Hot Club De Paris

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Hot Club De Paris' debut single cover

Hot Club De Paris, sometimes abbreviated to HCdP, are a band from Liverpool, United Kingdom. They are signed to moshi moshi records and released their debut album Drop It 'Til It Pops in October 2006.

1 Band Members
2 History
3 Trivia
4 Discography
5 Sources
6 External links

[edit] Band Members

Alasdair Smith, drums and vocals.
Paul Rafferty, bass and vocals.
Matthew Cameron Smith, guitar and vocals.

[edit] History

The band formed in early 2004 as part of the Liverpool music scene. They signed to Moshi Moshi Records in 2005, and have toured extensively around the UK and Europe. The have received airplay on a number of radio stations including BBC Radio1, BBC 6 Music and XFM London, whose DJ John Kennedy has championed the band. Kennedy claims that their debut album is the best of 2006.

Their debut album was released on October 9th 2006.

They have toured with a number of bands including Milburn and Maxïmo Park.

They have also played with Jamie T in October 2006 and Dirty Pretty Things in November and December 2006.

Hot Club de Paris is set to play at the 2007 SXSW music festival in Austin, TX. [sxsw.com]

[edit] Trivia

The song title "3:55 AM; I Think We Should Go Home" pokes fun at their use of obscure time signatures. "3:55" is "Five to four", or "5/4 Time".

[edit] Discography

[edit] Singles

"Sometimesitsbetternottostickbitsofeachotherineachotherforeachother" (2006) UK #126
"Everyeveryeverything" (2006) UK #140
"Shipwreck" (2007) UK #153

[edit] Album

Drop it Till it Pops! (2006)

[edit] Compilation contributions

Hot Club De Paris have released several tracks on compilation albums, including Can You Hear Me Clearly?, on Moshi Moshi records, and a rare CDR release Munkyfest v7.0, released by the organisers of the Munkyfest festival. They can also be heard on "Print is Dead" the first volume of the collaboration project with yourcodenameis:milo.