The Russian Futurists are in fact Futurist (singular), namely bedroom-pop recluse Matthew Hart. There are other-worldly synths and distant vocals and programmed drums and ticking clocks and about a thousand other ideas crammed into lo-fi, homemade indie pop gems.

Releases

• Me, Myself and Rye... An Introduction To The Russian Futurists - album, out 28/08/2006 on Memphis Industries. 1 review (read/post)
• Paul Simon - single, out 17/07/2006 on Memphis Industries. 1 review (read/post)

Past events

• Thu 10 Aug at Dublin Whelan's. (post review)
• Wed 09 Aug at Glasgow Nice N Sleazy's. (post review)
• Tue 08 Aug at Manchester Roadhouse. (post review)
• Mon 07 Aug at Birmingham Academy Bar. (post review)
• Sat 05 Aug at London Spitz. (post review)

News

• 07/08/2006: DiS delves into the charts; finds little but C to the A to the C to the K...
• 21/07/2006: Russian Futurists to play the UK in the not-too-distant... um... future
• 07/04/2006: The New Pornographers get some Mates
• 28/02/2006: Ontario-based Russian makes trip to Memphis

Features

• 08/02/2007: Snowed in? DiS presents its playlist for a day of the white stuff

Links

• The Russian Futurists - Official site.
• Upper Class Recordings - Label site.

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