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Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell started making music as The Big Pink in 2007, taking their name from the debut album by The Band.[3] Furze used to play guitar for Alec Empire and run the record label Hate Channel with Cordell. Cordell (son of Denny Cordell and brother of Tarka Cordell) had also been releasing records through his own label Merok Records, which featured early noise rock releases by Klaxons, Titus Andronicus, and Crystal Castles.[4] After joining forces in mid-2007, the band issued their first single "Too Young to Love" on 7" vinyl in October 2008 on the House Anxiety label.[5] The single was limited to 500 copies worldwide,[5] and features a homoerotic photograph by Dennis Cooper as its cover. Similarly, a limited edition 12" single for "Too Young to Love" released only in Japan features more of Cooper's photography as its cover. The Big Pink signed with British record label
4AD in February 2009.[6] On 25 February 2009, The Big Pink won
the prestigious Philip Hall Radar Award for best new act at the
NME Shockwave Awards.[1] The duo were presented the award by James
Allan and Caroline McKay of Glasvegas, who had won the award in
2008. In April, 4AD issued the duo's first single for the label, "Velvet," which Pitchfork Media described as "undeniably immense, but it's a tribute to the Big Pink's skill and maturity that
it still manages to sound intimate", and awarded the track a 7 out of 10 rating.[7] The single was again produced
by the band and mixed by Alan Moulder. A 7-minute remix of "Velvet" by Gang Gang Dance followed as an online-streaming single.[8] The Big Pink provided
a cover of "Lovesong" for The Cure tribute album Pictures of You: A Tribute to Godlike Geniuses The
Cure, which was made available with the 25 February 2009 issue
of NME.[9] Following the releases, the duo opened for TV on the
Radio in Europe before embarking on their first headlining UK tour.[10]
A second single on 4AD, the non-album track "Stop the World", was released as a limited edition 7" single on 29 June 2009.[11] It was co-produced with Paul Epworth. The Big Pink's debut album A Brief History of
Love was released on 14 September 2009,[2][10] the fourth single "Dominos" having been released a week before.[12] The band produced the album themselves
at Electric Lady Studios in New York City, and it was mixed by
Rich Costey.[13] Cordell told BBC 6 Music that the album encompasses "every different aspect of love... The good, the bad, the boring, the exciting,
the dreams, the nightmares, the whole thing."[14] Nationwide tours of Europe, Japan, and the United States occurred August
through the end of 2009,[15] with dates in Australia[16] and a
second North American tour set for spring 2010.[17] They also supported
Muse on their UK arena tour in November,[18] and in turn, provided
a remix of Muse's song "Undisclosed Desires," which was made available on the single released on 16 November 2009.[19] On
24 February 2010, "Dominos" won Best Track at the NME Awards.[20] The Big Pink appeared at the 2010 Coachella
Festival in April[21][22] and once again opened for Muse at London's
Wembley Stadium on 10 September 2010.[23] In an interview with NME, Robbie Furze noted a
strong hip-hop influence for the recording of the band's second
album. However, he later retracted this statement regarding the
band's musical direction in a further NME interview in October
2011 in which he wishes he hadn't made such a claim. He also stated
that the band has approached Nick Launay and Dave Fridmann as possible
producers, and added "I think we've got our heart set on Alan Moulder to mix it."[24] The band's second album Future This is due for release on 13 January 2012.[25]
The first single from the album was also announced as "Stay Gold" which was released on 11 October.[26] Robertson "Robbie" Furze
– vocals, guitar, programming Joined by: Akiko Matsuura (of Pre, Comanechi, Sperm Javelin)
– drums, vocals Past support: Jo Apps (sister of Patrick Wolf) – backing vocals [edit] Discography Released: 14 September 2009 56 70 138 Released: 16 January 2012 - - - Notes: A – Originally released as non-album tracks,
but were later added to the debut album A Brief History of Love. [edit] EPs This Is Our Time (Japan-only CD EP, 24 June 2009)
(Beggars Japan WPCB-10115) [edit] Compilations "Tapes" – !K7 [edit] Appearances on compilations Fragments from Work in Progress (17 April 2010)
(4AD BAD 3X17) [edit] Remixes By other artists "Velvet" (BDG Remix
by Gang Gang Dance)
Of other artists "22" (The Big Pink Remix)
– Lily Allen [edit] Music videos "Dominos" was used
for Xbox 360 adverts in September 2009.
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