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Astronauten-Ware mit Shy Child
Shy Child volltreffern mit Astronaut auf meine derzeitige 80-Nach- bzw. Aufholjagd. Seinerzeit (Bhlogiston)

Shy Child | “Astronaut”
Like the lovechild of Von S (The Donnybrook Writing Academy)

Shy Child - Astronaut
(The rocksuckers)

Shy Child Unleashes New Video
Enjoy 'Astronaut' below. Read my review of Shy Child's recent NYC gig here. MP3: Shy Child - Summer (The Music Slut)

Shy Child: Noise Won't Stop
(Prefixmag)

Shy Child travels a lot + releases new record
(The Deli Magazine)

NEW SHY CHILD
The awesome keytar-drums duo of Shy Child is back wit their new album, Noise Won't Stop . It (Let's Sexy Fighting)

Shy Child travels a lot + releases new record
(The Deli Magazine)

Shy Child Announces Live Dates, Bonus Tracks for U.S. Release
(XLR8R: Downloads)

Shy Child Interviewed By Uncensored
Watch some tomfoolery from their recent Q&A session below. MP3 at bottom. MP3: Shy Child (The Music Slut)

Shy Child

How could a group with a keytar be anything but awesome?

Shy Child are leaders of the American branch of the new rave movement that’s sweeping the globe. Well, tickling the globe. They formed in 2000 after Cafarella and Smith played in punk-funk outfit El Guapo. Scenesters on NYC’s chi-chi club circuit, Shy Child toured Europe and Japan, and in summer 2006 they signed with UK label Wall of Sound.

A combination of throbbing beats and virtuoso musicianship, every sound comes from Nate’s drumming and Pete’s liberal use of the keyboard-guitar, aka the keytar or guiboard, one of the cheesiest instruments of the 80s, rescued from kitsch oblivion by Cafarella, who plays it while throwing shapes onstage. In a way, they’re the White Stripes who never got married or wore red, black and white, and like Jack’n’Meg they make quite a racket for such a small unit.

They’ve toured with Hot Chip, Chemical Brothers, CSS and Klaxons and remixed Editors and Futureheads among others, but really they sound like no one else. The keyboard FX (squiggles, buzzes, sirens) and synth flourishes are either prog-ish (they dig Rush) or mentasmic (they’ve heard of Joey Beltram) and the vocals recall the art-wave drone-singing of Andy Partridge or David Byrne. Some of their songs are aciiiidic, a few bear traces of rock at its most solo-centric, others are 80s electro-pop revisited or Timbaland-ish twitch-grooves, while a couple sound like booty-shakers for funky humanoids in a 23rd century disco. Confused? You will be.