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UNEARTHED: Crisis in the making.

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It has been MORE THAN a year since Music Week first caught wind of New York natives Boy Crisis. Our introduction to the five-piece was a chaotic live performance that took place in a Brooklyn warehouse space normally reserved for local drama students.

Twelve months on and things have progressed considerably. The band appointed management mid-way through 2008 in the shape of James Blunt's manager Todd Interland at 21st Artists and they have since put pen to paper with B-Unique, becoming the first new act signed to the label under its deal with Atlantic. The past six months have seen the group getting their heads down in New York as they hit the studio with producer Mark Saunders (Neneh Cherry, Depeche Mode, Tricky).

With their debut now complete, B-Unique is ready to push the button on their UK assault ahead of the album's September release date. Lead single, Dressed To Digress, which appeared in the Music Week playlist last June, will receive a full commercial release on June 29, backed with a video shot by 24-year-old Ray ...


    
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