The Other Hand is a major label debut album by the international indie rock

Indie rock

Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...

 band très.b

Très.b

très.b is an international indie rock band consisting of a Polish singer Misia Furtak, half Danish/half English drummer Thomas Pettit and a half Dutch/half American guitarist Anthony Chorale...

. It was released on September 21, 2010 in Poland.

Background

The album was recorded in Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

 at Studio 333 and was mixed in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

 by Victor Van Vugt

Victor Van Vugt

Victor Van Vugt is an award-winning music producer, mixer and engineer. An Australian based in New York, he has had a long association with the careers of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Beth Orton. He has also worked with the likes of P.J...

, who has worked with acts like: PJ Harvey

PJ Harvey

Polly Jean Harvey is an English musician, singer-songwriter, composer and occasional artist. Primarily known as a vocalist and guitarist, she is also proficient with a wide range of instruments including piano, organ, bass, saxophone, and most recently, the autoharp.Harvey began her career in...

, Nick Cave

Nick Cave

Nicholas Edward "Nick" Cave is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional film actor.He is best known for his work as a frontman of the critically acclaimed rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, established in 1984, a group known for its eclectic influences and...

 and Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode

Depeche Mode are an English electronic music band formed in 1980 in Basildon, Essex. The group's original line-up consisted of Dave Gahan , Martin Gore , Andy Fletcher and Vince Clarke...

.

Reception

The album has been very well received. It has been called a "Sensation of the fall" (Wprost), "MUST HAVE album" (Onet) and "World class album" (Machina).

Awards

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| Fryderyk

Fryderyk

The Fryderyk is the annual award in Polish music. Its name refers to the original Polish spelling variant of Polish composer Frédéric Chopin's first name...

 2011 || Très.B || Best Debut Album of the Year (Fonograficzny Debiut Roku) ||

Videos

A video for "Orange, Apple" was released in August, 2010, directed by Misia Furtak

Misia Furtak

Misia Furtak is a singer and bassist most known as a member of the indie rock group Très.b...

 and très.b

Très.b

très.b is an international indie rock band consisting of a Polish singer Misia Furtak, half Danish/half English drummer Thomas Pettit and a half Dutch/half American guitarist Anthony Chorale...

, filmed in and around Amsterdam.
Another music video for "Venus Untied" was released in December 2010.

Track listing

Personnel

très.b (most of instruments recording, production, arrangement):

• Misia Furtak
  Misia Furtak
  Misia Furtak is a singer and bassist most known as a member of the indie rock group Très.b...
  
  
• Anthony Chorale
• Thomas Pettit
  Thomas Pettit
  Thomas Pettit was a city councillor and Mayor of Nelson, New Zealand, a baker, temperance advocate, and Baptist. He was born in Nelson in 1858 and died in Wellington on 6 July 1934. Pettit was the son of Charles Pettit who arrived in Nelson in the 1850s. His brother was F C Pettit. He was married...
  
  

Other personnel:

• Strings: Michał Jelonek
• Brass: Tomasz Grzegorski
• Double Bass Michał Jaros
• Rhodes and Hammond Michał "Fox" Król
• Syth and modular synth Maciek Polak
• extra rhodes Michał Wróblewski
• Hurdy gurdy Maciek "Korba" Cierliński

Technical personnel

• Bartłomiej Kuźniak (also guitar and alto saxophone on tracks 13 and 14)
• Victor van Vugt
  Victor Van Vugt
  Victor Van Vugt is an award-winning music producer, mixer and engineer. An Australian based in New York, he has had a long association with the careers of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Beth Orton. He has also worked with the likes of P.J...
  
  
• Anthony Chorale

• Art direction - Misia Furtak
  Misia Furtak
  Misia Furtak is a singer and bassist most known as a member of the indie rock group Très.b...
  
  , Monika Baran and très.b
  Très.b
  très.b is an international indie rock band consisting of a Polish singer Misia Furtak, half Danish/half English drummer Thomas Pettit and a half Dutch/half American guitarist Anthony Chorale...
  
  
• Artwork design - Misia Furtak and Monika Baran
• Artwork edit - IAMKAT
• Photography - Misia Furtak and Monika Baran