The Child
Hailing from the wilderness of coastal California, The Child are a band filled with immense and unearthly paradox. Like a wild animal found deep within the crystal caverns of the subconscious brought to the concrete jungle and taught to function within the confines of the human’s social world. Holly Marilyn, a wild child and performer since the age of 5 who eventually found herself honing her acrobatic stage antics in the city of Minneapolis before escaping to the west coast to live amongst the aliens that beckoned her name since youth. Norm Block, a wise Russian cleric whom has been sought to advise and aid musicians ranging from Plexi, Sweet Head, Mark Lanegan and papercranes. These two wandering souls found each other amongst the starry night skies during a winter’s solstice 2008 AD.
Recording over 20 tracks during the first half of 2011, The Child was fostered by Los Angeles upstart label MANIMAL (Warpaint, Bat for Lashes, Papercranes, Sister Crayon) to release their debut 6 track EP titled simply The Child. The EP’s lead single “Boomerang” comes accompanied with a brilliant video directed by New York photographer, director and playwright Nathaniel Hunt and stars Marilyn and Block along with Antony Langdon and a slew of Hollywood aliens. The songs themselves embody the unorthodox mecca vs. orga method in which electronic sounds are bred with acoustic and electric guitars and live complex textured drums. When the calling for The Child to perform live, they incorporated two members, Lauren White (aka Lauren Rocket) on synths/vocals and Peter Simon on bass guitar. All tracks are produced by Norm Block in Silverlake, California.
The CHILD
“The President” b/w “Boomerang” (Baron Von Luxxury Remix) single
(January 2012)
The CHILD “Boomerang” single
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