The Other Hand (album)

For the book, see The Other Hand.

The Other Hand
The Other Hand cover artwork
Studio album by très.b
Released	September 21, 2010
Recorded	2009–2010 in Warsaw and New York
Genre	Indie pop, alternative rock
Length	43:23
Label	Pomaton EMI (PL)
Producer	Bartłomiej Kuźniak, Victor van Vugt, Olivier Heim
Très.b chronology
Scylla and Charybdis (2007) The Other Hand (2010)
Singles from The Other Hand
"Orange, Apple" Released: August 2010 "Venus Untied" Released: December 2010 "OLA" Released: May 2011

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Polityka	[1]
Przekrój	(4/6)[2]
Onet	(4/5)[3]
Wprost	(favourable)
Machina	(favourable)
Gazeta Wyborcza	(favourable)[4]
Interia	[5]

The Other Hand is a major label debut album by the international indie rock band très.b. It was released on September 21, 2010 in Poland.[6][7]

Background

The album was recorded in Warsaw at Studio 333 and was mixed in New York City by Victor Van Vugt, who has worked with acts like: PJ Harvey, Nick Cave and Depeche Mode.

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

Year	Nominee / work	Award	Result
Fryderyk 2011	Très.B	Best Debut Album of the Year (Fonograficzny Debiut Roku)	Won

[8][9]

Videos

A video for "Orange, Apple" was released in August, 2010, made by très.b, filmed in and around Amsterdam. Another music video for "Venus Untied" was released in December 2010.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Misia Furtak, Thomas Pettit, Olivier Heim

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Widow of Myself"	3:02
2.	"Venus Untied"	3:18
3.	"Orange, Apple"	3.43
4.	"Devourer"	2:58
5.	"What I might have lost"	4:33
6.	"Talk to me"	3:18
7.	"Yes"	3:08
8.	"What's the difference"	2:35
9.	"Resolve at midnight"	2:32
10.	"Pyhatunturi"	1:42
11.	"Temporary Residence"	3:32
12.	"The Visionary"	2:53
13.	"Wink and cough and sigh"	2:31
14.	"The Other Hand"	3:38

Personnel

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

• Misia Furtak
• Olivier Heim
• Thomas Pettit

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
• Olivier Heim
• Art direction - très.b and Monika Baran
• Artwork design - Misia Furtak and Monika Baran
• Artwork edit - IAMKAT
• Photography - Misia Furtak and Monika Baran

References

1. "Polityka - nr 38 (2774) z dnia 2010-09-18; s. 62 by Mirosław Pęczak "Polityka Review"". Archiwum.polityka.pl. 2010-09-18. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
2. [1] Archived November 12, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
3. "22 paź 10 by Marek Fall / Onet.pl". Muzyka.onet.pl. 2010-10-22. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
4. Robert Sankowski. "Robert Sankowski 2010-09-26 Wyborcza". Wyborcza.pl. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
5. "Piotr Kowalczyk 30 października 2010 Interia". Muzyka.interia.pl. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
6. "EMI Music Polska". Emimusic.pl. 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
7. "Tres.B - nowa płyta jesienią". Tuba.pl. 2010-07-19. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
8. "Fryderyki 2011. Najwięksi zwycięzcy: Acid Drinkers i Monika Brodka - Wiadomości". polskieradio.pl. Retrieved 2011-09-01.
9. "Co działo się na gali Fryderyk 2011? - Wideo - Plejada - Sprawdź, co słychać w show-biznesie". Plejada.pl. Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-09-01.

External links

• Très.b official website