GURR

GURR are a German garage rock duo, consisting of Andreya Casablanca and Laura Lee (both on vocals and guitar). Their debut album, In My Head, was released in 2016, and was the Independent Music Companies Association album of the year.[1]

GURR
GURR performing in Ludwigshafen in 2016
Background information
OriginBerlin
Genresgarage rock
Years active2012–
Websitewww.gurrband.com
Members
  • Andreya Casablanca
  • Laura Lee
Andreya Casablanca at the Haldern Pop Festival 2019.
Laura Lee at the Haldern Pop Festival 2019.

Biography

Casablanca, who is from Nuremberg, and Lee, from Oldenburg, met in Berlin while doing North American studies, and formed a band together soon after.[2][3] They self-released the Furry Dream EP in April 2015.[4]

They recorded their debut album, In My Head in a studio at Berlin's Funkhaus. Its release was preceded by the singles Moby Dick and Walnuts (present on the album in a German language version, "Walnuss" - their only German language song). The album was released in October 2016, to positive reviews.[5]

In 2017 the band toured Europe extensively and also played SXSW in Austin, Texas, and did a session at Maida Vale Studios for Huw Stephens on BBC Radio 1 in the United Kingdom.[6] They supported The Go! Team and Shame on UK tours in the spring of 2018. In May 2018 the band released a new single, "Hot Summer", which was followed by various festival dates including Immergut, and the Rock am Ring and Rock im Park festivals.[7] The band ended 2018 by collaborating with Eddie Argos of Art Brut on Christmas songs for a new "Christmas Business" EP.[8][9]

Discography
Albums
  • In My Head (October 2016)
  • She Says (April 2019)
EPs
  • Furry Dream (April 2015)
  • Christmas Business (December 2018)
Singles
  • "Moby Dick" (July 2016)
  • "Walnuts" (September 2016)
  • "#1985" (February 2017)
  • "Hot Summer" (May 2018)[10]
  • "She Says" (February 2019)
  • "Zu Spät" (March 2019)
  • "Fake News" (March 2019)

References
  1. Beech, Mark (2018-03-27). "The Next Adele Or The XX? German Pop Act Gurr Wins Impala Album Award". Forbes. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  2. Jones, Daisy (2018-05-24). "Gurr Are Further Proof That Garage Punk Rules Again". Noisey. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  3. "Zwei Frauen zwischen Punk und Indiepop" [Two women between punk and indie pop] (in German). Der Tagesspiegel. 2017-12-17. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  4. Turner-Heffer, Adam (2018-02-12). "Next Wave #825: Gurr". Clash.
  5. Hann, Michael (2016-12-01). "Gurr: In My Head review – fizzing joy of Indie As It Used to Be". Guardian. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  6. "Gurr in session from Maida Vale". BBC Radio 1. 2017-04-24. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  7. Israelsohn, Sophie (2017-11-30). "The Go! Team – "Mayday"". Stereogum. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  8. "Gurr announce London show at The Garage". 2018-11-19. Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  9. Gurr (2018-11-27). "This is so insane it hurts!". Retrieved 2018-11-30.
  10. "Videopremiere: Gurr liefern mit "Hot Summer" eine exzessive Anti-Sommerhymne" (in German). Noisey. 2018-05-24. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
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