NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs | NME.COM. June 24, 2020, accessed June 25, 2020 (UK English).
- ↑ Andreas Zagelow: Secret Agent: Interview with Hurts. sputnik.de, archived from the original on October 5, 2013 ; Retrieved August 18, 2011 .
- ^ David Greeves: Adam Anderson & Jonas Quant (Hurts): Recording Happiness. Retrieved June 10, 2016 .
- ↑ http://www.mediabiz.de/musik/news/weinmeister-weiht-hurts-chamber-ein/297458/40509
- ^ Robert Copsey: Hurts announce new album 'Exile'. digitalspy.co.uk, December 14, 2012, accessed August 27, 2020 .
- ↑ a b c Alan Jones: Official Charts Analysis: Faithless only need 12,341 sales to top album chart. musicweek.com, October 16, 2015, accessed on August 27, 2020 .
- ↑ Alan Jones: Official Charts Analysis: Shania Twain takes No. 1 in close battle with Wolf Alice. musicweek.com, October 6, 2017, accessed on August 27, 2020 (English).
- ↑ Bambi 2010 winner. Accessed June 2016 .
- ↑ Echo 2011 winner ( Memento of the original from June 12, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Fonogram Awards 2011 winner
- ↑ MTV Movie Award Germany 2011 winner
- ↑ Musikexpress Style Award 2011 winner
- ↑ Hurts win the Schockwaves Prize 2011
- ↑ Bizarre Award 2011 winner ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Link inactive)
- ↑ Ultra-Music Awards 2010 winner
- ↑ Hurts win Virgin Music Award for "Best Group". Archived from the original on October 4, 2012 ; accessed on June 10, 2016 .
