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The Idle Hands

The Idle Hands are what happens when two expatriate Irish brothers move across the pond, hole up in the studios of the frozen Midwest, and find themselves making music with their best friends. Now residing in Minneapolis, a city front man Ciaran has described as "Dr. Zhivago with bands," the Idles' combine glam, neo-New Wave, and disco with nods to everyone from Berlin-era Bowie to pre-Dig! Dandy's. Veering from knowing winks at the excesses of hipsterdom to heartbreaking sincerity and back again, their sound is equal parts louche hedonism and wistful melancholy.

The Idle Hands' most recent offering is their debut full length release "The Hearts We Broke on the Way to the Show" (Pretty Kids Collective), filled with songs about lust and longing, sordid affairs, brutal regrets, and the after parties that fuel them. The band's previous release, 2006's "Loaded EP," was recorded in L.A. with producer Mark Needham (The Killers, Bloc Party) and released in the UK on London's LaVolta records. The title track made a strong showing in the British indie charts and was the #1 most added song to indie radio in the US.

The forthcoming release features tracks from the "Loaded EP" and new tracks mixed and produced by Tony Lash (the Dandy Warhols, Elliott Smith) and engineered by the likes of Erik Applewick (Tapes 'n Tapes) and Chad Weiss (Mason Jennings).

Blending a love of literate English pop, with an American need to rock out uninhibitedly, The Idle Hands push all the right buttons without tripping over irony or wallowing in ennui. Perhaps it's the equation of the boy/girl/boy/girl/boy line-up now in place: Ciaran and his brother, Criostoir (bass), Eileen (keys) and her traveling companion Emma (guitar), and rhythm setter Nick (drums).

The band has energized audiences in Minneapolis, Chicago, and San Francisco and they do not plan on stopping...The Idle Hands will be supporting their full-length release in 2009 with touring, publicity stunts, and selective astral-traveling.

Give them your ears, and enthusiasm

http://www.myspace.com/theidlehands

For more information please contact Big Hassle Media:

Chris Vinyard
212.619.1360
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THE IDLE HANDS ANNOUNCE THE RELEASE OF DEBUT FULL LENGTH

THE HEARTS WE BROKE ON THE WAY TO THE SHOW

OUT SEPTEMBER 15 TH ON PRETTY KIDS COLLECTIVE RECORDS

The Idle Hands are proud to announce the release of their debut full-length album The Hearts We Broke On The Way To The Show , due out September 15 th on Pretty Kids Collective records.

The Minneapolis band made up of Irish ex-pats and Midwest natives have written an impressive record filled with songs about lust and longing, sordid affairs, brutal regrets, and the after parties that fuel them. Without even so much as trying their engaging first single "Loaded" managed to find itself on local radio, touted as "Song Of The Day" and entered into heavy rotation on the Twin Cities indie/alt leaning NPR station The Current.

The forthcoming release features tracks from the Loaded EP - recorded in L.A. with producer Mark Needham (The Killers, Bloc Party) - and new tracks mixed and produced by Tony Lash (the Dandy Warhols, Elliott Smith) and engineered by the likes of Erik Applewick (Tapes 'n Tapes) and Chad Weiss (Mason Jennings). The Hearts We Broke On The Way To The Show is akin to a familiar friend that keeps you on your toes, spanning glam, neo-New Wave, and disco with nods to everyone from Berlin-era Bowie to pre-Dig! Dandy's.

So who are The Idle Hands and how did they come to be? As the story goes, Front-man Ciaran and his brother Criostoir (bass) left the Emerald Isle and found themselves in a land of frozen snow, holed up in a studio making music with their friends. The boy/girl/boy/girl/boy line-up is rounded out by Eileen (keys), her traveling companion Emma (guitar), and rhythm setter Nick on the drums. This summer and throughout the rest of 2009 the band is excited to get on the road in support of the forthcoming September 15 th release.

Take a listen to tracks from the new album on MySpace

http://www.myspace.com/theidlehands