{"id":6464,"date":"2010-03-25T00:21:58","date_gmt":"2010-03-25T00:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thejoycollective.co.uk\/blog\/?p=6464"},"modified":"2010-03-29T16:22:08","modified_gmt":"2010-03-29T16:22:08","slug":"benni-hemm-hemm-yucatan-among-brothers-arctic-circle-joy-collective-djs-buffalo-cardiff-28-3-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/preview\/benni-hemm-hemm-yucatan-among-brothers-arctic-circle-joy-collective-djs-buffalo-cardiff-28-3-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Benni Hemm Hemm \/ Yucatan \/ Among Brothers \/ Arctic Circle + Joy Collective DJs : Buffalo, Cardiff : 28.3.10"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Benni Hemm Hemm<\/strong> is, or rather are, from Iceland.\u00a0 Which is why his music garners the predictable references to Sigur R\u00f3s, M\u00fam and so on.\u00a0 It helps that his two albums to date see his plaintive, heartworn indie-folk broadened and deepened by the contributions of members of both bands, of course, but don’t be deceived into thinking that this makes for a downbeat, whispery Sunday night affair.\u00a0 If there are similarities with his kinfolk, it’s their confident, pounding, (careful) anthemic latter-day work you’re reminded of when listening to the warm brass, lugubrious vocals and swooning strings of 2007’s Kayak<\/em> album.\u00a0 Throw in a little of Sufjan Stevens’ kitchen-sink ambition,\u00a0 Jens Lekman’s boyish indiepop croon and even Broken Social Scene’s strident anthemicism and try not to break into a big, daft grin.\u00a0 Go on, try.<\/p>\n

Really impressive-sounding supporting line-up for this one too, hand-picked with the care and attention one comes to expect from Loose.\u00a0 Yucatan<\/strong>, in particular, are an ideal foil for BHH; Caernarfon’s own S***r R*s, goes the word, and there’s certainly a lot in their slow-building emotional sweep to back that up.\u00a0 Among Brothers<\/strong>, meanwhile, cite similar influences while adding a little more of the acceptable side of contemporary arena balladry – the rolling and clicking machine-room twinkle familiar from the likes of Elbow and Efterklang, the military drumrolls and breast-beating chants of a Twilight Sad.\u00a0 Compliments, these, in case you’re wondering.\u00a0 Finally, get there early for Arctic Circle<\/strong>, drawing from their Bristolian contemporaries much as Benni Hemm Hemm does with Iceland and bearing gorgeously inward-looking, hushed lo-fi songs with the Pastels’ deliberate, naive charm and a cute electronic heart.<\/p>\n

Oh, and some of your Joy Collective pals will be spinning the platters that never mattered in between the bands.\u00a0 Come and throw crisps at us, perhaps?\u00a0 But do come.\u00a0 It’s only a fiver.<\/p>\n

BENNI HEMM HEMM (members of Sigur Ros\/Mum) <\/strong>
\nYUCATAN
\nAMONG BROTHERS
\nARCTIC CIRCLE<\/strong>
\n& Joy Collective DJs<\/strong>
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\nSunday 28th March
\n7.30pm-3am *early start*
\n\u00a35 entry<\/p>\n

BENNI HEMM HEMM is Icelandic Benni and friends, now based in Edinburgh. Sometimes performing with up to 30 members, this show will be as a 3-4 piece including brass players from SIGUR ROS \/ MUM.<\/p>\n

Benni Hemm Hemm produces a feel-good take on folk\/indiepop and orchestrated country-pop with heart-wrenching lyrics. A must for fans of Jens Lekman, Loney Dear, Sufjan Stevens, Seabear, The Decemberists and the Elephant 6 collective. Benni will be releasing a new EP \u2018Retaliate\u2019 on Kimi Records in April.<\/p>\n

Benni Hemm Hemm MySpace<\/a>
\nYucatan MySpace<\/a>
\nAmong Brothers MySpace<\/a>
\nArctic Circle MySpace<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u00a0 Benni Hemm Hemm is, or rather are, from Iceland.\u00a0 Which is why his music garners the predictable references to Sigur R\u00f3s, M\u00fam and so on.\u00a0 It helps that his two albums to date see his plaintive, heartworn indie-folk broadened and deepened by the contributions of members of both bands, of course, but don’t be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[458],"tags":[1141,474,1139,517,469,1142,1143,1140],"class_list":["post-6464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-preview","tag-among-brothers","tag-arctic-circle","tag-benni-hemm-hemm","tag-buffalo-bar","tag-cardiff","tag-celebrity-djs","tag-gig","tag-yucatan"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6464","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6464"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6464\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6464"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6464"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jonnyjaniero.com\/thejoycollective\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6464"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}