Biography
The music of the British group Hurts is now considered a classic of pop rock and a syntip. Guys from Manchester, who actively participated in charitable projects became famous in Europe and the United States of America. Albums, singles and videos, released in early 2010, occupied high positions in the charts and honored prestigious awards.The history of creation and composition
The history of the creation of the HURTS team began pretty funny. Teo Hatchkraft and Adam Anderson on the eve of Christmas 2005 became witnesses to the fight near the nightclub in Manchester and, instead of joining the conflicting, the intellectual dispute was started. It turned out that both Englishmen respected the work of Prince and Michael Jackson and wanted to achieve popularity. In order not to lose each other from the view, they decided to create a joint musical project.
At first, the guys communicated in absentia through the Internet. Adam wrote music and made arrangements, and Theo provided vocals. A year later, the Bureau group appeared on the world, subsequently replaced the name on Daggers. The backbone, supplemented by three talented instrumentalists, recorded a number of singles in the style of disco-house and synthes-pop.
With all the might trying to achieve progress in the selected direction, the musicians went on audio in the recording studio. After their authoritative London labels rejected them, it became clear that you need to change something.
Hutchkraft and Anderson broke up with colleagues and, moving to Verona, discovered Itao-disco. In 2009, having enlisted with the support of the producer and the poet Joseph Cross, guys organized a minimalist duet of Hurts.
Music
Restarting the career, which began with publication on the Yutiub-channel of the amateur clip to the Wonderful Life composition, suddenly turned out to be a good move. In a short period, the roller with the participation of the street dancer scored tens of millions of views, hit the top 200 and provided the British a contract with the RCA Records label, which was a branch of Sony.Further development contributed to the placement of demo-records on the page of the group on the Myspace platform and hit the popularity rating of The Guardian newspaper. The songs of the team began to broadcast in BBC radio stations.
By the end of the 2000th HURTS business card, Silver Lining tracks and Illuminated tracks were considered. In early 2010, the discography has replenished the composition Blood, Tears & Gold. At the same time Adam and Teo, along with the hired drummer and keyboard player, first made a live audience at a high fashion week in Berlin, by this time they had enough material to release a debut album.
Happiness plate ranked 4th in the British Hit Parades. The group won the nomination "Breakthrough of the Year" and took part in the MTV Europe Music Awards music awards ceremony. In the autumn of 2010, the duet went to the national tour. In parallel, Sunshine Dance Studios splured the release, supplemented by Better Than Love, Wonderful Life and Stay singles. Speeches in concert halls, where new songs sounded among others - Unspoken, Evelyn and The Water, thousands of interested people visited enthusiasm.
By the middle of 2011, Hurts became megapopular. Platinum certificates and a number of prestigious prizes appeared in the piggy bank. Invitation to the Glastonbury International Festival and a full-scale tour of the world became the main achievements of the early 2010s.
In 2013, Theo and Adam presented to the second studio album - Exile. Fans were delighted with video clips on Miracle and The Road. Rollers hit the rotation on thematic television channels. The latter received a nomination at the UK Music Video Awards.
During the European tours, the British began work on the third plate. Surrender release took place in 2015. With the show program, the nails of which were considered songs Why and Some Kind of Heaven, the group went to conquer the city of Europe, as well as St. Petersburg and Moscow.
After a couple of years, the audience welcomed the Desire album. The hits became the compositions Beautiful Ones, Ready To Go, Boyfriend and Walk Away. In the course of extensive touring in Russia, the musicians from the UK got acquainted with culture and communicated with fans of different nationalities. This has become useful for visualization of ideas.
After the final concert in support of the release of 2017, the Group ceased active activities. The inevitable decay was written on the Internet and on the pages of magazines and newspapers. In fact, Anderson and Hatchkraft needed a long break and digested the feelings from saturated speeches.
In the early 2020s, the British group decided to exit the shadows. Participants published mysterious tizers on social networks and on the telegram channel. Following this, the light saw a roller on the composition Voices, the soloist and guitarist also appeared in a number of music programs.
Since the work on the Faith plate went during the Pandemic of COVID-19, the songs of various genres had a philosophical mood. Through the hits of Redemption, Suffer, Somebody, Darkest Hour, Slave to Your Love, Fractured and Liar Participants of the permanent composition of Hurts called on to live in harmony with themselves.
Hurts now
At the beginning of 2021, Hurts published the poster of the speeches. Faith Tour show planned to see residents of 17 cities. Due to the outbreak of coronavirus and for personal reasons, the British canceled the long-awaited tour and posted a fifth studio album to download on the official website and a number of digital platforms.
Discography
- 2010 - happiness
- 2013 - Exile
- 2015 - Surrender.
- 2017 - Desire
- 2020 - Faith.
Clips
- 2009 - Wonderful Life
- 2010 - Blood, Tears & Gold
- 2010 - Better Than Love
- 2010 - Stay.
- 2010 - All I Want for Christmas Is New Year's Day
- 2011 - Sunday.
- 2011 - Illuminated.
- 2013 - Miracle
- 2013 - Blind.
- 2013 - SomeBody to Die for
- 2013 - UNDER CONTROL
- 2015 - Some Kind of Heaven
- 2015 - Lights.
- 2015 - Wish.
- 2015 - Wings.
- 2017 - Beautiful Ones
- 2017 - Ready To Go
- 2017 - Chaperone
- 2020 - Redemption
- 2020 - Somebody.