''Beat Pyramid'' is the debut

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by British

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band

These New Puritans These New Puritans are an English music group/band from Southend-on-Sea, England. It consists mainly of Jack Barnett (principal songwriter, vocalist, producer, multi-instrumentalist) and his twin brother George Barnett (drums, electronics, prod ...

. It was released on 28 January 2008 in the United Kingdom through Angular and Domino and on 18 March 2008 in the United States through Domino. The album was recorded in London and Paris during 2007 and was

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by Gareth Jones in London. The

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"Numbers/Colours", "Elvis" and "Swords of Truth" were released as

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. Lyricist and primary composer Jack Barnett has claimed that hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan were among the influences for the album, along with electronic music from artists in the vein of

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Origins and Recording

These New Puritans' first release was the extended play ''

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'', which was a three track long record released in October 2006 through

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. Despite only being a limited release, the EP attracted good reception from

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, garnering a 9/10 review.

Promotion and Release

Track listing

All songs written by Jack Barnett, unless otherwise stated.

Personnel

Band * Jack Barnett – vocals, guitar,

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* Thomas Hein – bass guitar,

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, MIDI * Sophie Sleigh-Johnson –

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* George Barnett –

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, loops,

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s Additional musicians * Justyna Borucka – vocals ("..ce I Will Say This Twice"; "I Will Say This Twi...") * Killah Doku – guitar * James Ford – guitar ("Costume"), keyboard ("Elvis") * Thomas Jerome Seabrook – mixer, effects * Gareth Jones – desk

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Production * Gareth Jones –

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, mixing * James Ford – tape recording ("Elvis") * Jack Barnett – additional recording, additional editing * DB Cooper – additional recording, additional editing * Jeff Knowles – engineer (except "Navigate-Colours") * Quentin Leuiller – engineer ("Navigate-Colours") * James Aparicio – mix engineer Artwork * Matthew Cooper – design * Elina Tsompanoglou – design * George Barnett – design assistant * Jack Barnett – design assistant

References

{{Authority control These New Puritans albums 2008 debut albums Domino Recording Company albums Albums produced by Gareth Jones (music producer) Angular Recording Corporation albums