A Human 'Third Hand Prophecy' album

A. Human are the new breed. Dirty. Strange. Slightly deranged. And very real. Be prepared to get hooked on their full on electro-androgyny rock fronted by a Shakespearean-esque storyteller singer who tells tales of fantasy and reality in the same sex fluid dripping breath. One thing’s for sure - A. Human aren’t for the dicky hearted but, like all addictively hedonistic things in life, that’s what makes them so great.

‘Black Moon’ is the first commercial single from this London 6 piece, and has become a firm fan favourite on their recent tour with Art Brut. Live they are captivating and an entity that shouldn’t be missed. Catch them on tour with label mates Infadels in March – full details below.

“Black Moon“ introduces you to singer Dave Human’s psycho-monologues about women with knives for hands and men with deer heads. He’s a modern day literary oddball, and the single ingeniously couples these musings with deep, pulsing, analogue basslines, and razorsharp guitars. The b-side “Trees Sway” explores the sonic and lyrical darker side of A. Human. The package is completed by Justus Kohncke (Kompakt stalwart) who delivers a lush synth laden minimal excursion, and the Dr Strangelove remix (Lottie and Pete Martin’s [Slide of Cass & Slide] new pseudonym) which jacks everything up for peaktime floors whilst retaining the full vocal and analogue melodies. Their live show is a left hook to the cheek – and it’s led by Dave who pulsates into every bewildered crowd member like some new age Michael Hutchence on Viagra. He’s a master at capturing a crowd, “The band creates the atmosphere and I tell the story and that’s what it’s about. The emotion and the performance that they give really puts it in me to go out there and the bigger the live acts get the more excited I get. When I’m off stage and I look back at everyone it’s a solid unit and it’s a sexy thing. I’ve got too much going on in my body so I have to get rid of it - it’s like a nervous twitch.”

The debut album ‘Third Hand Prophecy’ is finished and coming on May 5th. It’s an 11 tracker of synth and bass laden shock ‘n’ roll that’s ready to assault dancefloors. A. Human, as a package, are as real as a slap in the face. Distinctly odd, a bit over the top, whatever the label - this is one band that won’t, and shouldn’t, be ignored.

who is who
Mellay Human
C More Human
Dave Human
K Human
B E Human
J Human

biography
A.HUMAN formed in a stream line, brass tapped, no spirit pub shop in Clerkenwell London. Their meeting was forced through employment, serving lamb cordial to suited no brains who cared more for the wage than they did for their soles. Tired of the prospect of serving these people forever they wrote music in a lounge with a window, watched life insurance adverts whilst passing Taylor made’s. In their own world they continued to create, with time interest came from the world that trades in music, and on a pier, on a Golden Mile they signed away their eyes.

They produce a music that is undoubtedly unique. Through atmospheric music, quirky characters and witty lyricism they create a world that is far away from our own. Although each song works independently, together they tell a larger more mystical and bizarre story that accompanies their debut album. Their music mixes both rock and electronic to a strikingly soulful effect.

They now spend their times in an underground studio called ‘The Difference Engine’. In the bowels of Farringdon they scribe away, hiding from the troubles that brew over head. They chip away on broken old keyboard’s telling stories and fables of good versus evil. In a year they came live and people would throw limbs and curse them in joy. A unity was born and those who once served the cordial were now being toasted with it.

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