Ex Cops' Brian Harding Outs Bandmate Amalie Bruun's Love of Black Metal
Brooklyn's ace pop stylists Ex Cops have it all: the badass moniker, the underground cred (they were 4th Street record shop institution Other Music's first signing to its fledgling label), the swanky veneer and slick, ubiquitous poptones to match. On its debut True Hallucinations, melodious ear candy-weaver Brian Harding, along with songstress partner Amalie Bruun, juxtapose their soothing voices sublimely with saccharine melodies that echo the playful new wave jangle of kindred spirits the Vaselines, the hooks galore of Teenage Fanclub and the sunny harmonies of the Beach Boys. Annelise Howard Phillips No One Knows We're Black Metal
We caught up with Harding on the phone to talk signing to Other Music Recording Co, their Replacements-inspired video and, in a glorious twist, the shocking revelation that Bruun is all about the black metal.
Ex Cops celebrate the release of True Hallucinations at Glasslands Gallery tonight, and play Mercury Lounge on February 15th
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