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The Big Pink is an electro-rock duo from London, England, comprised of multi-instrumentalists Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell. The duo signed to the 4AD label in 2009, and won the prestigious NME Philip Hall Radar Award for best new act. ^[1] To date, they have released three singles, with their debut album A Brief History of Love and fourth single "Dominos" set for release in September 2009. ^[2]

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History

Life-long friends Robbie Furze and Milo Cordell started making music as The Big Pink in 2007, taking their name from the debut album by The Band. ^[3] Furze used to play guitar for Alec Empire and run the record label Hate Channel with Cordell. Cordell (son of Denny Cordell and brother of Tarka Cordell) had also been releasing records through his own label Merok Records, which featured early noise rock releases by Klaxons, Titus Andronicus, and Crystal Castles. ^[4] After joining forces in mid-2007, the band issued their first single "Too Young to Love" on 7" vinyl in October 2008 on the House Anxiety label. ^[5] The single was limited to 500 copies worldwide, ^[5] and features a homoerotic photograph by Dennis Cooper as its cover. Similarly, a limited edition 12" single for "Too Young to Love" released in Japan only features more of Cooper's photography as its cover.

The Big Pink signed with famed British record label 4AD in February 2009. ^[7] On February 25, 2009, The Big Pink won the prestigious Philip Hall Radar Award for best new act at the NME Shockwave Awards. The duo were presented the award by James Allan and Caroline McKay of Glasvegas, who had won the award in 2008. In April, 4AD issued the duo's first single for the label, "Velvet," which Pitchfork Media described as "undeniably immense, but it's a tribute to the Big Pink's skill and maturity that it still manages to sound intimate," and awarded the track a 7 out of 10 rating. ^[8] The single was again self-produced by the band and mixed by Alan Moulder. A 7-minute remix of "Velvet" by Gang Gang Dance followed as an online-streaming single. ^[9] The Big Pink provided a cover of "Lovesong" for The Cure tribute album Pictures of You: A Tribute to Godlike Geniuses The Cure , which was made available with the February 25, 2009 issue of NME . ^[10] Following the releases, the duo opened for TV on the Radio in Europe before embarking on their first headlining UK tour. ^[11] A second single on 4AD, the non-album track "Stop the World," was released as a limited edition 7" single on June 29, 2009. ^[12] The single was co-produced with Paul Epworth.

The Big Pink's debut album A Brief History of Love is planned for release on September 14, 2009, ^[2] with the band's fourth single "Dominos" to coincide a week before. ^[14] Cordell stated that the band produced the album themselves at Electric Lady Studios in New York City, and Rich Costey mixed the album. ^[15] Cordell also told BBC 6 Music that the album encompasses "every different aspect of love... The good, the bad, the boring, the exciting, the dreams, the nightmares, the whole thing." ^[16] Nationwide tours of Europe, Japan, and the United States are set for August through the end of 2009. ^[17]

Members

Robertson "Robbie" Furze – vocals, guitar, programming
Milo Cordell – keyboards, synthesizer, vocals, programming

Joined live by:

Jo Apps (sister of Patrick Wolf) – backing vocals
Valentine Fillol-Cordier – backing vocals
Akiko Matsuura (of PRE (band), Comenechi) – drums
Daniel O'Sullivan (of Guapo, Sunn O))), et al.) – bass, piano, violin
Leopold Ross – bass

Discography

Albums

A Brief History of Love (September 14, 2009) (4AD CAD 2916)

Singles

"Too Young to Love" (7" vinyl, October 7, 2008) (House Anxiety Records HA001)
# "Too Young to Love" – 4:18
# "Crystal Visions" – 3:56
"Too Young to Love" (Japan-only 12" vinyl, April 1, 2009) (Big Love Records BIGLOVE003)
# "Too Young to Love" – 4:18
# "Count Backwards from Ten" – 3:34
# "With You" – 3:27
"Velvet" (7" vinyl, April 20, 2009) (4AD AD 2915)
# "Velvet" – 4:17
# "An Introduction to Awareness" – 4:22
This Is Our Time (Japan-only CD EP, June 24, 2009) (Beggars Japan WPCB-10115)
# "Velvet" – 4:17
# "Too Young to Love" – 4:18
# "Crystal Visions" – 3:56
# "An Introduction to Awareness" – 4:22
# "Velvet" (BDG Remix by Gang Gang Dance) – 6:50
# "Velvet" (Mount Kimbie Remix) – 3:12
# "Too Young to Love" (enhanced video)
# "Velvet" (enhanced video)
"Stop the World" (7" vinyl, June 29, 2009) (4AD AD 2917)
# "Stop the World" – 3:46
# "Crushed Water" – 5:17
"Dominos" (7" vinyl, September 7, 2009) (4AD AD 2931)
# "Dominos" – 3:48
# "She's No Sense" (featuring Florence Welch) – 3:15