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-based band, described by ''

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'' as "the model for the modern pop group." The band consists of Ben Pollock and Leyla 'Lo' Safai, joined for live performances by drummer Terry 'Prince Terrence' Campbell, who has also performed with post-hardcore bands

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and Your Highness Electric, as well as

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. The band was featured in NME's 'Future 50,' a list of 'the innovators pushing music forward,' in 2008 at number 36. The band relies on unusual modes of transport to all of their concerts and in April 2008 mounted an

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for their first tour of the UK. They have so far released a 12" called ''Ultraviolence'', an EP entitled ''Switchblade'', a split 6" along with

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and another EP, ''C.Y.O.A.'' 12". Their song "Dance Till Dawn" was featured on

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''. Their debut album ''Ride or Die'' was released by

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label on April 15, 2014.

History

Formation

The group formed in 2005 when Lo asked Ben to compose a soundtrack for the first HEARTSREVOLUTION ice cream truck. Their name comes from a

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song called "Her Jazz” which referenced boy/grrrl revolutionaries.

''Ride or Die'' (2014)

''Ride or Die'' explores the bands dichotomy of childlike innocence and visceral revolutionary spirit. Drawing from Lo's

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past, the album also serves as a platform for her often political lyrics.

Truck

The HEARTSREVOLUTION Ice Cream Truck was anointed "Best Band Vehicle" by Rolling Stone. "Before a gig, New York dance duo Heartsrevolution sold merch and popsicles from a repurposed ice cream van. What made that van extraordinary: every inch was covered with

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crystals, which, according to singer Leyla Safai, took the band two-and-a-half years to affix. They would have run out, she explained, if not for the death of

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: He had requisitioned a large number of crystals for his tour, and after he died, those crystals were passed on to them."

Band members

* Leyla 'Lo' Safai - vocals * Ben Pollock - guitar, keyboards

Touring member

* Terry 'Prince Terrence' Campbell - drums

Discography

Albums

*''Ride or Die'' (2014)

EPs

* ''CYOA!'' (2007) * ''Switchblade EP'' (2008) * ''Hearts Japan EP'' (2009) * ''Ride or Die EP'' (2013) * ''Revolution Rising'' (2017)

Mixtapes

* ''Are We Having Fun Yet?'' (2011) * ''Revolution Rising'' (2013)

Singles

* ''Ultraviolence'' (2008) * ''Switchblade'' (2008) * ''Pop Heart'' (2013) * ''$EX'' (2013) * ''KISS'' (2014) * ''Ride or Die'' (2014)

References

External links

HEARTSREVOLUTION Official SiteHEARTSREVOLUTION at MySpace
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