Hurts are a British synthpop duo from Manchester composed of singer Theo Hutchcraft and synth player Adam Anderson. Before Hurts, the duo were in (scruffier) bands The Bureau and Daggers, the latter of which supported Gary Numan.
On a trip to Italy, they discovered "disco-lento" (slow disco), and became fixed on a more austere and stylish European aesthetic. Hurts was born. Musically, they construct melancholic 1980s-inspired electro-pop with songs that they say are inspired by the British mentality of being "not too bad".
In 2009 the band featured as Band of the Day on Guardian.co.uk and finished in fourth position in BBC's Sound of 2010 poll.
In early 2010 they officially released their debut single, Better Than Love, and played their first ever live shows. Debut album Happiness was released on 6 September 2010.
To promote the release of their debut album, the band collaborated with author Joe Stretch to produce an interactive audio book narrated by Anna Friel. It is on Spotify, with the first entry being found by searching for "a5m4".
Hurts will release their 3rd single Stay on November 15th.
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Source: BBC, Wikipedia
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